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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6888135" data-attributes="member: 7006">I myself have removed certain cards from the deck so that the locations/people I don't want to see come up have no opportunity to do so.I want the three magic items to come into play into the story earlier than the end of the campaign, so I took out all the Amber Temple locations (since that location is really not meant to be attempted until the PCs are level 9-10).&nbsp; Also, while I'm expecting and planning for the PCs to go up to the Castle several times throughout the campaign (either to speak to Strahd or look for Gertruda, explore the castle etc.), I didn't want the odds to lean so strongly towards several items being found up there in general or more especially down in the sub-basement crypt area.&nbsp; So I removed all the non-Von Zarovich crypt locations, leaving only the three directly related to the family (Strahd's, Sergei's and the parents'&nbsp; tombs).&nbsp; All told, of the 40 regular cards, 15 cards gave locations throughout the entirety of the Castle, and five of which were the random crypts besides the three family ones.&nbsp; By taking those five other crypts cards out, we're now down to only 10 Castle locations, and much less likely to get more than a single item down the crypts.That was enough to keeps the odds such that the items will more likely be spread out across the landscape, plus able to be chased after earlier in the campaign.&nbsp; Which hopefully will make things more interesting for both of my parties I'm running and for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6888135, member: 7006"] I myself have removed certain cards from the deck so that the locations/people I don't want to see come up have no opportunity to do so. I want the three magic items to come into play into the story earlier than the end of the campaign, so I took out all the Amber Temple locations (since that location is really not meant to be attempted until the PCs are level 9-10). Also, while I'm expecting and planning for the PCs to go up to the Castle several times throughout the campaign (either to speak to Strahd or look for Gertruda, explore the castle etc.), I didn't want the odds to lean so strongly towards several items being found up there in general or more especially down in the sub-basement crypt area. So I removed all the non-Von Zarovich crypt locations, leaving only the three directly related to the family (Strahd's, Sergei's and the parents' tombs). All told, of the 40 regular cards, 15 cards gave locations throughout the entirety of the Castle, and five of which were the random crypts besides the three family ones. By taking those five other crypts cards out, we're now down to only 10 Castle locations, and much less likely to get more than a single item down the crypts. That was enough to keeps the odds such that the items will more likely be spread out across the landscape, plus able to be chased after earlier in the campaign. Which hopefully will make things more interesting for both of my parties I'm running and for me. [/QUOTE]

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