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This kind of play was quite common in 1st ed - the low-level wizard finding ways to be useful without using spells. I had a player in an Oriental Adventures game who ran a shugenja - a pacifist priest - who contributed in combat by rushing at enemies screaming and then doing nothing but parry...

Probably some writer thought it would keep players from getting complacent during the day. I always preferred the rule about Ravenloft nights, somehow, lasting twice as long as the days.

I've read this book. I have to ask my wife what the title/author was. Ideas it that exp are "Tael" - and having it is associated with nobility, and it lets you use magic and survive wounds. And you earn Tael by success in battle. So every year the nations of humans and goblin march off to...

Really, the reason you need Roma stereotypes is to have someone read the party's fortune. It's a mood-setting thing. But yeah, I've thought about the racism issue recently myself.

I'd go so far as to say that I think CoS encourages milestones. I'm not confident that there's enough pure combat EXP in some areas for the party to level, and there's no guidelines for role-playing or goal exp awards.

I was getting worried, after a full page with no SW reference.

Funny, it's there on my copy of the poster map - says "1 square = 10 feet" twice on the bottom of the page.

My daughter's 1st (2nd?) level sorceress in our PotA game. We're losing badly to this necromancer, and she's one of the last two standing. She's got one action before he attacks her, and isn't sure whether to run or cast Chromatic Orb. I tell her to give it a shot - she could always roll a...

5 out of 5 rating for Curse of Strahd Not only an excellent updating of the original material, but the sandbox-expansion is atmospheric and rather surprisingly original.

Let's see if someone else beats me to it: 1) You could be sent by your faction to hunt werewolves, get a mysterious letter in a tavern, or meet a group of travelers who tell you an elaborate story about a dark prince. 2) Most of the alterations are cosmetic - mage hand produces a skeletal hand...

There are downloadable PDFs on the WotC page. Strangely, they seem unfinished - they're black and white, and the font seems to be missing from the last few. I wonder if they'll be better later?

Isn't it funny how us old-schoolers look at that map and go "yep, that's Castle Ravenloft all right."

I was considering changing the end slightly... It feels to me that the end is intended to have a little Lovecraftian flavor. If so, shouldn't the monster rise up and devour the cultists that summoned it? Which doesn't work if they're apparitions. So I thought I might have the ghouls and...

So we're assuming a party size of five is default? My group has four players, and I was wondering if I'd need to include a DMNPC. Although I think I might sacrifice him bravely at the end.

I'm a little concerned about some of the threat levels in this adventure. I'd explain, but I'm not sure I shouldn't do that in a different thread.

I don't know how I'd feel if this happened to me, but as an uninvolved observer it seems very much in the tradition of "old school" 1e D&D. (As T.Vargas mentioned earlier.) The players aren't entitled to the treasure, they have to find it and keep it. It's the sort of thing that would show up...

Everyone thinks they know what to expect from a Ravenloft adventure... What could you do to make Castle Ravenloft more like the Addams' Family?

Let's not forget the other factor involved, which my party keeps running into: Forgetting to use the paladin's aura when it comes up.

I am beginning to feel that the problem with psionics fluff isn't with psionics at all - it's with arcane magic. Specifically, that there aren't more things that arcane magic doesn't do well. If psionics were capable of more effects that could only be achieved with psionics, it would have more...

Never undervalue stealth. With two thieves in the party, it may be helpful to tweak a tank character for stealth instead of maximizing AC. Of course, if the cleric doesn't also do so the benefit may be lost.