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<blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8999740" data-attributes="member: 7024851">Well, first, I want to say congrats (no sarcasm) on apparently capturing the feel you wanted this second go-around.&nbsp; A friend and I had the discussion before about Barovia and horror games, and I feel too often character sheets are a disconnect where players feel safer than they should because they can 'math out' their risk.Maybe for this group, as others have said, you need to guide them back into it and ease it on.&nbsp; You have the group buy-in that this setting is dangerous and scary - THAT is hard to get.&nbsp; Now what you need to show them is that not everything is a potential TPK.&nbsp; Have challenges that aren't combat, like helping villagers.&nbsp; Have the party get attached to an NPC who is on a combat quest and needs their help - so you can kind of ease their worries, but don't make the NPC do all the combat 'heavy-lifting'.You've totally got this.&nbsp; And if they refuse to go into the Death House - the beautiful thing about Barovia is... you can't deny it.&nbsp; If you won't come to it, the Mists will come to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bayushi_seikuro, post: 8999740, member: 7024851"] Well, first, I want to say congrats (no sarcasm) on apparently capturing the feel you wanted this second go-around. A friend and I had the discussion before about Barovia and horror games, and I feel too often character sheets are a disconnect where players feel safer than they should because they can 'math out' their risk. Maybe for this group, as others have said, you need to guide them back into it and ease it on. You have the group buy-in that this setting is dangerous and scary - THAT is hard to get. Now what you need to show them is that not everything is a potential TPK. Have challenges that aren't combat, like helping villagers. Have the party get attached to an NPC who is on a combat quest and needs their help - so you can kind of ease their worries, but don't make the NPC do all the combat 'heavy-lifting'. You've totally got this. And if they refuse to go into the Death House - the beautiful thing about Barovia is... you can't deny it. If you won't come to it, the Mists will come to you. [/QUOTE]

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