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I took a look at the Hero Forge update that includes the 5E SRD stuff. I did not buy it (it's $30), so maybe someone that has can tell us if it's helpful. http://www.wolflair.com/blog/2016/03/23/hero-lab-dd-5th-edition-srd-encounter-builder-and-more-monsters/ I like the idea behind it, but my...

I like these ideas. I think the early encounters with Strahd should be less about combat and more about making the characters afraid to peek around a corner or open their eyes in the morning. I want the players to be afraid to attack Strahd early on and if they do attack I want the defeat to end...

The march of the dead from the Barovian graveyard to the castle consists of ghosts of adventurers who have failed to defeat Strahd. I don't have the book in front of me, but I thought there were about a hundred ghosts. That would mean that Strahd has played this game with many other adventuring...

I houserule letting some casters classes decide on charisma, wisdom, or intelligence depending on what kind of caster they want to play. I'm still pretty strict on Wizards using int since the class revolves around studying spells, but I let warlocks and sorcerers pick wisdom instead of charisma...

Yea, I'm not feeling the energy yet. I think the format has something to do with it. If they were sitting around the same table the dynamic would be different. Having everyone on video chat means that they can't really talk over each other so they spend a lot of time looking at their computer...

It is a lot. What I'm doing is giving it a quick lookover to get the general idea of the adventure and then I'm going to just stay a step ahead of the players. I'm going to go over the next town or next adventure area and give it a good read, make some notes on monsters and NPCs. If I mess up...

I just own the PHB and that had been good enough for me so far. I also notice a lot of references to the DMG in the CoS as well. It mentions madness and traps from the DMG that I can think of. I guess it was time for me to get the MM and the DMG anyway.

There's a chance that two items can be found before the players even get to Madame Eva (that I can recall). The church basement could just have a chest sitting in the corner with an item in it, and the graves at the first crossroads gallows can have one as well. I know it's not likely that the...

I agree about making the bad guys be bad guys. When I started table top gaming with my (at the time) 8 year old I avoided friendly goblins or reluctant mercenaries. The bad guys were always snarling and doing bad guy things. I also let her knock out and tie up anyone she fought and did not have...

Once combat has started it would be harder to think back to what you may have read in a book when you were at Hogwarts. If it seems they are abusing the knowledge checks then I'd tell them they will need to use an action to use an ability (by the rules) unless there is some time between when...

I'm getting a campaign guide together for my game and I'm coming up with ties for the players to the story. While some involve the Sun Sword or Strahd's journal I'm also thinking of seeing if a player wanted to be a Barovian shut in. They could be another child of Mad Mary and been trapped in...

I had thought about this too. It would make an interesting concept if a few locals decided they were tired of being scared and tried to go William Wallace on Strahd. Strahd would not want to just defeat them, he would want to break them and then use them as a cautionary tale for the other...

Was anyone opening with The Death House adventure? I'm trying to decide the best way to work the Death House into the mix. If they come up on the town of Barovia as written and investigate the sobbing and then check out the shops then they may not even stumble on the kids in front of the Death...

I would only use 4E if you are playing at a table and like having battle mats and tactical combat. 4E assumes that every encounter is on a battlemat so some of the encounters will seem claustrophobic if everything has to stay on one side of a poster map. I'm running the Reavers or Harkenwold...

Did anyone else notice the crazy stats for Evelyn? 19,13,16,11,12,17. She either got very lucky rolling or she did her point buy wrong.

I enjoyed watching that. They do need to work on their sound quality. I think they have some good mics, but maybe it's bandwidth issue. I'm looking forward to the next one.

If the player was trying to use a pile of coppers instead of gold I would say that as soon as the merchant picks up a piece to look at it he would know it was not gold. Just by looking at the coins the merchant would be able to make an investigation check to see past the illusion. The player...

In the last Dragon+ there is a story where Volo thinks he can find Barovia by walking a path into the Woods of the Sharp Teeth from the western side. The woods are just to the southeast of Baldur's Gate...

I had already put Barovia in my world. I was already planning on running the I6 version when my party got to level 5 or 6. The updated Ravenloft is exactly the kind of adventure I wanted and right when I needed it. The world at your table is yours, so make any changes that you feel would be...

I do something similar to this. My world has no divine magic, but all other healing sources are the same. My players are considered to have 'Hero's Blood' that makes them able to heal by the standard rules. I did not want a world where after a battle the medics just tell everyone to go to sleep...