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Those are arguably two of the best possible results!!! The sunsword being like 20' away is GAME CHANGING (the Holy Symbol is potentially more powerful in certain situations but the sunsword's "always on" sunlight that never runs out is extremely powerful in CoS) and Ezmerelda is both one of the...

I also had assumed this was a feature of the ignore function: I noticed one thread in particular was getting a lot of posts by someone I had ignored (I could tell through quotes) and it was throwing off the page count. However I can also report that I have not noticed this issue today, either.

This is sort of a long-standing debate, and only because of exactly the situation you mentioned: either the spell is (nearly) completely worthless, or it's excessively, (nearly) game-breakingly powerful if you summon the pixies. The sage advice says that the DM chooses, but on the other hand...

Curse of Strahd has this idea: When a humanoid who has been dead for at least 24 hours returns to life, either by way of a spell or some supernatural means, it gains a random form of indefinite madness... To determine how this madness is expressed, roll on the Indefinite Madness table in...

Oh, absolutely. Spot on.

Now, I wouldn't go that far. WotC has made some poor choices but to their credit, EVERY few months they have new Magic cards and usually new mechanics and new pieces that really expand the game. It's possible to argue that this is just bolting on to an existing product that was so strong it...

Because D&D's combat system is top-notch. They have it down to a science, and it's easy to tweak (but difficult to overhaul). And there are excellent products - like CoS - being released in that system. And 3rd party support for D&D - like this forum - is also best-in-class, hands down.

Agamon has a fair point, but looking at the content, it's actually sort of hard to get from level 3 to about level 5. A lot of stuff is set up to be workable past level 5 or so, but those very early levels are when you are most vulnerable. Then again, some things are just deadly no matter your...

It's easy to forget but MtG online has ALSO been around for FOURTEEN YEARS. It was around before D&D 3.5 was released. It was created way back when the internet was just a wee baby, and it absolutely shows. But that said, for a terrible gaming interface, the core mechanics programming has...

It's part of the randomness of the game, in my opinion. Sometimes you get great / easy results from the cards, and sometimes they suck. (The GM can always overrule them, though.) For example, what if the sunsword is in Strahd's tomb AND that's his final fighting place? How much different is...

Certainly, and MtG has also had its ups and downs, but even just "getting out of the way" is still a choice. It's hard to not give credit here. You're right, but it is also hard to know how much "brand value" really matters to companies, especially without the bottom line to back it up. I...

So, the guy headed out has a huge pedigree: MtG is the biggest it has EVER been. It's a massive, massive cash cow right now: whatever they did differently about 3 years ago radically changed the brand into a printing press that prints only money. As others implied and my favorite quote about...

I still don't understand this at all... Basically people are recording their D&D sessions and others are paying to watch it? Like, that's a thing?

This is exactly how I feel. You have once again defined the problem pretty well. I'm still not sure how to really fix it, though. I mean, you could easily transcribe skills into a Vampire-like d10 system: abilities in D&D are secretly (shhh!) just -1 to 5, and skill bonuses are 0 to 6 (well...

Ha, love it! Totally using this. 10x better than the Strahd's sister silliness. For those who think she needs to have been around since the beginning (thus perpetuating the endless cycle of Ravenloft), she can be one of those people born with souls who is reborn each time and becomes the...

I like the idea of making those into interesting items! Some of your examples might be a little overly-complex for my personal tastes, but I like the direction you're going with them.

"...those were the elements that truly defined Strahd von Zarovich - a selfish beast forever lurking behind a mask of tragic romance, the illusion of redemption that was ever only camouflage for his prey." If you feel sorry for Strahd, then you have fallen into his trap - intentionally laid.

Another idea: the hag finger they find in Death House is actually the leader's and she's willing to trade her current stock to get it back. It doesn't solve the problem but it does delay it for a while, and is perhaps a bit more morally palatable.

I like both these ideas; "getting turned into a frog" instead of a TPK is also a great way to end that encounter. And kicking the can down the road a bit, level-wise, can only help.

I like that! My only question then is: how long has she been around? She's just a normal woman who has come along, then, and happens to be exceptionally gifted? I know, right? There's a huge power vacuum once you get rid of all the evil characters - which the game just about forces a...