Solo Rogue Campaign

[NeuroZombie]

Thank you for all of the great advice, now on to individual comments

*Joshua Dyal*
Enemy of the state sounds like a good idea. I can see that happening shortly after the Wyverns Claw stuff. I wanted to get her "all over the map" so to speak, so that plot should wok nicely.

*grodog* Funny you should mention Mr. Liebers work, I had just metioned it to my wife yesterday. She has yet to read his books, so maybe soon...

*jasamcarl* Thanks for the CR advice.

*Ace* She may do the fighter thing, or she may decide to add a level of sorcerer to the mix, just for the sleep spell and various detection type things. Either way, I think it'll work well.

*LostSoul* I plan on using a Background Sheet that I found some time back for 3e that gives a few points for Character Generation to "buy" a few extras, like maybe a feat, or some such. This will serve 2 purposes, 1: Give her a slight boost to her abilities to compensate for being only one PC and 2: Give her an Outline for things background items to come up with. I have used this sheet b4, so I know it works pretty well.

 

[Zephyrus]

if she does go the way of rogue/caster the one pclass from tomb and blood for rogue's would be excellent as well. I forget the name off the top of my head. Another thing to consider perhaps (and I do this alot with my characters) is that I like Pclasses (just their's alot out their that are either not very good, suited best for NPC's, or otherwise require a particular group to use effectively). A sologame allows you better to the latest their. Song and Silence has some nice classes if your playing a solo game or to use as NPC enemies. Spymaster, Vigilante etc.. bards and rogue's are often tricky to Pclass as their are alot of trade-offs that make balecing the class fair. So gearing the character twords a certain pclass helps define the campaign a bit as well.

 

[NeuroZombie]

I tend to have my players choose a pclass, if they want one, when they first create their character. That way I have plenty of time to logically fit any special requirements into the campaign.

I didn't realize that T&B had a pclass that would work well with a rogue/sorcerer... gonna have to take another look!

 

[Zephyrus]

More ideal for a Rogue/Wizard (spell selection + Int Mod prime-spell casting stat) is a better combonation. I still cant remember the Pclass name but Its actually intended to be a Rogue/Caster class. the downside is that it practically requires round about 8th to 10th level character to finally meat the requirments. but the benefits are great too.

 

[megamania]

Thieves Challenge was the 2nd adventure series mentioned before.

My first thought is have the entire adventure set in a city. Rarely leave it. This way, there are thieves guilds, city guards, city politics, merchants and other fun stuff. Since you are looking at a "good" or "diamond in the rough" thief, have it a decadant / evil city ruled by rich less than noble types.

 

[NeuroZombie]

I am looking at maybe Mithral of Hollowfast as the city, but they may be a bit too "out there" for what I want to do, again, gotta dig them off the shelf.

Oh, thanks for the 2e adventure title, ognna have to see if I can find them at SVgames or Ebay or something

 

[Christian Walker]

Even though it's a basic DnD module, B6 The Veiled Society is a pretty fun city module with lots of intrigue and adventure. I found one on EBay right here.

Veiled Society

When running a solo city adventure, a compelling urban environment is key. The right city will result in endless adventure because there are just so many interesting folks and places to visit. I hear that Freeport from Green Ronin is sweet and Monte Cook's Ptolus is supported via his module The Banewarrens as well as at his site. There has also been a ton of great Waterdeep supplements published as well.

 

[NeuroZombie]

I have the veiled society, but never thought about using it for solo. Again, time to hit the shelves.

Great zine, BTW. I just got the new Iron Rations a few days ago.

 

[Angcuru]

If you've played Thief: The Dark Project; or the better sequel; Thief 2: The Metal Age, then you know what to do.
If not......HOW DARE YOU RUN A SOLO ROQUE GAME WITHOUT PLAYING THIS MOST HOLY OF HOLIES?!!

*snatches character sheet, crossed off name, writes in "Garret"* there. he's now lvl 30 with a dex score of ...

 

[Christian Walker]

I have the veiled society, but never thought about using it for solo. Again, time to hit the shelves.

Great zine, BTW. I just got the new Iron Rations a few days ago.

Thanks, amigo! The next issue is coming along well. I put up a lil' preview at http://www.ironrations.com/. The issue will be lavender I think.

Good luck with the campaign.