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This past weekend we played through the Death House. Here is my recap: http://www.ultanya.com/2016/04/curse-of-strahd-death-house.html
WARNING: Spoilers!
WARNING: Spoilers!
Killing PCs - especially lots of low-level PCs - can certainly ramp up the "horror" vibe but in my mind it mostly ramps up the "frustration" vibe. A lot of work typically goes into character generation and throwing it all away after the first session just feels cruel.
They were able to handle the ghoul ambush surprisingly well, despite the fact that they accidentally brought in the mimic mid-fight.
Ha! My group fought the shadows and the mimic at the same time. The DM showed us mercy, though, and when I pointed out that his placement of one of the Shadows was closest to the mimic, he agreed and had the Shadow attack the mimic. I think we would have TPK'd without that.