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In that case I'll take a crack at it. Sounds like a fun project. By the way, your writing is by no means terrible. It's just a little sparse, which is just the other side of the coin from efficient. It'll take me a little time because I'm out of town for Easter. I'm not calling dibs, by the...

Are you looking for someone to help you flesh out your back story, or to take what you've provided and shape it into a more polished narrative?

I like a lot of his ideas. Aligning all actions, all skills, all reactions, etc. under the same mechanical umbrellas really appeals to my sense of aesthetics (or OCD). What I worry about if this were implemented is how weird social encounters might get. An NPC is lying to a PC. What, the DM...

I like it; I agree, simple and effective. There's also a pretty good chance the PCs find the gem, which is either a pro or con depending on your goals. Does the gem just fall out when they destroy the Heart? Preparing for my next few sessions, I realized I made a mistake a while back, and I...

I've seen it suggested elsewhere that the lost gem is in the Abbott's flesh golem bride. I like that idea and I'm leaning toward running with it. I don't know exactly what it's doing in there; maybe its magic makes her more believably human in some way than a regular flesh golem. (I actually...

A question occurred to me when I was reading through the thread about PCs' reasons for working together, alignment compatibility, and so on. This may be a "you know your players better than we do" question, particularly since they're my family, but I wanted to throw it out there. When Strahd...

This is maybe a dumb question, and if I'd tried to actually engage my PCs in combat with Strahd maybe I'd know the answer already, but how do they successfully run away from him if he doesn't want them to? I don't have books in front of me, but isn't he plenty fast if they try to straight up...

Basically what is in this thread: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?485367-tweaking-narrative-structure-in-CoS-(spoilers-also-really-long) I'll just quote from the second post: These little temporary pinpoints of light that have happened so far (specifically in my campaign, when the...

That's a sweet reveal the way you describe it here. Just make sure you think through some of the questions it raises, since the authors of the book didn't do it for you, this being a change. Why is she disguising herself as a man? Does whatever magic she uses change her voice? Was the person...

Any particular reason you'd recommend not moving it? Just fidelity to the cards? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using EN World mobile app

pukunui, add me to the list of fans of the "slow clap" idea. And having Strahd murder Lady Wachter into a vampire spawn if the party spares (is humane and reasonable to) her gives you a conclusion and something for Strahd to do more or less whatever the PCs choose. Either way it could lead to...

Check the "Curse of Strahd Help" thread herein. My group's ally is Rictavio as well, and I describe how we handled it. I think, for your party, it depends on which Vallaki quests they've latched on to, what kinds of interactions they've had with him, etc. With more details we can give you more...

I like the idea of a CON stealth check. Connecting the check to DEX makes no logical sense, but stealth proficiency could still have some applicability, as jaelis suggested. The PH offers at least one example of performing a skill check keyed of a non-standard ability (I think it's a CON check...

That's super interesting that your PC is black and the other Vistani (at least all the illustrations in the book) are white; that seems a nice, easy way to trigger in Rictavio's mind that the PC is from the clan in question. He was Van Richten at the time he slaughtered the clan, right, and he...

Lady Wachter having the Tome raises a lot of questions, actually, if you're playing her character more or less as written. How would she have the Tome? She's an open supporter of Strahd's, so you wouldn't expect her to keep it against his wishes, and Strahd is highly motivated to get the Tome...

So I know this is thread necromancy, but 1) this thread is fantastic; and 2) I know I'm not the only one on here currently running CoS, so I wanted to follow up. I love the points of light idea, and I was wondering if anyone has run with it and found any particular successes/failures?

Wepwawet, is Van Richten particularly important outside of the reveal that he was behind the death of that one character's clan? I get the impression the answer is "no." In that case, my instinct is that you should rather introduce the idea that the person behind the death of his clan is here...

We had another positive session yesterday. I was all set to have the monkey performing in the street to draw them to Blinsky's, but the first thing they did after leaving Madam Eva's was head back up to Luvash and Arrabelle to ask after the prophecies, and they pointed them to Blinsky. Then...

We had a productive two-steps-forward-one-step-back session this past weekend. Many thanks to the suggestions in this thread and others! The party rescued Arrabelle (and murdered Bluto, but who can blame them too much), and we ended with them taking her home and then having the card reading...

I've been lurking for a few weeks getting fantastic ideas for running CoS at home for my wife and kids (12 and 10). They're all first-time players, this is my first time playing 5th Edition, and my first time DMing since I was in high school. It's been a struggle, to be sure. My party is in...