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<blockquote data-quote="Agglomérante" data-source="post: 6445190" data-attributes="member: 7340"><p>The 5e vampire has such cool ideas. I'm really glad the first time the players face a 5e vampire that it's Strahd.</p><p></p><p>As a generic vampire, Strahd can summon 2d4 warms of bats once a day (each a medium-sized creature). It's excellent cover for surprise and/or retreat. If the swarm's timed with an attack on the party where a PC's already <em>restrained</em> (move 0), Strahd can remain in bat form to deliver his draining bite, camouflaged by the rest of the bats chewing on the party for 2d4 damage/round. Ditto if a PC's <em>incapacitated</em>.</p><p></p><p>I'd love to hear what other people have planned for Strahd or have done in the past!</p><p></p><p>So, my party will be 6th level when confronting Strahd as a basic (but CR 13) 5e vampire. The imbalance is supposed to be met these (AD&D unique) artifacts:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And here's a cinematic weakness from the 5e vampire:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I figure that's more than enough.</p><p></p><p>The Sunsword's +3 to hit will be at advantage while the symbol's flaring for 20 hp of flesh-searing radiant each round. Assuming the owner of the holy symbol knows it's effectively a one-shot deal (and doesn't blow it on the maid vampire), and the player rolls (blindly) a decent flare duration on a d10, a 7th level party will easily take out a paralyzed Count (AC 16, HP 144).</p><p></p><p>Those artifacts are so powerful it makes me want to restore Strahd's spells. Maybe some of them ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agglomérante, post: 6445190, member: 7340"] The 5e vampire has such cool ideas. I'm really glad the first time the players face a 5e vampire that it's Strahd. As a generic vampire, Strahd can summon 2d4 warms of bats once a day (each a medium-sized creature). It's excellent cover for surprise and/or retreat. If the swarm's timed with an attack on the party where a PC's already [I]restrained[/I] (move 0), Strahd can remain in bat form to deliver his draining bite, camouflaged by the rest of the bats chewing on the party for 2d4 damage/round. Ditto if a PC's [I]incapacitated[/I]. I'd love to hear what other people have planned for Strahd or have done in the past! So, my party will be 6th level when confronting Strahd as a basic (but CR 13) 5e vampire. The imbalance is supposed to be met these (AD&D unique) artifacts: And here's a cinematic weakness from the 5e vampire: I figure that's more than enough. The Sunsword's +3 to hit will be at advantage while the symbol's flaring for 20 hp of flesh-searing radiant each round. Assuming the owner of the holy symbol knows it's effectively a one-shot deal (and doesn't blow it on the maid vampire), and the player rolls (blindly) a decent flare duration on a d10, a 7th level party will easily take out a paralyzed Count (AC 16, HP 144). Those artifacts are so powerful it makes me want to restore Strahd's spells. Maybe some of them ... [/QUOTE]
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