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The DM and the Players investing in the premise of the encounter.

Nope. I was never going to be great in the common meaning of the word, nor did I have any particular desire to be. On the other hand, gaming has helped me to develop my people management skills, my ability to speak in public and my ability to find creative solutions to problems.

The party members become corporate raiders specializing in hostile takeovers. Their first assignment is to run Arasek Stockyards in Vallaki out of business so Bildrath can open a second store and create a monopoly.

The Amber Temple has been victorious- 3 of 7 players have been converted to evil and one has accepted the gift of the Vampyr. I like your idea for the witch's spellbook, but I am not sure the group will make it that far.

My crew visits the Amber Temple this week (maybe- they keep chickening out) and I am hoping for a few evil PC's as a result. Perhaps a Vampyr even.

It's never explicitly stated. I left the mind blank part out of my game and just had Mordenkainen suffering an extended recovery period after being defeated by Strahd, like Gandalf after battling the Balrog.

I've given up trying to explain player's. If dogs could roll dice...

My players finally discovered the Mad Mages identity last session and several them found the cameo to be in poor taste, but it's what led me to ask about post AP adventuring. It would be very easy to sell the party's sage wizard on studying under Mordenkainen.

Sadly, I didn't get to play these at Gary Con- I couldn't get my AL PC leveled up fast enough.

After completing the AP has anyone had their players either return to Barovia or continue playing the setting after Strahd is defeated? I'm prepping for the final confrontation and I am pondering leaving a few openings for my Players to have their PC's discover that ultimate power corrupts...

Where others see a meddling DM, I see an epic opportunity to create a two page long sentence. Then I would tell off the DM and create a PC I actually want to play.

My apologies for the late reply. I don't normally frequent this section of the forums, but after a weekend of AL at GaryCon that needs to change. Based on conversations with my friends who own an FLGS, providing play space for gaming is almost always done at a loss unless you can land frequent...

It came up in at least 1 of the Tarokka Deck threads that I followed- CoS-Ideal-Tarokka-Reading-Storywise

Rahadin gave them a short tour of the public areas of the castle- the chapel and the throne room- after they dined with Strahd, but denied them access to the catacombs or Strahd's private quarters. What better way to convince players into thinking something is being hidden from them? My Rahadin...

More insights from Day 2 of GaryCon: 1) Backseat DM'ing is bad. It's really bad when 6 of 7 players are experienced DM's and they run all over the acting DM. 2) If you have chance to play in a game Mike Mearls is running, take it. I was only an observer, but it was the most fun D&D expierence...

Hold that thought until tomorrow night- epic multiparty Keep on the Borderlands event. Also just saw Mike Mearls having lunch. The Wiz is real!!!

In my game, the PC's are a curiosity for Strahd- something to play with until he is bored or until they make him angry. They finally took him up on his invitation to dinner where he encoured them to seek out the mad mage and finish him off.

Live from GaryCon- only day 2, but turnout is good. Played 12 hours of Keep on Day 1 and only went to 0 hit points once.

Next question- is there a typical time of day the games occur? If so, is there a time of day that the session can be moved to when the person in question is less likely to be symptomatic ? If the player is losing interest by the 2nd round of combat, play style probably isn't a factor. I've had...

I ran Death House as it was presented in the book, but I like your idea much better.