Hey guys, I want to do something for Halloween. I don't have anything set in stone right now, but here is the idea I'm toying with. I will update the rules and expectations here so you can just reference this original post to get all the info rather than scouring the thread. It is a one shot adventure (or possibly a series of one-shots) with a Halloween theme. Everyone who is interested makes two level 20 characters. Standard or point buy Attributes. Max hit points for all levels. Each character gets 1 Legendary, 1 Very Rare, 2 Rare, and 4 Uncommon magic items. However please don't take any gotcha or silly items. Examples are Deck of Many Things or the Apparatus of Kwalish. Basically things that take too long to read what they do as the entire session will become reading item descriptions. Good item choices are things with direct stat increases. A middle of the road example is the Staff of the Adder - if you choose something like that please make a macro for it so we can easily and quickly reference the wording. Starting kit for equipment as normal plus 500 gold. Wizards may spend their wizard level ×300 in gold on adding spells to their spell book. For example a 9th level wizard would gain 1800 gold for adding spells. This is in addition to the spells you gain per level. This bonus money may only be spent to add spells to your spell book, or on components to cast those spells. <a href="http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/spells/" rel="nofollow">http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/spells/</a> has a sortable list with ritual filter ( you're welcome:) ) The adventure(s) are set in Ravenloft. It might seem like the obvious choice is a Life domain cleric. However, the forces of evil are much stronger in Ravenloft so things like Turn Undead and Radiant damage may not be as effective as they are in the material world. Also, those who 'fight fire with fire'; things like Necromancy or Death Domain, will have to roll on a Fallen table to see how much effect the ennui of the realm has on them. I will also be using the Sanity rules from the DMG with a few adjustments. Here's your backstory: Long you have trained in the Praetorian Guard. In order to join you had to leave behind family and friends; you even had to fake your own death so that the forces of darkness could not trace your origins to use against you. For fighting the darkness is your duty. Your entire life you have devoted to the eradication of evil: from the study of lore on each abomination to the martial training required to defeat them. For some the clear path to destroying evil is to seek it out and smite it wherever you find it with holy zeal and fervor. For others the only way to truly defeat the enemy is to become like it - to match the darkness with your own hatred and vile ways. Whatever your approach you are a tight-knit fighting force, trained and focused for one goal: Seeking out and eradicating evil on its own turf. Think Hellboy, The Watchmen, The Avengers; that sort of thing. A group of superheroes who may or may not be good people but are united for a common cause. I'm tentatively planning this for Saturday, October 24 so it doesn't interfere with actual Halloween. If you're interested reply to this post and I'll assign you two special templates. If there's not enough interest and you'd rather play Princes of the Apocalypse that's fine too, so let me know either way. I'm not going to run a game nobody wants to play! Thanks.
