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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7061667" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I'm running two different CoS groups, and each have gone to the Castle different amounts thus far.</p><p></p><p><strong>Group One</strong> (with both the Tome and the Sunsword located in the Castle for them):</p><p>- has been trying to avoid going to the Castle</p><p>- was eventually sent the dinner invitation by Strahd and still avoided going</p><p>- finally was routed there via portal due to a Madam Eva / Lost Island of Castamir sidequest too difficult to get into now</p><p>- had dinner with Strahd, told that to get on his good side they should go after the inhabitants of Argynvostholt</p><p>- wandered the Castle just a short bit and then left</p><p>- I have no idea at this point if/when they will return to go after the two items or not, but my expectation is they may not at all until they finally deal with Strahd (and they hopefully actually try and go after the items)</p><p></p><p><strong>Group Two</strong> (who also had the Tome of Strahd and Sunsword located in the Castle):</p><p>- almost immediately went to the Castle upon arriving in Barovia because one PC fell in instant adoration of Ireena, and when the carriage arrived to invite the group to dinner, the PC climbed in because Ireena was going-- and thus the rest of the group also went</p><p>- at dinner they were told to "deal with" a woman in Vallaki who was trying to usurp control of the town from the Burgomaster (Strahd playing the reverse psychology angle where he expected them to not believe anything he says, so they'd end up putting Lady Wachter into power just like he would actually prefer)</p><p>- wandered the Castle and found / rescued Gertruda from the master bedroom upstairs (and one of the PCs snuck off and managed to find the teleportation brazier in the basement-- which just teleported her back up to the library in the Castle where the group had just been) and they all left the Castle</p><p>- after meeting Rictavio and him revealing himself to them, the group learned that since Strahd still had Ireena and presumably finished his bite/drain of her, she would lay in stasis for seven days and then awaken as a vampire spawn-- so they had a timetable to get back there and recuse her (as the one PC in puppylove with her demanded they do)</p><p>- when they finally got their chance to return to rescue Ireena, they brought a cask of newly-acquired wine and posed as delivery people here to deliver the wine to the Castle for the upcoming shotgun wedding of Strahd and Ireena</p><p>- they made their way to the tombs, the paladin grabbed the Thighbone of St. Markovia, the mystic grabbed the Tome of Strahd from Ravenovia's sarcophagus, they located Ireena's body in her crypt, grabbed her and made their way back to the teleportation brazier room, and blinked out of the Castle up to Tsolenka Pass</p><p>- probably have enough other things to do (and have pissed Strahd off enough by stealing his beloved and destroying her dead body before fully transforming into a spawn) that they won't return to the Castle until they finally need to cleanse the Chapel there and grab the Sunsword-- and then will be locked in until they have a final confrontation with Strahd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7061667, member: 7006"] I'm running two different CoS groups, and each have gone to the Castle different amounts thus far. [B]Group One[/B] (with both the Tome and the Sunsword located in the Castle for them): - has been trying to avoid going to the Castle - was eventually sent the dinner invitation by Strahd and still avoided going - finally was routed there via portal due to a Madam Eva / Lost Island of Castamir sidequest too difficult to get into now - had dinner with Strahd, told that to get on his good side they should go after the inhabitants of Argynvostholt - wandered the Castle just a short bit and then left - I have no idea at this point if/when they will return to go after the two items or not, but my expectation is they may not at all until they finally deal with Strahd (and they hopefully actually try and go after the items) [B]Group Two[/B] (who also had the Tome of Strahd and Sunsword located in the Castle): - almost immediately went to the Castle upon arriving in Barovia because one PC fell in instant adoration of Ireena, and when the carriage arrived to invite the group to dinner, the PC climbed in because Ireena was going-- and thus the rest of the group also went - at dinner they were told to "deal with" a woman in Vallaki who was trying to usurp control of the town from the Burgomaster (Strahd playing the reverse psychology angle where he expected them to not believe anything he says, so they'd end up putting Lady Wachter into power just like he would actually prefer) - wandered the Castle and found / rescued Gertruda from the master bedroom upstairs (and one of the PCs snuck off and managed to find the teleportation brazier in the basement-- which just teleported her back up to the library in the Castle where the group had just been) and they all left the Castle - after meeting Rictavio and him revealing himself to them, the group learned that since Strahd still had Ireena and presumably finished his bite/drain of her, she would lay in stasis for seven days and then awaken as a vampire spawn-- so they had a timetable to get back there and recuse her (as the one PC in puppylove with her demanded they do) - when they finally got their chance to return to rescue Ireena, they brought a cask of newly-acquired wine and posed as delivery people here to deliver the wine to the Castle for the upcoming shotgun wedding of Strahd and Ireena - they made their way to the tombs, the paladin grabbed the Thighbone of St. Markovia, the mystic grabbed the Tome of Strahd from Ravenovia's sarcophagus, they located Ireena's body in her crypt, grabbed her and made their way back to the teleportation brazier room, and blinked out of the Castle up to Tsolenka Pass - probably have enough other things to do (and have pissed Strahd off enough by stealing his beloved and destroying her dead body before fully transforming into a spawn) that they won't return to the Castle until they finally need to cleanse the Chapel there and grab the Sunsword-- and then will be locked in until they have a final confrontation with Strahd [/QUOTE]
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