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As a casual computer gamer, I actually like the game alright. As a tie-in to Out of the Abyss its neat to travel around the Realms. I'm in Gracklestugh right now, just like in my D&D campaign. I sort of appreciate that its less fiddly and faster playing than Baldur's Gate. I see where the...

I'm going for a Gibbering Mouther. It is made up of the inchoate mass of victims whose souls have been sent to Strahd's realm.

A short side adventure might be a good idea. Perhaps a light hearted Waterdeep caper or why not send them to Zentil Keep and find out that "leading an invasion" is more difficult than imagined because of backstabbing politics of evil. Then have a demon lord burst forth from the ground and eat...

I like the reliquary idea alot. I had an idea to use the Death House as the Gateway. Like, the Death House travels the dimensions in order to deliver souls to Strahd (he consumes them when he sucks the blood). Nobody notices when the Death House appears. It is as if it has always been, but...

What if the Obelisk can teleport people to and from the Surface lands?

You have the right idea. It should be pretty quick. Let them figure out what is going on, then get that ritual started. The whole thing is basically a cut-scene.

Also, Google Plus has a good online tabletop community. That's how I've mostly played. GX.Sigma you can add me at +Daren Commons

I had another thought: Using Death House as a hook. The House could be in a normal town. Within could be a letters that tell of Barovia (an abbrieviated Tome?) and how to get there, perhaps a black sapphire provides a link, or the ritual is actually a ritual of Summoning the Mists of...

I think 3 characters is fine. They just need to be extra sure to get things like the Sunsword and Holy Symbol. In the meantime make Strahd extra arrogant and smug.

I'm not so into streaming on youtube... but I do like playing D&D via hangouts.

I could play in a game at those times. Would you like to run a sample session to try it out?

This review from Power Score blog helped my thinking about this module. I've been running it untll it fizzled out in Grack city. So true. The dragon spy plot is cool, but the information is sooo confused and the Whorlstone caves are deceptively long. The motivation is weird as well. Are...

Have the characters make little table tents with their character's name, class and AC. Use team initiative. Large packs of Wolves! (maybe use Mob rules: 1 in 4 wolves will hit every round. Just roll randomly to see who gets bitten)

This guy's Curse of Strahd guide is really useful, like all his adventure guides. http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2016/03/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-curse-of.html

I said that we don't need much more for traditional games. I asked for a Domain Play, Mass Combat themed Birthright style campaign adventure. Maybe one that starts at a higher level. That might be a great way to expand the game.

I like the advice to have some meaningless bluster ready while looking up the actual card. "This card tells you where a great weapon is hidden... not the Trident called Wave, not the Hammer called Whelm but... ah here we go, a sword hidden in..." There's a bit of page flipping involved in...

Oops! Sorry! It's for the original I6 module by the way. So no ally reading. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yvsdnuudk8zwuh7/AADrAzWGaAzkJUQIETMb_pbRa?dl=0

I think it would make a great base of operations! What about going the opposite direction and having a faction come to the rescue? Maybe a Waterdeep Griffon Knight arrives and provides enough distraction to turn the tide of battle. Now they've got a sweet tower they need to fortify once they...

Here's a link to a 5e conversion that's floating around. It has a simple conversion for doing the reading. I'm looking at getting a gothic themed tarot deck to go with it. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yvsdnuudk8zwuh7/AADrAzWGaAzkJUQIETMb_pbRa?dl=0

If your players are ok with some cinematic handwaving, just tell them them they've been captured by those drow from before (maybe a dream sequence/teleport abduction). You can run the beginning straight (but they can fight demons right away). Add a couple extra monsters to and given encounter...