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I think the question here can be simplified to "Do effects and conditions carry over when changing from one's main form to the shapechanged/polymorphed/beast form and back, or not." If an effect from a barkskin spell carries over, then the max hit point reduction from an undead's draining...

I think the adventure assumes that your PCs are going to go there because Ismark wants them to help him get Ireena there. My party latched onto Ismark as the only friendly face in a strange land so that's not much of a stretch. There's a whole lot to do in and around Vallaki, and with its...

I like the mummy idea, another very dangerous but less up front deadly. There's a good chance anyone infected with rotting fist won't be able to get to a remove curse in time, though, as it's a 3rd level spell and that's 2 more levels of adventuring after Death House. You could give them to...

I was disappointed that the items found in the Death House reliquary were all useless/worthless. The flavor of the descriptions is excellent, and it just seemed wrong that these things wouldn't have picked up any energy from this unhallowed place. As the early levels in CoS are pretty...

No wizard in my group either. I've swapped it out with some old favorite 1st and 2nd level spell scrolls for other classes that I converted from the 3.5 spell compendium and complete divine. Characters will be able to study them to learn the spell whenever they gain a new spell known from a...

I'm doing the same thing with the Death House kids so may have the exact same problem. The more I think about the hag coven, the more I think even changing them to green hags isn't going to do much to fix the encounter. I think I'm going to potentially solve the early TPK problem by having the...

Thanks, your search fu is stronger than mine! I was able to compile the ingredients, costs, and whether they are consumed by the spell. Posted in the original thread if you're interested...

Here's the costly components list with the actual costly components and values added. I checked EE player's guide and there's no spells in there with costly components. I believe the same holds true for SCAG as the spells in that source are all cantrips. (C) after a gp value or description...

The phrasing was intentional. :) Glad someone got it.

The Izek/Irena thing also talks about Izek "coveting her in an unwholesome way" which is a pretty standard trope in modern horror movies and stories, from Dean Koontz novels to Halloween (though Michael, just wanted to kill Laurie it's still dark urges toward a sibling). Compare "Prevent...

I noticed I was forgetting to make my players make concentration saves and they would constantly have to remind me to make them when a caster NPC was concentrating on a spell and took damage. So, I modified the spreadsheet I use to track everyone's initiative and hp to include a column for each...

I just ran a couple of sessions with a young black dragon antagonist for one of my home games. Inhabiting the ruins of a city once ruled by a now-fallen lizardfolk empire, it was the god/chief of the remaining tribes of lizardfolk. It's interesting to see how someone else runs a very similar...

I handwave a lot of the somatic stuff at my tables. If a spell requires a somatic component and the character is not fully restrained, then having a hand free is kind of assumed. Taking an action to stow/redraw a weapon isn't necessary imo. Verbal is definitely run with RAW, as not enforcing...

Mine shipped from my favorite in-state online/brick-and-mortar retailer today, and should be here tomorrow with standard shipping. Good timing considering my players enter Death House tomorrow and will likely be only one or two sessions away from a fortune telling.

Absolutely! Look forward to seeing the end result. I'll be running Death House for my CoS group's 1st-3rd levels, but will definitely support another intro adventure for Ravenloft, if only to have it ready on the backburner in case I need to run a side adventure to level up some new PCs due to...

Groovy-looking map. Any update on the release date for this? I couldn't find it on a search on the DMG. If the rest of the product is as polished as the map, it should do well.

Civilization has different rules than the wilderness, play those up. In a city with a functioning government, players shouldn't be able to go around breaking into buildings, fighting to the death in the streets, etc. without having the town guard come down on them. In some cities, simply...

A true paladin wouldn't have it any other way. ;)

I've been following along as I was of a similar mind regarding the overwhelming challenge of the coven. I'm also looking at the green hag as a possible substitute and agree with your assessment. I think the normal weapons resistance is the biggest hurdle outside of the coven spells, as the...

If you do so, I'd emphasize some normal paintings here and there in descriptions, so that the next guardian portrait is more of a surprise. I'm not sold on the grick either, and like the idea of adding more threats prior to the cellar, as well. instead of the upper floors being a huge...