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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8281968" data-attributes="member: 19270">First, it doesn't matter how the adventure is written. Monsters have whatever the DM wants them to have, especially when you're dealing with a centuries-old battle tactician and virtual demigod in his own cursed realm. Strahd has been around long enough to have forbiddance cast over the entire castle if he wanted and had access to a cleric, though, spoiler alert, it's not a default tactic for him.Second, in my experience, there's an unspoken understanding DMs won't go out of their way to intentionally screw over a player's tactics. On the flipside of that equation, players don't take advantage of flukes in the system, use cheesy combos that suck the fun out of the game, and so on.I defer heavily to [USER=59848]@Hawk Diesel[/USER] and everything in that post, as well as adding that your DM may perceive summoning as cheese or sucking the fun out of the game (for him) in some way, while for you it was supposed to be okay. Have a sit-down rather than bail. If afterwards you don't feel like you're on the same page, at least you'll know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8281968, member: 19270"] First, it doesn't matter how the adventure is written. Monsters have whatever the DM wants them to have, especially when you're dealing with a centuries-old battle tactician and virtual demigod in his own cursed realm. Strahd has been around long enough to have [I]forbiddance[/I] cast over the entire castle if he wanted and had access to a cleric, though, [B]spoiler alert, [/B]it's not a default tactic for him. Second, in my experience, there's an unspoken understanding DMs won't go out of their way to intentionally screw over a player's tactics. On the flipside of that equation, players don't take advantage of flukes in the system, use cheesy combos that suck the fun out of the game, and so on. I defer heavily to [USER=59848]@Hawk Diesel[/USER] and everything in that post, as well as adding that your DM may perceive summoning as cheese or sucking the fun out of the game (for him) in some way, while for you it was supposed to be okay. Have a sit-down rather than bail. If afterwards you don't feel like you're on the same page, at least you'll know. [/QUOTE]

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