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Oh, yes. I decided to use video game rules and had the players only bring one NPC along on any given adventure. The rest of them were considered to be "guarding the entrance" or something. I don't know - I think your logic is sound. If you want to make the party go to the castle more than...

My PCs are almost ready to go finish Strahd off, so I'll try to give my thoughts. In no particular order: In Vallaki, I'd simply point out to the players that they're probably being looked for, and should make some attempt at concealing their identities. Cloaks and hoods and the like should...

See, the player read the rogue skill and said "I can pick two things to apply my Expertise ability to? OK, I pick Crossbow and Light Armor." The phrasing "Crossbow Expert" being the same as the feat is a coincidence.

I'd probably keep the transformation automatic during the full moon because tradition. Advantage during the daytime, disadvantage if the moon is up at all.

That's mostly outside the scope of D&D rules. I bet other games have mechanisms that might work for that - I wonder what's out there? I know FATE rewards you for making sub-optimal, role-playing choices.

Not the module, the boxed set. Most of us fans tend to reference the campaign world and it's specialized rules more than the original module. Anyway... Yeah, that's true. On the other hand, I'm having trouble picturing any non-WW werewolves that were anywhere near that power level...

The original Ravenloft rules made it much harder to cure lycanthropy - you had to kill the original (non-infected) werewolf before trying, and the process could be fatal. In my CoS game I've been hinting at that by having the victims of werewolf bites drink the wolvesbane tea and make Con...

Well, as a classic Ravenloft aficionado, I'd say - He doesn't turn CE right away - but every time he kills someone in were-form he has to make a CHA save or move one step in that direction. And once he's CE he should probably kill at least one PC in the night before running off to his new...

If your player is really (really) into role-playing and character development - find out what the character wants to do and create a goal for the angelic guide that is in conflict with that. Voila, dramatic tension.

You could probably fix a vasectomy with Regenerate. I think the caster would have to do so deliberately, though.

She already knows the PCs don't trust her any more because of the gifts, and (I'd have to check my notes) I believe one of the side effects made her not trust anyone any more. She wasn't evil before, but she sure is now. She's an NPC party member. Since I only had four players, I decided...

So my PCs have gotten themselves smacked around in the Amber Temple sufficiently and are now ready for the Castle. HOWEVER - One of my party NPCs (an Eldritch Knight named Cyn), who I wrote up deliberately as the kind of person that is tempted by dark power, has gotten into the Amber...

I vaguely feel that there's a difference between Wall of Force, which blocks energy and attacks that pass through it, and globe of invulnerability, which specifically neutralizes spells altogether. The easy solution is just to buy a +3/4 Indirect advantage on your spells, and then they...

Leomund's Tiny Hut actually seems to do a better job of describing how the impenetrable barrier operates. I'd suggest using the one to inform the other.

Nah, it's because it's actually true to mythology. I remember some author (Piers Anthony?) commenting on how many fey creatures seemed to exist solely to have sex with mortals.

Ravens don't work for Strahd, they work for his enemies.

(Disclaimer: not a 4e player) I don't think the strength of 4e's monsters came from the stat block so much - it's not that hard to make an orc into an orc reaver. The hard part for many DMs is conceiving of the orc reaver in the first place - what makes this gnoll with a glaive special...

Most DMs I've heard of didn't think that would count as "running water" for purposes of the vulnerability. But if your DM likes killing vampires by turning the shower on, that's his right. It definitely wouldn't have worked in a rule-heavy edition like 3.5/PF.

It has occurred to me that the treasure table shifts at the same level where the DMG assumes the campaign style is supposed to change. When the party is levels 1-5, the treasure they earn basically covers living expenses, adventuring costs, and saving up for that full plate. Then they hit...

That's what happens when you make monsters out of separate legends to describe the exact same sleep phenomenon.