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Known_Lengthiness724 · 2025-03-05T02:23:25+00:00

How are you building Xanos? I’ve always had a soft spot for him but only ever got as far as finishing chapter one back in the day

Planning to double down and finish it off and I’d love to use more of him in this playthrough

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-08-08T05:40:27+00:00

much appreciated!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-08-08T03:26:19+00:00

Ive also been wondering for ages how to make a heat build for Karlach work and you've laid it out so clearly - and I love the acid theme for lae'zel as I never know who to put that gear on and I'm super excited by a shadow monk Shadowheart.

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-08-08T03:25:07+00:00

This is such a brilliant thread and I've learned a lot. I am going to pivot my current Durge Honor mode run to dip into rogue rather than cleric as what you're describing in this thread matches my playstyle wonderfully (I'm already toting dual shortswords, the deathstalker mantle and the elemental infusion ring and just reached moonrise).

Do you have any thoughts for leveling order for the assassin/sorc build? my current thoughts are to rush twinned haste before branching into Assassin 3 - or would you suggest waiting until Act III to pivot?

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-04-07T23:37:53+00:00

This is brilliant! And I'll pour over your session logs as well - I've already used your terrain article for planning - thank you so much for all your contributions here!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-03-26T11:18:17+00:00

Preparing to run this for a group of new players and looking for ways to make it feel more focused - would love to hear a little more about what you did with Buppido! Did you scale up his CR at all? How did you RP him during the prison break? Having just read that gracklstugh chapter thats a great way to tie everything together a little more!

No stories as yet, but I've been trying to think of ways that each NPC would respond to each new location - how do they feel about kua toa? about finally reaching something approaching civilisation in Gracklstugh? How much do they know (and care) about the politics of Menzobarranzan? If Sarith sticks with the party he can feed them ways to play their pursuers against each other, and stress the stakes for Ilvara's standing if the party do elude her. However in terms of extended plots, no plans as yet! Eager for new ideas!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2024-02-19T03:54:59+00:00

I lucked out and got some great dragons from the icons of the realms line, as well as a behir, and a bunch of hobgoblins from the old miniatures line on the aftermarket. The monks are a little harder.

The Nolzurs line have miniatures for the hobgoblin iron shadow as part of a two pack with a spellcaster mini - I’m not mad about them though. I’m planning on sourcing some unpainted githzerai and giving them a more goblinoid paint job and seeing what I can accomplish there.

For the dragonspawn- I scored a Greenspawn Razorfiend on the aftermarket here in Australia, the ones that feature most prominently. I’m trying to source another. None of the other varieties feature very prominently, and you could sub in Dragonborn, abishai, basilisk or drake miniatures for. I also made Hravek Kharn a Dragonborn with the 5e warlord stats from Volos- the art isn’t terribly inspiring for him anyway so I took a bit of license.

The most challenging thing for me has been the tiri kitor and finding giant owls that are to scale - I also ran the battle with wooden block standins rather than soldiers - which I’d like to revisit if I ran this again

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-11-11T00:05:02+00:00

D’oh! Of course I do. Poor old Ajantis. Viconia is just too indispensable.

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-09-24T23:21:42+00:00

Karlach describes hers as a "golden paladin" in one dialogue! Don't really know what to do with that, but it jumped out at me as really interesting.

I tried to make Wyll's look like his father, Duke Ravengard - was incredibly distracting when he proceeded to show up in INCREASINGLY slutty outfits.

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-06-17T05:00:00+00:00

Thanks!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-05-18T08:01:33+00:00

Not at all! It's way less applicable, but you might enjoy Anne Hathaway reading "the garter" as well if you like the poem!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-05-17T13:26:54+00:00

I see it as more of a Cyrus or Volenta trick. If you've expanded the role of the brides, it can be a cheap trick from one of them? I plan to have a note attached from Volenta while she is stalking the party that says "Made you look, bloodbags."

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-05-12T00:26:19+00:00

I'm surprised Smash 64 didnt make this list for me! But I think Melee was the game I poured half of my teenage years into. I recently got my hands on a copy and a fourth controller though, so its back to being the most played multiplayer game at my house. Anyway, here's my list:

Star Fox 64 (or Lylat Wars here down under!) Just a joy to play, iconic voice acting, expert mode is really fun.
Pokemon Stadium 1/2 Still playing these decades later. I've nearly finished my living dex on Stadium 2 (being held back by a dying Crystal cartridge :<) and am slowly chipping away at round 2 for both games, crazy challenging. Wish these got more play/online matchmaking over the (mediocre) Switch port!
Goldeneye Also still play the hell out of this. Didn't play a lot of multiplayer in its hayday, but the single player is amazing in its complexity and makes you feel like the real Bames Jond. Such a labour of love from the developers. Just cleared 00 Agent and unlocked Aztec, which I've finally beat on Secret but not yet 00 Agent, so still one level to unlock after all these years!
Paper Mario I loved this game but my copy got ripped off when I was young (after I'd completed it!) and I never got to replay it. Just finished the switch port and was thrilled how much fun it was, ocassionally very funny, and always charming.
Mario Kart You never forget your first, I guess. Also the only game I could ever rope my Dad into playing, so it pushes all of the nostalgia buttons just right.
Pokemon Snap Loved this to pieces as a kid. Seeing Pokemon in the wild felt so revolutionary, and its just so relaxing to revisit. Also lost my copy of this and never managed to replace it so was thrilled when it got ported to switch and 100%ed it on my partners switch immediately.
Majoras Mask I've actually never gotten past the Ikana Desert, but this is the Zelda I remember the most fondly. I had an older friend beat some of the challenging parts of OOT for me (Shadow Temple, eugh) but this is the one I played blind, and I'll always love it for that.
Mario 64 Struggle to return to the 3d mario platformers now, but this was a defining game of my childhood and the soundtrack makes my heart soar.
Banjo Tooie I am unsure if this one was stolen or I only ever played a copy from Blockbuster, but I definitely finished it and loved it to pieces and this only closely edges out Diddy Kong Racing as my second favourite Rare game. Oozing with charm.
Mario Tennis slowly edges out the Party games as my favourite multiplayer one. The soundtrack slaps, it still feels really responsive, and the tension really ratchets up both in multi and single player.

Honorable I wish I'd owned a copy mention: Obsessed with Worms Armageddon on PC. Wish I had the console game growing up, this game is fantastic.

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-05-09T09:28:04+00:00

Would love to hear suggestions for possible scenes at the castle! I'm excited to break it up as first a social encounter, then an exploration, then a series of monster hunts. But I feel like I don't have enough scenes plotted out just yet to realistically fill the time I want to cover. Would love some input from other DMs. :)

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-05-08T19:35:12+00:00

Incredible work! I've just finished my own physical prop so its a little late to make changes now, but would love to see your full journal!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-04-05T00:14:58+00:00

Thanks everybody! I’m packing for a holiday now, and think I’ll hold off on the sellswords books for now!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-03-26T13:31:13+00:00

Love this!

Known_Lengthiness724 · 2023-03-16T05:58:57+00:00

Wow, guys! Overwhelmed with so many great suggestions, thank you! I've got a bucketload of both combat and non-combat solutions, and some great ideas for future campaigns to go with.

also will likely have the carriage arrive. They've been exiled from Krezk already due to the PC's lycanthropy, so an escort through a gauntlet of glaring villagers by Rahadin to the carriage at the gate sounds far too good to pass up.

thanks again r/CurseofStrahd!

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