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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GX.Sigma" data-source="post: 6427613" data-attributes="member: 6690511">The original Ravenloft can be awesome if you can get it to work properly. Here's some advice on running it (DMs only):[sblock]So here's ideally how it goes.Prologue: The PCs explore the creepy town, building up the atmosphere. They meet the dead mayor and his alive kids, maybe taking them on the adventure. They see the fortune teller and make good note of what she says.Act 1: They go into the castle, Strahd finds them, nearly TPKs them, and bounces before they do any real damage to him.Act 2: They quest for the sun sword, find it, fight Strahd again, and defeat him. Strahd turns to mist and goes down to the crypts.Act 3: They rush down into the catacombs to finish Strahd before he regenerates.Epilogue: The girl dies and Strahd's brother comes back to life or whatever.Obviously hijinx will ensue, but try to keep it as short as possible. There's enough content for 3-4 sessions, but the story doesn't last that long, so shoot for 1 or 2. The castle is so big they won't see it all in one playthru. One way to keep up the pace is to announce a specific real-life time when Strahd will attack.You can probably use the vampire mage from the Monster Manual, but make sure he has dimension door, cloud kill, and wall of fire. Consider giving him more powerful "legendary" effects the closer he is to his crypt. You might have to run a few playtest encounters to make sure you have the danger right.[/sblock]The only other published adventure I've run so successfully is Bastion of the Boglings. It's just a well designed, well presented, classic dungeon crawl that's easy to customize (DMs only): <a href="http://content108.wuala.com/rawcontent/FFyq9y1IF6IbtSAT-SftvvBtpknp6vYLZaZQmulfZ63J55M5C3jfoVwnV2IGILfXe3b34gWcUOh1zZmz-5v--uUs7qT1dZxGGTf9zLYUJRiT2nLPTwLDZKNLLdXQJWkrfU7NvV-YpeeIlyzX-sB4gMJ3GrcZT3P-CJbmwm66zSJXSspUviY-aE7WsuVAj0v2JTB0A1k-gz1pql4si75GXamuCg9l_DLpPSYCNFyRCweSnywFy1-l8dvINzNZyzX8/Greg%2520Gillespie%2520%E2%80%93%2520The%2520Bastion%2520of%2520the%2520Boglings.pdf" target="_blank">http://content108.wuala.com/rawcontent/FFyq9y1IF6IbtSAT-SftvvBtpknp6vYLZaZQmulfZ63J55M5C3jfoVwnV2IGILfXe3b34gWcUOh1zZmz-5v--uUs7qT1dZxGGTf9zLYUJRiT2nLPTwLDZKNLLdXQJWkrfU7NvV-YpeeIlyzX-sB4gMJ3GrcZT3P-CJbmwm66zSJXSspUviY-aE7WsuVAj0v2JTB0A1k-gz1pql4si75GXamuCg9l_DLpPSYCNFyRCweSnywFy1-l8dvINzNZyzX8/Greg%20Gillespie%20–%20The%20Bastion%20of%20the%20Boglings.pdf</a></blockquote>

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