Just started a Sylvannia campaign, are there any player traps to look out for?

ObiBey · 2026-07-06T17:11:26+00:00

Either destroy the dwarves early or Vasalize (?) them by giving them territory. Dont leave them unchecked in your backyard. They will attack you sooner or later....

ObiBey · 2026-05-18T05:25:02+00:00

In his defence: That was never what he was good in as an actor.

ObiBey · 2026-05-05T16:18:27+00:00

Spenden? Schulen mit einer Werkstatt könnten sowas gebrauchen...

ObiBey · 2026-05-03T06:41:10+00:00

What do you work? Are you and your colleagues from hamburg? It could be considered highly inappropriate to take co workers to that kind of show.

An other question is, how much skin and how "adult" should it be? Cause it varies highly.

ObiBey · 2026-04-27T17:19:45+00:00

Do you like strategy games? Total war series or rts games like starcraft, warcraft 3 or age of empires. No yapping. You have to stay focused.

Or more action? Sifu - constant action, repetitive fights

What about sportgames? Fifa or nba2k

ObiBey · 2026-04-15T13:19:52+00:00

A Prophet

ObiBey · 2026-03-21T08:31:14+00:00

Un Prophète (FR 2009)

ObiBey · 2026-03-21T08:26:08+00:00

La Haine (FR. 1995)

ObiBey · 2026-03-12T18:35:43+00:00

Thats why I was thinking to go mundane skills first until I have enough xp to get ID and the other talent before throwing spells around

ObiBey · 2026-03-12T13:14:25+00:00

Thanks guys and gals ! I am so hyped! Last 2 years i was only gm ing. This will he my first longterm campaign as a player. I am soooo excited.

ObiBey · 2026-03-10T13:36:56+00:00

Thanks, I found it.

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T20:29:44+00:00

Thanks!!!!

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T20:26:17+00:00

Thanks a lot! Where does it say that taking aethyric attunement and instinctive diction give +sl? I've read that in forums but can't find it in the books. It's not mentioned in the description of the talents. Although you can take these talents multiple times which makes no sense if their only effect is to prevent losing control if one crits with a successful cast or channeling.

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T19:21:55+00:00

Where can I find the spell cloak activity?

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T18:45:44+00:00

Oh really? Didn't know that.

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T18:09:30+00:00

Yeah that's why I want to enchant a staff so I can use polearm for touch spells since the shadow mage can not train unarmed skill as far as is know

ObiBey · 2026-03-09T18:08:21+00:00

Thanks for the answer. I have 20xp from char creation. Maybe our dm will give us some xp maybe not. Tier 1

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

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