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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5165903" data-attributes="member: 75065">My campaign world is slowly changing for the worse. The pcs shared the same dream when the first of these major shifts occured. It was very dark and twisted, foreshadowing of the major cogs moving the world at the moment, which now begins to make sense as the pcs near one of the npcs responsable for this change: Strahd Von Zarovich. They have gone back to the notes they took and have begun some very accurate postulations about what might be going on. When they awoke from this dream in agony each had been marked/scarred by something similar to the spellplague. Each player chose where they had been scarred, which gave them access to a minor power which brings him nearer to a strange dark power that is corroding the world around them. They have also been affected by a strange Delerium (see Ravenloft: House on Gryphon Hill) as they crossed through a foul, dangerous bog towards their destination. This led to their collapse on the stairs of the town's sanatorium, suffering a terrible fever. When they 'awoke' they had a mortal confrontation with the major villainess and her harpys. 3 massively overpowered vampires who brutally destroyed the party, turning them against each other. Unfortunately the pcs focused on combat and didn't explore the clues placed around the room which would have revealed the Vampires true weaknesses, which could have been used against them in the future. Of course this was a fevered nightmare (although they were not sure if it was or not), and they awoke dripping sweat in the inn they had been transported to after the discovery of their strange scars (and tattoos... but that's another story). While they dreamed they rampaged through the town babbling like madmen, destroying property (including their own property) as they fought against their imaginary foes. And once awake they are frequently affected again by the Delerium. The have strange visions of clouds of flies, cold rooms, black cats and a strange girl that stares and points. As they near areas the villainess wants them to keep their big noses out of they are affected as well. We've had LOADS of fun with these quirky visions and now no one knows what is imagined and what is real. Sometimes they are meaningful, sometimes misleading, sometimes quirky fullstop. When they woke up from their slaughter they spent at least an hour trying to discover why their room was the only place in the inn that was freezing cold. Every second of it was hugely entertaining and fun. And the villainess is already well loathed and feared. And she has only just begun!</blockquote>

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