Comment by ๐ฒ Half_Elf_Monk
Re: "What to do when only one player is available? 1 on 1โฆ"
If only one player is available, do some quick retroactive character sheet manipulation, and play out some scenes from a backstory. "When {charname} was younger, {decisive events} were occurring, and it was a struggle. How did it play out?" If you know the character well enough, you can set up scenes. It adds a LOT to the #currentyear of game. If they play well, you can give like... hidden time bomb bonuses of special abilities they remember, or "I know a guy from way back when" who just so happens to be in the next village. Or lore drops that are strangely relevant to the next session.
2025-03-12 ยท 1 year ago
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What to do when only one player is available? 1 on 1 adventure! โ This time only one player was able to make it to my Saturday game session, but we hand enough notice that I got one of the 1 on 1 Adventures from Expeditious Press and did a quick read through and a very simple conversion from D&D 3E to Labyrinth Lord, mostly by substituting hit dice, armor class, and attacks from Labyrinth Lord and writing down the To Hit Armor Class Zero number. The player had a Labyrinth Lord monk from an...