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The Teeth of Dahlver-Nar were in the original DMG as artifacts.

Scabbard?

Why do they never do a palate shift instead? All these goblins taste like chicken.

Thanks - I was actually wondering if changing them to greenhags was a better idea.

Nope, that's the whole point. These ancient jokes are almost incomprehensible to modern ears. But yeah, it's supposed to be some kind of reference to mercenaries.

I used this authentic ancient Babylonian riddle for a sphinx: "The deflowered girl did not become pregnant. The undeflowered girl became pregnant. What is it?" Ans: Auxiliary Forces. The trick was to find the other sphinx and ask them the riddle in order to get the correct answer, then...

Not to tell anyone how to run their games, but I felt that the writer didn't take into account the hag's coven spells when planning that site. It feels like something that would have been mentioned.

Well my party sure as the Dark Powers ran when they saw the Decayer. The only person who took an attack used a Dodge to keep it from following the rest of the party, and it missed her by one. She had Mobility, so she got away clean afterwards. They were quite quick to slam the secret door...

Here's the interesting thing - my college group was using Revivify (the 3rd level spell) back in 2nd ed. And no, I don't remember where we got it - it might have been a Dragon magazine article or something.

See, this is why it pays to keep your original set Tarokka decks around.

I actually pulled this in my first 5e campaign, before I knew CoS was coming. I stacked the cards with the PCs archetype cards and the main villain cards, and did the same force. I wasn't even subtle - just did it while they were talking about something. One of my players had his mind...

Well, if you can get their van to break down nearby, the teens and their dogs will come in to look for a phone.

I remember really liking I, Strahd - read P.N. Elrod's other vampire stuff if you liked it a lot - but my primary memory is how hacked off I got when she mentioned a character named Yssup Tew. I mean, seriously?

Am I wrong, or is this the plot of Wuthering Heights?

My players, whom I love dearly, are not the most explorative bunch. I am concerned that Vallaki is going to be largely overlooked if they don't start poking around. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn the adventure seeds in the area into a narrative? I want to use as much of this content as...

I plan on just having one active NPC slot (like in a videogame) and the rest of the group are sort of "virtual". The players can choose who they want in the active NPC slot.

From the comment about humor in the "setting the mood" section, I think the original authors think it's an important part of the tone. YMMV of course. I'm of two minds about the Amber Temple - I think the implications that vestiges = Dark Powers can be easily ignored, but I'm concerned that...

How do we know that's really you asking that question?

I thought it was implied that it was the maid. You know, the maid.

Ah, but Strahd has this wonderful spell that allows him to give up his vampiric weaknesses in exchange for losing his vampiric powers temporarily. So you can have your blood and drink it too.