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<blockquote data-quote="Agglomérante" data-source="post: 6440919" data-attributes="member: 7340"><p>A straight 5e Vampire is CR 13 and 10,000 xp. A Warrior or Spellcaster Vampire is CR 15 and 13,000 xp; combining them would be even tougher.</p><p></p><p>There are six PCs in my party, and they'll be 5th level after finishing Phandelver. I suppose they'd level up to 6th or even 7th before the climactic fight with Strahd. I should probably add up the experience in the encounters and report back.</p><p></p><p>These are the total XP budgets for my party at different levels for a "deadly" fight (according to the Basic DMG):</p><p></p><p>Level 5: 6 PCs x 1,100 "deadly" xp = 6,600 xp</p><p>Level 6: 6 PCs x 1,400 "deadly" xp = 8,400 xp </p><p>Level 7: 6 PCs x 1,700 "deadly" xp = 10,200 xp</p><p>Level 8: 6 PCs x 2,100 "deadly" xp = 12,600 xp</p><p>Level 9: 6 PCs x 2,400 "deadly" xp = 14,400 xp</p><p></p><p>That's ignoring the x .5 modifier I'm supposed to use because it's a large party and a single monster.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, inserting a spellcasting Strahd into that Reddit 5e Ravenloft conversion that's making the rounds would require scaling all the other encounters. And also finding something else to run to bring the PCs to 7th level. The best module I've found to date for that is Castle Amber, but it's also trapping the party in a castle, and there's no 5e conversion. That whole scenario needs more time than I have.</p><p></p><p>So I'm going to work with a non-spellcasting Strahd and make the best of the straight Vampire abilities. My goal is to kill off a few of the trapped/isolated characters and have the survivors on edge...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agglomérante, post: 6440919, member: 7340"] A straight 5e Vampire is CR 13 and 10,000 xp. A Warrior or Spellcaster Vampire is CR 15 and 13,000 xp; combining them would be even tougher. There are six PCs in my party, and they'll be 5th level after finishing Phandelver. I suppose they'd level up to 6th or even 7th before the climactic fight with Strahd. I should probably add up the experience in the encounters and report back. These are the total XP budgets for my party at different levels for a "deadly" fight (according to the Basic DMG): Level 5: 6 PCs x 1,100 "deadly" xp = 6,600 xp Level 6: 6 PCs x 1,400 "deadly" xp = 8,400 xp Level 7: 6 PCs x 1,700 "deadly" xp = 10,200 xp Level 8: 6 PCs x 2,100 "deadly" xp = 12,600 xp Level 9: 6 PCs x 2,400 "deadly" xp = 14,400 xp That's ignoring the x .5 modifier I'm supposed to use because it's a large party and a single monster. Anyway, inserting a spellcasting Strahd into that Reddit 5e Ravenloft conversion that's making the rounds would require scaling all the other encounters. And also finding something else to run to bring the PCs to 7th level. The best module I've found to date for that is Castle Amber, but it's also trapping the party in a castle, and there's no 5e conversion. That whole scenario needs more time than I have. So I'm going to work with a non-spellcasting Strahd and make the best of the straight Vampire abilities. My goal is to kill off a few of the trapped/isolated characters and have the survivors on edge... [/QUOTE]
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