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My players, whom I love dearly, are not the most explorative bunch. I am concerned that Vallaki is going to be largely overlooked if they don't start poking around. Anyone have suggestions on how to turn the adventure seeds in the area into a narrative? I want to use as much of this content as...

I plan on just having one active NPC slot (like in a videogame) and the rest of the group are sort of "virtual". The players can choose who they want in the active NPC slot.

From the comment about humor in the "setting the mood" section, I think the original authors think it's an important part of the tone. YMMV of course. I'm of two minds about the Amber Temple - I think the implications that vestiges = Dark Powers can be easily ignored, but I'm concerned that...

How do we know that's really you asking that question?

I thought it was implied that it was the maid. You know, the maid.

Ah, but Strahd has this wonderful spell that allows him to give up his vampiric weaknesses in exchange for losing his vampiric powers temporarily. So you can have your blood and drink it too.

This kind of play was quite common in 1st ed - the low-level wizard finding ways to be useful without using spells. I had a player in an Oriental Adventures game who ran a shugenja - a pacifist priest - who contributed in combat by rushing at enemies screaming and then doing nothing but parry...

Probably some writer thought it would keep players from getting complacent during the day. I always preferred the rule about Ravenloft nights, somehow, lasting twice as long as the days.

I've read this book. I have to ask my wife what the title/author was. Ideas it that exp are "Tael" - and having it is associated with nobility, and it lets you use magic and survive wounds. And you earn Tael by success in battle. So every year the nations of humans and goblin march off to...

Really, the reason you need Roma stereotypes is to have someone read the party's fortune. It's a mood-setting thing. But yeah, I've thought about the racism issue recently myself.

I'd go so far as to say that I think CoS encourages milestones. I'm not confident that there's enough pure combat EXP in some areas for the party to level, and there's no guidelines for role-playing or goal exp awards.

I was getting worried, after a full page with no SW reference.

Funny, it's there on my copy of the poster map - says "1 square = 10 feet" twice on the bottom of the page.

My daughter's 1st (2nd?) level sorceress in our PotA game. We're losing badly to this necromancer, and she's one of the last two standing. She's got one action before he attacks her, and isn't sure whether to run or cast Chromatic Orb. I tell her to give it a shot - she could always roll a...

5 out of 5 rating for Curse of Strahd Not only an excellent updating of the original material, but the sandbox-expansion is atmospheric and rather surprisingly original.

Let's see if someone else beats me to it: 1) You could be sent by your faction to hunt werewolves, get a mysterious letter in a tavern, or meet a group of travelers who tell you an elaborate story about a dark prince. 2) Most of the alterations are cosmetic - mage hand produces a skeletal hand...

There are downloadable PDFs on the WotC page. Strangely, they seem unfinished - they're black and white, and the font seems to be missing from the last few. I wonder if they'll be better later?

Isn't it funny how us old-schoolers look at that map and go "yep, that's Castle Ravenloft all right."

I was considering changing the end slightly... It feels to me that the end is intended to have a little Lovecraftian flavor. If so, shouldn't the monster rise up and devour the cultists that summoned it? Which doesn't work if they're apparitions. So I thought I might have the ghouls and...

So we're assuming a party size of five is default? My group has four players, and I was wondering if I'd need to include a DMNPC. Although I think I might sacrifice him bravely at the end.