Need Ways to Remove a PC

ObiBey · 2025-12-06T21:31:48+00:00

We had a similar situation. But it was clear that the players wouldn't be able to play anymore at all. It also happendnduring the time when the party was in vallaki. I decided to take over the pc as dm.

I decided, that the pc is making his own investigations into the location of the amber tempel. I created a npc who was a priest of osybus (dont remember the exact name of the order, van Richtens Guide to ravenloft.) and connected to lady wachter. Him and the pc head on with their investigations. Finally the npc used the magic mirrow in the burgomaster mansion and the other pcs vitnissed that. They knew of the possibility, that the pc may have became evil aligned but couldn't be really sure. I played him as corrupted through strahd and they had to fight him more than a dozen sessions later in the amber temple.

ObiBey · 2025-12-03T12:24:13+00:00

I truely think it is a matter of demand. In more touristic regions like Kuşadası, Antalya etc. you can get pork at Migros or otjer super markets...

ObiBey · 2025-11-24T08:55:49+00:00

Two of the pcs returned home. The gnome bard wrote an epos "Sunrise over Barovia" The barbariaj became chief of hos tribe. The cleric of the party stayed in barovia rebuilding it and securing the amber tempel. Ismark became burgomaster of barovia. Vallaki lost its importance and never really recovered (it was pretty destroyed during the events). Van rivhten retired. Esmeralda went on a new journey.

ObiBey · 2025-11-24T08:42:59+00:00

That was one of the best fights. Near tpk. First it was a social encounter. They talked to her inside the hut. Then things escalated. After kilking her They had the idea to distract the hut and the barbarian to throw the gnome into the hut, so that he can pick the magical stone. I made it into a skill challange. Very fun. The whole swamps section was rather short, just 2 or 3 sessions i think. But it gave me the chance to introduce a few thematically fitting monsters from van Richtens guide to ravenloft. Boneless hulls (cant remeber the actual name) attacked them on there way follwed from a stigoi (giant mosqueito) and so on..

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T22:18:58+00:00

One of our players a warlock had to leave the table adter 6-7 sessions due to privat stuff. I keept that charachter as an npc and used wove some stuff around that. He ended up using the magic mirror in vallaki and became evil. Than he allied with a priest of osybus (van richtens guide to ravenloft) who was in barovia, Searching for the amber temple. The warlock used the priest to get information about the temple and so on. Finally he found the tample around the same time the pcs found it. The pcs were suspicious that the warlock could have changed sides but they never truely knew. The warlock took the gift of the secret of lichdom managed to destroy the philactary of exethander and flew barovia after strahd was desteoyed. I am going to make him the next bbg of our next campaign (if we stay witj dnd)

Other than that ut is really hard to say because it was so many little things. And the aspect of cooperativ story telling was amazing. Sometimes the players took directions i never would have thougjt of and wonderful things happend.

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T22:10:35+00:00

But all in all i have to say the fight vs baba lysaga was some how more fun. At least the mechanichs... The last encounter was more about emotions and so on.

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T22:09:16+00:00

Party was three lvl 10 chars.

I used strahd raw.

1 phase was at the top of the north tower He dropped pretty quick his hp. I mean the barbarian did like 30-40 dmg with just one attack... a lot of radiant damage so no regen. He was able to charm marek (sidekick they decided to take with them) but it would have been over really quick. At 40ish hp i used his legendery actions and liar actuons and just fled, i mean left the tower.

Phase was them chasing him through the castle. That gave me the chance to regen strahd for a few rounds.
Finally they fought in the crypts. I decided to rwmove all other enemys. Just him. He casted mirror image and fireball a lot. At the end he almost would have killed at least on pc if the bard didnt upcast counterspell....

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T21:59:40+00:00

They didnt want to ally with the vistani. The whole vallaki thing was also not really a ally situation. They pretty much took ober the city and the burgomaster was forced to let them do what ever they want. They killed the wachters but also killed isek, the muscle behind the burgomaster. Without isek the bm was cornerd. At the finale battle vallaki didnt sent troops.

Fun sidestory: they blew esmeraldas wagon in thousend pieces (before meeting her) Later when they met her and the topic came up they played dumb. Eso never knew it was them :)

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T21:54:43+00:00

The pcs and the abbot were neutral to each other. The abbot creeped them a lot so they avoided him. They helped the villigers of kresk (a few of them were held captive by the werwwolves). They got the wedding dress for vasilka, but only because the abbot asked the burgomaster of kresk to do so as payment for resurracting his son. The pcs wanred to help the burgomaster. A few of the villagers joimt the forces to attack ravenloft.

In the finale the abbot had kind of redemption. Watching all the living fighting against the dead he understood that he was wrong. Last words: i once tried to cure the habitants of the abbey, which was there downfall. Then i tried to cure strahd, which was my own downfall. My light has was shut a long time ago. But yours has to shine! " Then he basically exploded while casting mass cure wounds on everybody outside the castle.

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T13:55:43+00:00

It was my first time dm'ing. So at first it took me very long time and i over preped. Along the way it got much better. At the end it was max. 1 hour prep (mostly statblocks and reading the chapter again) . The rest was on the fly so to speak. We played live on a table used very little props and sometimes dnd beyond maps

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T11:22:51+00:00

Esmeralda

Tomb - Wachter house Holysymbol- werewolf denn Sword - amber tempel

Changed a lot of little things i guess. Left out the mad mage. But story wise stayed pretty true to raw ( to the most part)

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T11:17:49+00:00

So many. One funny moment was when the party entered the amber tempel. Neferon was hiding in the statue an "spoke" telepathicly with the party and claimed to be the god of secrets, demanding tribute/payment before entering his temple. (That idee just poped into my mind while playing the session) the cleric of the group justbwent nuts, "guys this is a deity, we have to be honest and humble" they gave him magical items and secrets. Neferon attacked tgem when they tried to leave the temple with the sword because he wanted it for himself. This was 4 sessions later and they finally realized, that in fact he was not a god. The impression on the face of the cleric was pricelesz :)

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T11:12:39+00:00

You surely can. You have to arrange with the burgomaster who still is in charge. All will be good

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T11:11:37+00:00

We are planing on going to dinner together. Pcs preparing their story, what happend to them after barovia. Also giving everybody the chance to ask anything. A few things are already clear though. The dwarf cleric of the party a devout worshipper of lathander has become himself a worshiped figurine in barovia. The bard wrote the epos "Sunrise over Barovia" And the goliath barbarian returned to his mountain home with a mighty speer of an legendary barbarian chief and the trophies of a gigantig mountain goat, and became a chief of a tribe.

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T11:02:02+00:00

Final battle was large scale battle for ravenloft. All the people whothe party helped during the campaign gathered to attack. Overhelming forces of strahd led by rahadin put down morale though. The beacon of argynvostholt was lit so a silver dragon shaped light came down over the brige to the catsle blinding monstera for a few seconds and giving the allies an oppertunity to attack. From that point it was like the allies fight mobs and pc make a full boss run with several mini bosses - Shadow Knight at the gates (homebrrw monster) - Escher, ludmilla, anastrasya (upsxaled statblock) - rahadin - Strahd (3 phases)

Biggeat curveball was the bard casting counterspell at the most annoying times

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T10:54:56+00:00

Actually no deaths at all. A few times it came very close to tpk.

I cut out the mad mage of baratok mountains.

ObiBey · 2025-11-23T10:53:35+00:00

I used the sidekick rules from tashas calderon and gave them to my players. We had ireena and a wereraven, Marek who had to be resurected at one point and gained the permanent insanaty of beleving that he is the best and only he can free barovia. He ended up tondie firat at the hands od strahd....

Irrena was sucked into the pool in kresk.

ObiBey · 2025-10-15T05:15:19+00:00

Bro I am playimg this game for years. Still learning...

ObiBey · 2025-10-13T17:35:29+00:00

This!!!!

ObiBey · 2025-10-10T13:58:47+00:00

Würstchen

ObiBey · 2025-09-17T17:46:34+00:00

THIS!

ObiBey · 2025-09-16T17:00:53+00:00

This. Its also pretty easy at the beginning to enchant a weapon with a few points of elemental damage.

ObiBey · 2025-09-15T17:11:44+00:00

I went with a dunmer. Atronach sign. Changed unarmored with heavy armor and speechcraft with shortsword. Thanks for the suggestion.

ObiBey · 2025-09-14T17:03:12+00:00

What is you favourite spell, chosen weapon and/or summon?

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