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<blockquote data-quote="hastur_nz" data-source="post: 7060414" data-attributes="member: 40592"><p>I dunno, attempting to put myself in Strahd's shoes, I'd say the PC's latest moves are quite interesting, he'd like to see just how murderous and hence 'evil' these guys can be; they killed a burgomaster because ... what ... he was a bit weird? Because it's D&D and you kill things and take their stuff? The new village ruler is a whole lot more weird... so it sounds like they are going to kill her off too... Then what, who's going to help protect the villagers from Strahd and his minions?</p><p></p><p>Crikey, they might end up totally corrupted and pawns of Strahd's evil plans, why should he kill them off now, just when they are showing some real promise (from his point of view).</p><p></p><p>Personally, I'd try and show them the logical results of their ways (killing burgomasters and such) - Strahd's minions need to kill countless villagers, then Strahd can come and turn some into vampire spawn, congratulating them on helping him, tempting them to join and help him even more, then mocking the PC's if they try and help the villagers, etc. Or if the PC's do not help, villagers get angry at them and (quite rightly) blame the PC's for bringing on all this trouble - what do the PC's do then, kill all the villagers? That would be funny... Strahd might get angry enough then, to bring the fight on, because they have just killed off a lot of his food supply. </p><p></p><p>But remember that Strahd isn't especially tough outside of his Lair - if the players really don't want to fight him until they have meta-gamed their way to full power, personally I'd say it's no big deal, have him do what he can to mock their actions prior to the castle, and help show them that actions have repercussions. When they finally do get to the castle make sure that Strahd doesn't wait in his 'allotted space' as per the reading, but he seeks them out at least once and ambushes them... That's where he has the clear upper hand; if they do manage to beat him he should still escape and re-form; if he beats them, he can quite justifiably not TPK because that would be boring and he hasn't had a good fight for ages, have him play with them as much as possible before the final show-down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hastur_nz, post: 7060414, member: 40592"] I dunno, attempting to put myself in Strahd's shoes, I'd say the PC's latest moves are quite interesting, he'd like to see just how murderous and hence 'evil' these guys can be; they killed a burgomaster because ... what ... he was a bit weird? Because it's D&D and you kill things and take their stuff? The new village ruler is a whole lot more weird... so it sounds like they are going to kill her off too... Then what, who's going to help protect the villagers from Strahd and his minions? Crikey, they might end up totally corrupted and pawns of Strahd's evil plans, why should he kill them off now, just when they are showing some real promise (from his point of view). Personally, I'd try and show them the logical results of their ways (killing burgomasters and such) - Strahd's minions need to kill countless villagers, then Strahd can come and turn some into vampire spawn, congratulating them on helping him, tempting them to join and help him even more, then mocking the PC's if they try and help the villagers, etc. Or if the PC's do not help, villagers get angry at them and (quite rightly) blame the PC's for bringing on all this trouble - what do the PC's do then, kill all the villagers? That would be funny... Strahd might get angry enough then, to bring the fight on, because they have just killed off a lot of his food supply. But remember that Strahd isn't especially tough outside of his Lair - if the players really don't want to fight him until they have meta-gamed their way to full power, personally I'd say it's no big deal, have him do what he can to mock their actions prior to the castle, and help show them that actions have repercussions. When they finally do get to the castle make sure that Strahd doesn't wait in his 'allotted space' as per the reading, but he seeks them out at least once and ambushes them... That's where he has the clear upper hand; if they do manage to beat him he should still escape and re-form; if he beats them, he can quite justifiably not TPK because that would be boring and he hasn't had a good fight for ages, have him play with them as much as possible before the final show-down. [/QUOTE]
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