All classes in the Player's Handbook are available. Recommended school: Necromancy, You met another wizard, who became your mentor, or found an old magic book in the back of some dusty library. It has also been updated to reflect Wizards of the Coasts June 2020 errata. you will have instant access to your previous versions. We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. D&D fans, meet horror fans. You may successfully make a living off your art, or it may be your primary hobby. Recommended archetype: Thief or Assassin. @keyframes _1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT{0%{opacity:0}to{opacity:1}}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc{--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;padding:3px 9px;position:absolute;border-radius:4px;margin-top:-6px;background:#000;color:#fff;animation:_1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT .5s step-end;z-index:100;white-space:pre-wrap}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc:after{content:"";position:absolute;top:100%;left:calc(50% - 4px - var(--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left));width:0;height:0;border-top:3px solid #000;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd{margin-top:6px}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after{border-bottom:3px solid #000;border-top:none;bottom:100%;top:auto} Jewlery-making, glasswork or delicate metal work. Characters gain renown through completing missions for their factions, which allows additional opportunities for your characters. Since rangers dont receive supernatural abilities until 2nd level, magical ability does not have to be justified in your backstory if your character is unaware of these abilities. Recommended school: Abjuration or Divination, You had a run-in with the undead, and sought the knowledge to defy death. The story origin you choose limits your character creation and advancement options. In my many times through Curse of Strahd as a marathon, in one night, and as a long campaign, Ive had the most fun running and playing in games with pre-chosen rather than randomized Tarokka readings. Have a pre-game session where everyone at the table contributes details about the world they come from and decides how they know each other. The Ravenloft Setting and Setting Expectations, Icovered the Tarokka reading in another article. The story origin you choose limits your character creation and advancement options. Recommended path: Totem, You are a professional musician or actor, and quite successful, but youre beginning to suspect there might be more to your success than just talent. Exoticplayer character races (dragonborn, gnomes,half-orcs, kenku, tabaxi, etc) are almost always Outlanders. Welcome to the Fleshing Out Curse of Strahd: Player Primer!This character chronicler was designed to inspire the creation of player characters for the Curse of Strahd campaign and includes documents for both Dungeon Masters and players alike.Within this product, you'll find 4 different documents to help you prepare for the Curse of Strahd module: Player. Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. Attending dinner at Strahds invitation can be a fun and unsettling peek at horrors to come, but consider your players stamina and level before encouraging them to explore further. %PDF-1.7 % 0000001716 00000 n Curse of Strahd emphasizes clerics in the assignment of its anti-Strahd relics, yes. The material components in her summoning spell are an oat milk latte and a high fantasy novel. The inheritor background requires additional guidance. Right now, the party consists of a Barb/Druid who rages into a bear, a Bladesinger wizard, and ranged artificer, and a Paladin. SeeSage,SailorandUrchinfor Characteristic ideas. I will need backstories but they don't have to be extensive. It's pretty important to have a session zero for this one, there are a lot of dark themes, harm to children, torture, suicide, abuse, cannibalism etc. The campaign will be gritty, graphic, and all things go. All player character races and classes found in both the Player's Handbook and Volo's Guide to Monsters are allowed in this campaign, in addition to the custom options defined below. You can indicate that you are a member of a rare elf subrace for the purpose of roleplaying, but you can use only the subrace traits for elves given in the Players Handbook. Set in the realm of Barovia, a Domain Of Dread within Ravenloft, your players find themselves transported here and trapped. Recommended archetype: Thief. Haunted One- You dont have to choose this background to have had a harrowing supernatural event occur in your characters life. Keep in mind your characters connection to animals and the natural world when choosing an ancestry, however. Add to Cart. DMing For Kids. Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Persuasion or Performance. The Vampyr is a mysterious entity that first spread the secret of vampirism and is responsible for Strahd's curse. However, here are some ideas: Sorcerer: You do not have to justify your sorcerer abilities, maybe you just woke up one morning with superpowers. These are the official backgrounds available. Recommended patron: Great Old One, You are allowing some supernatural entity to possess you, in exchange for their aid in a personal matter. However, the Paladin is a brand new player whos not sure if hell stick around the whole time. Id recommend simultaneously improving Strahds abilities alongside the characters starting at level 7-8, and especially once they have access to magic that generates sunlight. These players characters can bring any knowledge from their home world, and possibly the multiverse in general, to bear in the game. 0000009186 00000 n You may choose a harrowing event thats not listed on the table. Tatyana's death and Strahd's curse. Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. If you wish your item to have a minor magical quirk, you can choose either to have it glow with the light of a candle, or you can select an option from the What Quirk Does It Have? One morning, their father and their uncle took them fishing on Lake Zarovich. Lets talk a little bit about the things the conversion has that the book doesnt have: The topdown Castle Ravenloft maps in Roll20s conversion were lovingly, painstakingly crafted by Kristin Carlson, andwhile the isometric maps provided in the original content really capture that Curse of Strahd unique aesthetic styleweve only introduced isometric support recently on Roll20! Recommended patron: Any, You witnessed or were the victim of some kind of supernatural attack. A.m];l|{8NSy'c38 L[4LFx,6uSfJY+K(|d> Sr^s 8ca&WlnukFM^_ w endstream endobj 27 0 obj <> endobj 28 0 obj <>stream Any Domain of Dread is a fascinating setting for an adventure; each is a limited sandbox for player characters to explore encompassed by the Mists. CoS is set in its own demiplane, called Barovia, in an area of the Shadowfell called Ravenloft. Some are brand new, others are official D&D backgrounds that have been slightly modified. 0000058977 00000 n 0000008764 00000 n Recommended patron: Fiend or Fey, Armed with knowledge of the occult, you deliberately sought out a patron to grant you magical ability, and found one. Hi there! Only stipulation stats wise, is I cant start with a stat higher than 18 after racial bonuses. Where do you originate? Curse of Strahd. @keyframes ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5{0%{transform:rotate(0deg)}to{transform:rotate(1turn)}}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq{--sizePx:0;font-size:4px;position:relative;text-indent:-9999em;border-radius:50%;border:4px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyTextAlpha20);border-left-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);transform:translateZ(0);animation:ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5 1.1s linear infinite}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq,._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{width:var(--sizePx);height:var(--sizePx)}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{border-radius:50%}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq._2qr28EeyPvBWAsPKl-KuWN{margin:0 auto} On a more practical level this will help you prepare ahead rather than waiting for your players to do that reading. A Horror Adventure for Levels 1-10. Running Strahd Properly. That means by right-clicking you can change the appearance of that characters token. Before running the hook, establish who the player characters are and how/if they know each other in their initial setting. {#DMcAs;,26D1n9`B:Xf0d9({A.12s C\/ygJi&IH1b'8T^MN \vP endstream endobj 20 0 obj <>>>/Metadata 17 0 R/Outlines 11 0 R/PageLabels 14 0 R/Pages 16 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 21 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Thumb 12 0 R/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 594.0 783.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 22 0 obj <>stream Chris Perkins DMs and has done a great job integrating backstories, and adding some to characters who didn't have one. AwakenedUndead (Make a note of its original name in case the DM needs to check the original version). 0000008069 00000 n Plus, you have our One of my fellow players is taking his hand at DMing with Curse of Strahd and I am torn between being a Goliath Barbarian vs a Halfling Monk. Recommended archetype: Beast Master, You are a thief! The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd's love. New Races Your character should have some kind of martial arts background, and if youre planning on a tradition other than Open Hand, there should be some justification for suddenly developing superpowers. Players do not roll their characters hit points. Hermit- You may be homeless, a permanent wanderer, or a secluded shut-in. Its title? Whichever method you choose, these numbers will then be adjusted based on your character's race. You should check them out. Curse of Strahd runs to level 10, but if you level your characters every time the texts suggest you do (typically at the end of a chapter), theyll be massively overleveled for the titular villain and climactic end of adventure fight. You must be a dwarf to take the Path of the Battlerager primal path, and you must be an elf or half-elf to take the Bladesinging arcane tradition. 0000009545 00000 n Recommended origin: Wild Magic. Sorcerer Origin:Inner Darkness, New Background Options Urchin- Youve been in and out of foster homes all your life, and are used to being on your own. Filters PC NPC abbey x 1 bartender x 1 berez x 2 blood of the vine x 1 blue water inn x 1 burgomaster x 5 child x 2 dancing crow inn x 1 doru x 1 dragon x 1 Your character may know about the occult world or they may not, but if they do your backstory should specify why. Heres an overview of the gods commonly worshipped aroundHillsfar and Elventreefor if youre playing the D&D Expeditions games. 0000002104 00000 n . However, here are some ideas: Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. Like so many RPG video game sandboxes, the mists surrounding Barovia act as a warning: leaving the playable area that limits the narrative of the game, but they are especially unique in one regard: they act as both barrier and catalyst for adventure. Recommended traditions: Way of Shadow or Way of the Four Elements, You are a member of a secret society of assassins and/or ninjas with world-spanning goals either altruistic or malevolent (Think League of Shadows). 0000078574 00000 n Starting Equipment: Street clothes, Appropriate artisans tools, cell phone, wallet with Wealth d2. 0000026328 00000 n Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Athletics or Investigation. Recommended domains: Life, Light, Tempest, War, You are a member of a secret cult who worships and gains power from some fantastic deity or planar creature. Your choice of favored enemy and terrain should be justified, however, especially if they are fantastic in nature (i.e. Recommended oaths: Any, depends on the being, You are possessed by a celestial, fey or fiendish spirit that is granting you increased combat ability and divine powers, as long as you do not break your oath to it. Any gold you have left over can be used to purchase mundane gear in the Players Handbook. Whatever. Your characters' real world histories will come into play in the game. If you want to have some fun with it, let them come up with their own stories and do some collaborative world-building. You may or may not be highly educated, but you likely make a living working with your hands (farming, mining, woodworking, etc). However, pretty much any kind of supernatural bloodline could produce sorcerous ability, so if you want to define where your powers came from, here are some ideas: Warlock: Warlocks are pretty straightforward. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Classes: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. gYpV:+_W+ The module contains everything you need to run Curse of Strahd. 0000068973 00000 n Read this first to learn why you shouldn't. Recommended favored enemy: Aberrations, Beasts, Fey, Plants or Undead (depending on the nature of your organization). Recommended favored enemy: Beasts. register a sa forums account here! ENHANCE your Curse of Strahd game with 30 character secrets! Other ideas are below: Bard: Bards should justify their performance ability, but this doesnt have to be musical. 0000090684 00000 n 0000016169 00000 n Whatever it was granted you strange, uncontrollable abilities. You should define the nature of your deal, at least in broad terms, in your backstory. 0000009050 00000 n My question is: What information do I give them? You are not limited to just choosing the current season; all characters, regardless of story origin, may play in any legal D&D Adventurers League adventure. Generators. Recommended path: Berserker. Is it The Forgotten Realms? Wallet with Wealth d4. Recommended college: Either, You have fey ancestry, granting you both unusual musical and magical ability. You believe they are either a gift from your god or a temptation towards evil. D&D Backgrounds: Its time for the fourth season of theD&D Adventurers Leagueto begin. example: Your character mightknow who the burgomaster of Vallaki was, or that werewolves are prevalent in the Svalich Woods. Fleshing Out Curse of Strahd: Player Primer - Welcome to the Fleshing Out Curse of Strahd: Player Primer! Watch the Dice, Camera Action! 0000024241 00000 n You must choose a legal background according to your story origin. The False Identity feature only allows you to copy handwriting if you are proficient with a forgery kit. 0000091148 00000 n Celestial is obviously better for the healing aspect but I like the survivability and mechanics of Hexblade a lot more. An Order of the Ghostslayer blood hunter could be a fun tale, though if the paladin leaves it would leave your group very light on recovery abilities. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} 0000010186 00000 n Filters PC NPC PLAYER CHARACTERS Azuron Soheil. ._2Gt13AX94UlLxkluAMsZqP{background-position:50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;position:relative;display:inline-block} Strahd didn't get to where he was by being stupid, after all. You have been possessed by some supernatural force that manifests when you get angry or excited. 0000054191 00000 n You wont be able to play those adventures until your character has reached those levels but there are lots of other adventures you can play! Ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed (and who did it), and even restore old versions. Keeping level 1 characters alive is no small task, and "Death House" monsters have high armor classes and hit hard. The dark realm of the vampire Strahd is an extradimensional demiplane, created by the Dark Powers and encompassing the land of Barovia. Salesman- You work in sales, retail, customer service or some other job that requires you to be friendly and personable pretty much all the time. Haunted One, New Language Option: Patterna(the language of the Vistani). Im not partial towards playing any class, more looking to fill a role or a hole in the party. Student- Youre in school! ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} First of all, the Roll20 Curse of Strahd conversion includes the Castle Ravenloft maps and Tarokka deck addon, so no need to buy them separately. Humans may use the variant human traits from the Players Handbook. Grave domain clerics fit really well in Barovia imo. 0000041017 00000 n An edited form of these livestream play sessions will also be. Plot Hooks. Ideas are listed below, under Classes. Recommended circle: Moon, You have fey or plant ancestry in your family tree. 4M/%K%=)x~ By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. All races in the Players Handbookare legal. Wallet with ID and Wealth d4. Recommended patron: Any, At a desperate time in your life, you sold your service to a supernatural entity in exchange for a favor. ! Recommended origins: Elemental Draconic, reflavored, depending on element. Your characters' real world histories will come into play in the game. The Dungeons & Dragons SRD rules are available by search in the sidebar, as well as any other content you own and have added to the game via Compendium Sharing. We talk about this in more detail in another post, which wed love for you to check out. The artificer also has basic recovery, but as an artificer player whose party is relying on her for recovery, allow me to say this - don't do that to your artificer, plz q_q. Last Update: May 15, 2016 15:12. Youve always had problems controlling your temper, and are notorious for getting into fights. 0000008739 00000 n Or maybe youre just excellent at LARPs and battle reenactments. This site works best with JavaScript enabled. At present, legal adventures (and where you can play them) are as follows: You can find a list of the D&D Expeditions adventures on my individual season pages. Character Creation | Curse of Strahd | Obsidian Portal Character Creation Character Creation I will need backstories but they don't have to be extensive. Recommended circle: Land (underdark), You were always a jock, star athlete, all that jazz. Your character might not even realize their powers until starting the adventure. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. Why you shouldn't start ANOTHER thread about DDB not giving away free redeems on your hardcopy book purchases. (Having non-functional wings is fine). 0000086438 00000 n no risk refund guarantee Note that you will not start with your proficient tool, as they are not real-world medical items. The Curse of Strahd is not really about the characters, but more about the events they are facing, am I right? 0000002294 00000 n I havent picked a class yet but already rolled stats and rolled amazing. Members of the Zhentarim or Lords Alliance may choose to be Lawful Evil. 0000008216 00000 n 0000009432 00000 n Thinking of starting ANOTHER thread asking why Epic Boons haven't been implemented? With a Master Tier subscription, save your party some gold when you share this book/content with other players in your D&D Beyond campaign! Note: Choice of Fighting Style may be deferred until 3rd level at players discretion. If you pick a Fighting Style your character has no experience with, its assumed hes just a prodigy and will discover his natural abilities when he first wields the appropriate weapon. Or maybe youre just in good physical shape and can keep your cool in a fight. Recommended domains: Any, depends on the cult, Youve been contacted in dreams or in person by some unknown being claiming to know your ultimate destiny. The rare elf subrace gives you no mechanical benefits. You tend to be vaguely uncomfortable in cities. Tool Proficiencies: Disguise Kit Languages: Any one. Your research has discovered patterns in the stories that seem to have unusual effects on others. Most player characters know they are trapped, and the Mists of Ravenloft are an omnipresent reminder of the stakes of their adventure and the challenges they must overcome. 0000028025 00000 n Its worth considering leveling up Strahds Enemy (the partys ally from the Tarokka reading) and any NPC tagalongs alongside the characters. uc>t,MeCo 0000088151 00000 n 2021 The Orr Group, LLC. You thought you were going crazy, but the magic is definitely real. Recommended favored enemy: Humans. They may use a default array (such as 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) or use the point-buy system described in the rules. All human languages listed on page 112 are legal options. His sister ran and hid in the woods and was never seen again. The Guide is in effect from March 4th, 2016 until August 25th, 2016, when the next season will begin. Recommended tradition: Way of Shadow, You are descended from an outsider of one of the elemental planes. The campaign begins with adventurers being drawn into the mysterious mists and emerging in the dark, nightmarish land of Barovia. 0000004360 00000 n Recommended paths: Either, but confirm Totem with DM. Feb 20, 2016 #1 The Curse of Strahd character sheet and AL log sheet and table tents, the players pack, is up on DMSGuild. A SKD"@f`ePFaC,2FQ4jupuMLRvu B15Lpm~p>#?&'-;;(-/9]xtFD _;gPRBmYT9Ykt/?5U All characters must be human, no exceptions. On the way back to town, a dire wolf attacked Izek and bit off his right arm. Recommended patron: Any, You learned something man was not meant to know. Barbarian: If choosing the Path of the Berserker, you dont have to justify anything in your backstory. If you need help figuring out this element of your character backstory, Curse of Strahd has one of the most in-depth and helpful character backstory prompts I've seen. The latter is particularly effective as an emergency lifesaver, given its pool of Healing-Word-The-Class-Feature dice, and it's better in a fight than most clerics are because Eldritch Blast. Starting Equipment: Backpack, small knife, street clothes, Wealth 1. 0000039313 00000 n 0000077768 00000 n Charlatan- Identity theft and email scams are available as possible schemes. 0000003573 00000 n Death House session 1: Report and DM Notes, Adventures, Designer Assumptions, and GM Capabilities. Tool Proficiencies: Land or water vehicles, artisans tools or gaming set. If you really want more information than you could ever use on the Forgotten Realms, do a Google search for "Forgotten Realms wiki." Curse Of Strahd is one of the best campaigns for Dungeons & Dragons. You are not limited to just choosing the current season; all characters, regardless of story origin, may play in any legal D&D Adventurers League adventure. Character Creation Options | Ravenloft: Curse of Strahd | Obsidian Portal Character Creation Options All player character races and classes found in both the Player's Handbook and Volo's Guide to Monsters are allowed in this campaign, in addition to the custom options defined below. Recommended oaths: Devotion (celestial), Ancients (fey), Vengeance (any), Oathbreaker (fiend), You are a bounty hunter, private investigator, or otherwise skilled at tracking people down. The module also includes the Tarokka card decks using the Roll20 interface to shuffle and deal, as well as the deck of illusions, which appears in the adventure. Baron Vargas Vallakovich is the burgomaster of Vallaki, and credits his extreme ruling methods as keeping Strahd out of the territory. Theres so much lore, however, some people may find it a bit overwhelming and difficult to decide what's pertinent or important. 0000078100 00000 n Any changes are listed below. A few races are mentioned in the guide whose full statistics appear in another source (Aasimar and Genasi): you may not play those races without legal documentation. It was released on March 15, 2016 and is based on the Ravenloft module published in 1983 . People just really seem to like following you. H\n0} NCj"wf|YoB75f6S7;B6/M5tmx{9 >*/w~/sL=?0,$T|*i/oe? You should check them out. Your character can move between the adventures as you like (although its strongly recommended you finish one adventure with your character before starting a new adventure). So Im rolling up a new character. Recommended school: Any, You met a friendly fey creature, who showed you the ways of magic. The links provided here bring you to the SRD, but the 5e SRD does not list all of the available options from the Player's Handbook. Strahd is the Darklord whose dominion is Barovia, but beyond him are the Dark Powers, the omnipotent and immortal beings that control the Mists of Ravenloft and all of the Domains of Dread, each housing its own horrible Darklord. It is appropriate for any character or campaign . Characters originating during the Curse of Strahd storyline season can use the following rules for character options: D&D Basic Rules (all rules except rolling ability scores and hit points, rolling for starting wealth, some alignment restrictions) D&D Player's Handbook (all rules except rolling abil - I've also listed below what you might need to justify in your backstory if you pick a specific class, and some ideas on how to do so. upgrade now New Backgrounds: While attuned to the Tome of Strahd, you have advantage on saving throws made to resist Strahd's spells and effects. A canny DM will try to ensure that Strahd has answers for that, though. These are just examples, feel free to make up your own crazy reasons for why your guy has superpowers. Before "Death House" youll likely want to run one of the initial adventure hooks: Plea For Help, Mysterious Visitors, Werewolves in the Mist, and Creeping Fog. All rights reserved, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). How will character creation work. Your character may not even know they have them yet when the game starts, and their origin can potentially be explored in game. Note that Aarakocra are not legal. The players I'm about to DM for are new, and in order for them to create good characters, I need to provide them a lot of information (information about the world maybe, the people who are living there, their day to day life, professions and such). Recommended college: Valor, You are a scholar or otherwise spend a lot of time gathering stories and knowledge. In this first player-focused post for our Curse of Strahd re-vamp series, . Some games require a character of higher levels. You have anger management issues! Tool proficiencies: Choose one from Herbalism Kit, One Musical Instrument or One Gaming Set. . Starting Equipment: Street clothes, cell phone, laptop/tablet computer or notebook and pens. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} Some certification may lift some of the limitations or provide additional options. SECRETS let DM's weave character backstories into the module and make the action personal. 0000005502 00000 n During character creation, players can select the fol-lowing background for their characters, with the DM's approval. The first step to creating a character to play in the Curse of Strahd season is to choose a story origin. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} You believe they are either a gift from your god or a temptation towards evil. Player characters who areRavenloft Natives(usually human, but occasionallyelven, half-elven, halfling,dwarven, and tiefling) have access to common Barovian Lore and other information relevant to life in the Demiplane of Dread. Shaman Aside from that, it's always handy to have a cleric. D&D 5E Curse of Strahd Character Sheet and players pack on DMSGuild. Character Creation 0000009719 00000 n Ashton Duncan started as a Roll20 content conversion contractor with Curse of Strahd five years ago and is now a product manager. Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. 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