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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6853680" data-attributes="member: 7006">I think we can postulate at least one reason for the change... there is now a methodology in the adventure for one of the PCs to do exactly what Strahd did and become a vampire themself, using the exact same methodology Strahd undertook.  And while the adventure states that while Strahd is looking for someone to hand over the reins of the land to, his arrogance and belief that no one is good enough will most likely mean that won't happen... the door is left slightly open for it to actually occur.So the game allows for a PC to have their own tragic fall and potentially make the choice to accept the power of the same vestige that made Strahd a vampire in the first place by undertaking the two things Strahd himself had to do.  Should that occur... then there's as a good a reason as any for that game's particular DM to decide that Strahd might in fact abdicate to that PC.The idea that the adventure has a path in it for a PC to replace Strahd as master of the domain is actually kind of cool.  It ain't gonna happen often (if at all) because there's a whole crapload of adventure that has to spiral downward in such a way that a PC would not only get to the point of finding the sarcophagus, but then agree to the pact with the vestige and then have the other PC/NPCs of the game in positions to allow the PC to actual fulfill the terms of the pact.  The odds of that all working out are rather small... but the idea that it COULD happen I think makes for a compelling version of one of the game's potential endings.</blockquote>

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