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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 384952" data-attributes="member: 515">I disagree -- I think urban adventures are well suited to solo play if your talking about one player and a DM. I've run these types of adventures many times.The problem might be in the described set-up -- that particular character in that particular city might not work too well.The solo urban adventures I've run have usually involved a member of a thieves guild. There are many opportunities for adventures of that sort with can be run using one character.The bard character described above does have possiblities as a performer. Maybe she could stumble upon some sort of conspiracy connected to taverns and bars which employee bards to perform. Perhaps a power-hungry bard has discovered a long-lost song or magical instrument which gives them control over people and can make them do things they normally wouldn't do -- like riot, or hunt down elves, or give their money to evil temples. Or maybe there is a secret group or cult which is using a bard as a pawn for some neferious purpose.With a bard as one of the character's classes, and with the setting being Silverymoon, I think you need to go with some sort of story involving music and/or performing. There's a bard school in Silverymoon, and lots of opportunities to put a bard's skills to good use. The urban ranger class will give her some good combat skills as well as investigative abilities (tracking and such). The diviner adds information gathering possibilities. Maybe the character has a vision, or a dream, that foretells of this scheme. Then elements of the dream start to come true, and the character is the only one who suspects what is going on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowdancer, post: 384952, member: 515"] I disagree -- I think urban adventures are well suited to solo play if your talking about one player and a DM. I've run these types of adventures many times. The problem might be in the described set-up -- that particular character in that particular city might not work too well. The solo urban adventures I've run have usually involved a member of a thieves guild. There are many opportunities for adventures of that sort with can be run using one character. The bard character described above does have possiblities as a performer. Maybe she could stumble upon some sort of conspiracy connected to taverns and bars which employee bards to perform. Perhaps a power-hungry bard has discovered a long-lost song or magical instrument which gives them control over people and can make them do things they normally wouldn't do -- like riot, or hunt down elves, or give their money to evil temples. Or maybe there is a secret group or cult which is using a bard as a pawn for some neferious purpose. With a bard as one of the character's classes, and with the setting being Silverymoon, I think you need to go with some sort of story involving music and/or performing. There's a bard school in Silverymoon, and lots of opportunities to put a bard's skills to good use. The urban ranger class will give her some good combat skills as well as investigative abilities (tracking and such). The diviner adds information gathering possibilities. Maybe the character has a vision, or a dream, that foretells of this scheme. Then elements of the dream start to come true, and the character is the only one who suspects what is going on. [/QUOTE]

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