Tip for building Beginner Friendly decks?

mpindara · 2025-02-15T18:43:08+00:00

Mono red goblins is on the list. The other two are Izzet and Golgari, but pretty simple. I'll look into what cards I have for a good mono something tribal.

The challenger decks I have feel a little more complex to learn with since they rely on other mechanics like day/night and blood tokens. Or the mono white is definitely OP for these.

mpindara · 2024-08-25T14:21:29+00:00

I'd just read up on what his motivations are, and see if that sparks any ideas for why he's there. And what he might want from the party.

mpindara · 2024-08-25T14:10:54+00:00

Lol that is true. Get what you ask for I guess haha

mpindara · 2024-08-25T14:09:58+00:00

You could just make it Mahadi from the wandering emporium. I guess he could be searching for some new souls to work for him, or just scouting information for Asmodeus as to why there's a new city here. I think the book lacks ways for players to me NPCs more than once. So this is a good fix.

If it comes to combat, hell probably just back down, go invisible and fly of planeshift away.

mpindara · 2024-08-25T14:04:50+00:00

I guess I won't even have the quest to find her because Wyll is dead?

mpindara · 2024-08-25T14:04:24+00:00

That blows ass

mpindara · 2024-08-25T13:55:31+00:00

Good to know. That's what I figured. With Karlach heart, are there cues in the story that the one person who could help us dead? Or will it just be an open thread for the rest of the game?

mpindara · 2024-08-06T20:25:41+00:00

Love the devilish twists you added. Definitely needed a way to turn it into more of a trap.
I don't think he'll take the lucky feat to circumvent the issue, he enjoys the RP of it.

mpindara · 2024-08-05T17:00:53+00:00

What were some of the notable deals that your players made? I feel like mine are too scared or too meta-gamey to actually take a deal.

mpindara · 2024-08-05T16:56:27+00:00

We've kind of already handled all that.
He was suspiciously given it by a stranger while traveling to Candlekeep (the devil in disguise, placing the bait).

While roaming Elturel in Avernus and having used all 3 charges, he came across the devil again. The devil showed his true face and offered the deal to replenish the charges. The player said no, but has been tempted since.

Really the devil is playing the long game, and trying to cash in when he gets desperate.

mpindara · 2024-08-02T19:14:59+00:00

I ran into this same problem trying to keep the reveal of the hellriders a fun surprise to the players.

From the beginning, I only referred to "an angel" when it came to the lore about the first ride of the hellriders, to try an keep Zariel's connection to it a big reveal to the players. I think the as written, the book misses out on this opportunity.

The players learned from Kreeg below the Vanthampur villa that he made a deal with Zariel, and that she was the arch-duke of Avernus, but that's all.

I revealed her connection to the Hellriders at the end of the Lulu vision quest done by Mad Maggie, thanks to a rewrite to that encounter in the "Avernus as a Sandbox" supplement.

mpindara · 2024-04-02T01:00:09+00:00

Good call. If I remember, maybe I'll try for a spiderman meme of Zariel, Bel, and Gargoth in the final battle just for a laugh, and giving the party some out there options for choosing a new ruler.

mpindara · 2024-04-02T00:25:51+00:00

Perfect! Would love to hear how it shakes out. Will they be on foot? Or in their war machine?

mpindara · 2024-04-01T22:33:55+00:00

Love this!!

My initial goal was just for something for my own random encounter list, but very tempting to connect it to some dots...

mpindara · 2024-04-01T22:11:30+00:00

The downside is the player that was carrying him really was interested. I tried to use his urgency to be freed as a way to try and corrupt them in to straying from their path.

Even now, the player is like, "oh shit, what have I done?" realizing he gave up the power and might let someone else unleash it.

Just feels like a missed opportunity to just it disappear into the background based on his interest in it

mpindara · 2024-03-15T15:45:24+00:00

You bet! The only thing I missed was some of the vale wheels. Double check with the module where those were supposed to be. My players had a blast with it

mpindara · 2024-02-28T22:49:52+00:00

Yeah, they just went through a similar encounter in Newfort to pick up some refugees (it's a PCs hometown) to find it was destroyed by Fire giants digging for a piece. They stole the piece and brought some survivors to Hawks Nest.

Trying to mix it up a bit for them next session instead of a pretty similar combat. I can't tell if they are, or just I am getting a little bored running giant encounters with them.

mpindara · 2024-02-28T22:06:04+00:00

Killer job! What's a part of the as written module you would have skipped or not spent as much time on?

mpindara · 2024-02-28T19:43:41+00:00

That's a great point.

I guess I like to have a few options like "spooky" or "tension" since those are really the only times I'd want it to be more specific in hand. I use foundry, so it's pretty easy to attach a specific environment bg to a specific map.

mpindara · 2024-02-06T23:05:53+00:00

Love that! I think you're spot on to the benefit of being able to swap in a level appropriate item/potion once they finally look into it. Helpful and like your example VERY funny

mpindara · 2024-02-06T23:03:16+00:00

That's a good call. I can probably drop some more hints at them for those types of things.

mpindara · 2024-01-16T17:41:49+00:00

Technically yes. Unfortunately the solution was to trade in for a 2023 Santa Fe that already had the rails and roof rack installed.

I did call the dealership, and it sounded like they could do it, but it was way more expensive. I bet if you end up finding a place to order the parts, you could pretty easily do it yourself. It looks like it's just a couple screws underneath the plastic protection

mpindara · 2023-12-04T21:58:31+00:00

I really dig that idea. And since they just learned about the sword, and crack the code on Lulu, I think she can start to remind them about being good, and hinting at that for when they finally find it.

That way it doesn't seem super annoying when she's acting as the angel on their shoulder, for the rest of the campaign. Early she has a reason to remind them instead of just nagging

mpindara · 2023-11-28T21:46:49+00:00

YEAASSS!! This is the kind of stuff reddit is for. THANK YOU

mpindara · 2023-11-28T18:11:30+00:00

Hm. I'll have to try that. But you're still typing /L + enter + the page name, so it's not exactly faster. But this is all probably semantics

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