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The party thus far has had no direct interaction, merely they have seen him watching them from afar when they buried the first Burgomaster. They are in Vallaki at the moment and will likely not encounter him until either the church attack (if it happens) or at the castle via the invitation. I...

I second the thoughts about Strahd being a vampire as common knowledge to be up to DM discretion. I decided to run it as common knowledge for the locals, because it helps drive in their despair to the current state of their kingdom, and because I find the challenge for the players to be more...

I would potentially allow it as an option, especially given that the players have done this module before, though as previously stated there is the issue of spotlight stealing, or attempted meta gaming. As previously stated, you should definitely consider seeing what your players are seeking...

There are a lot of great ideas in this thread many of which I have tried in the past. I definitely second the comments on having deities be worshiped multiple ways. Also, never underestimate the value of looking at fictional works for help. Slightly off topic observation as well, I find it...

I am torn on this as well. On the one hand, I think that the randomness is a big factor of this game and it should be maintained. On the other, I don't want this campaign to be extremely focused on just the castle. Ideally I'd like to feature at least one of the major side stops for the story...

crashtestdummy brings up a lot of good points. The thing people have to keep in mind though is that a lot of the "spells" in D&D would be written off as either Dust ability or just aesthetic redescriptions. The character's "semblance" could be explained as a homebrew power given to each...

I point out that several of the Vistani and Strahd's consorts are ample incentive for putting in seduction or subtle senuality. Gertruda is practically a metaphor for a young woman discovering sexuality (and a great opportunity to make twilight jokes if a bit of humor is needed), and one of...

I could see houseruling a straight ability swap to charisma if a player wanted. I myself also created a barbarian archetype I called Ragecaster that was loosely based on the Bloodrager from Pathfinder for a player (I ended up making a second archetype that was bloodline related for her to pick...

I have played a Tempest cleric in two games and can attest that it is quite the competent melee. The fighter, barbarian, or paladin will be and bit better at just fighting, but I'm a hell of a lot better switch hitter with spells like call lightning (especially with the channel), or spirit...

I second really liking the idea of tweaking arcane recovery as a possible moon magic thing. Possibly allow twice the amount of recovery at high sanction, normal for mid and half or even none for low sanction? Hmm. I should probably preface my further comments saying that I value game...