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<blockquote data-quote="Rils" data-source="post: 6903604" data-attributes="member: 78768">We've been playing CoS at out monthly game for about 9 months now.&nbsp; It's been a blast, I hope you have fun with it!1) The general population of Barovia does not know he is a vampire.&nbsp; He perpetuates the idea that he's just one in a long line of Counts.&nbsp; I think the book says somewhere that he's currently going by Count Strahd the 11th.&nbsp; However, a few key PCs know the truth - Ismarck, Rictavio, the Order of the Feather, the Silver Dragons, etc.&nbsp; So while it isn't commonly known at first, your PCs will learn about it sooner rather than later, largely because one of the first quests they receive in Barovia is an escort quest from Ismark trying to get his sister out of Strahd's reach.2) Shouldn't be too hard to uplevel, many of the key encounters are with creatures above the party's CR.&nbsp; However, one of the key things about this adventure is that fighting is an unusual occurrence, and that when it DOES happen, PCs will typically feel outmatched.&nbsp; That's by design.&nbsp; Steamrolling through fights takes away from the horror setting, players are supposed to be scared to fight things.3)Yes, we are doing that right now.&nbsp; Also, if you watch Dice, Camera, Action on Youtube, Chris Perkins (author of the adventure) also ends up with a PC who gets bit by a werewolf.&nbsp; The key is, again, the horror affect of &quot;one of your party members is out of control, how are you going to handle them and what terrible things will they do at night?&quot;&nbsp; Having a whole party who embraces lycanthropy would be a totally different vibe to the game than how it's written.&nbsp; It's your game though, run it how you like!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rils, post: 6903604, member: 78768"] We've been playing CoS at out monthly game for about 9 months now. It's been a blast, I hope you have fun with it! 1) The general population of Barovia does not know he is a vampire. He perpetuates the idea that he's just one in a long line of Counts. I think the book says somewhere that he's currently going by Count Strahd the 11th. However, a few key PCs know the truth - Ismarck, Rictavio, the Order of the Feather, the Silver Dragons, etc. So while it isn't commonly known at first, your PCs will learn about it sooner rather than later, largely because one of the first quests they receive in Barovia is an escort quest from Ismark trying to get his sister out of Strahd's reach. 2) Shouldn't be too hard to uplevel, many of the key encounters are with creatures above the party's CR. However, one of the key things about this adventure is that fighting is an unusual occurrence, and that when it DOES happen, PCs will typically feel outmatched. That's by design. Steamrolling through fights takes away from the horror setting, players are supposed to be scared to fight things. 3)Yes, we are doing that right now. Also, if you watch Dice, Camera, Action on Youtube, Chris Perkins (author of the adventure) also ends up with a PC who gets bit by a werewolf. The key is, again, the horror affect of "one of your party members is out of control, how are you going to handle them and what terrible things will they do at night?" Having a whole party who embraces lycanthropy would be a totally different vibe to the game than how it's written. It's your game though, run it how you like! [/QUOTE]

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