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Darker Gifts - Curse of Strahd Expansion

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Darker Gifts - Curse of Strahd Expansion
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Julie Y. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/16/2020 10:17:42

Lots of good and flavorful ideas here. I made my own custom list based on this plus the expanded options from WotC.



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Darker Gifts - Curse of Strahd Expansion
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/09/2016 20:37:38

This has done the impossible and made a TPK be something to look forward to! :) The author put a lot of thought into these curses. Some of them would have massively different effects depending on your character (for example, the curse which sews the PC's mouth shut wouldn't be that bad for a barbarian, but would make a magic user's life quite difficult).

It looks very professional. Overall, what a fantastic job. I wish that more items on DM's Guild were as high-quality as this.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Darker Gifts - Curse of Strahd Expansion
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Marco A. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/04/2016 19:50:54

I really liked the idea, as I agree that the dark gifts provided in the AL-DM guide are too few.

However, most of the gifts in this expansion are severly unbalanced. With the original gifts the characters get something that renders their character more interesting, but the good and bad effects of each gift are always in check. With this expansion this is often not the case. There are 20 possible gifts: 1-4 are the original ones. 5: Any character that needs to use their hands is rendered unplayable. 6: Would be balanced without tremorsense. 7: ok 8: Any character that needs speech is rendered unplayable, as they have to face 1d6 for each round of talking. 9: ok 10: ok 11: ok 12: ok, but bonus and malus don't fit together. 13: ok 14: unbalanced. Bonus in game-terms, malus just in descriptive terms. Needs rework (e.g. CHA-malus in social interactions). 15 : Very unbalanced. Malus greatly exceeds bonus. 16: ok 17: Unbalanced - very unbalanced. A character with a constitution of 11 or less has no malus at all but gains two immunities. 18: This one is actually very good. 19: ok 20: This one is actually very good.

P.S. It is bad form for an author to write a review for his own work.



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Darker Gifts - Curse of Strahd Expansion
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kyle G. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/13/2016 03:08:13

VERY USEFUL IN A REALM SUCH AS RAVENLOFT THAT SPOOKS AND GHOULS ROAM THE NIGHT IT'S ALWAYS FUN SLOWLY CORRUPTING YOUR PLAYERS TO BECOME MORE LIKE THE MONSTERS THEY FIGHT AND THESE ADD SOME USEFUL CURSES TO THE GAME



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