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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 7525208" data-attributes="member: 19270">Possible spoilers ahead if you plan to play Curse of Strahd!Issue: where to go nextBackground: the Abbot invited the players to an "engagement party" for his bride to Strahd, and the party accepted. The Abbot believes a bride is exactly what Strahd needs, and he's worried Strahd's adolescent infatuation with Ireena might complicate the wedding, so he originally proposed the party drown Ireena, who is tucked away in Vallaki (after all, who better to do it than friends?) Since then, he claims he's spoken with the gods and has been told the party must take her to the local shrine pool where all will be well (the party presumes this will somehow involve Ireena being drowned regardless). Of course, the party hasn't killed Ireena or taken her near the pool, and so the day of the engagement party has come and Strahd didn't show. The Abbot is upset and blames the party for not curing Strahd's lust for this harlot. The last time the Abbot became upset, he unleashed his minions to take food from the Krezk villagers, and the burgomaster hung himself in shame. The party, to buy time, said they'd take care of it.So, I'm brainstorming where it'll go from here. Per the book, I know what happens if she gets to the shrine. There isn't really a good hook, and I never thought there should be, to get her there, but the Abbot's ability to Commune and get twisted responses from the Dark Powers seemed appropriate. But I'm thinking: what if the party doesn't follow through? What will the Abbot do (my Abbot is a calm, creepy, religious zealot obsessed with our female player's hands, which would make a fine addition to the bride)? What about Strahd? Would he even care? Strahd doesn't know the Abbot wants Ireena dead, or assuredly he would, and the party isn't on good terms with Strahd now, having told him off over dinner.I don't really want this to end up in a combat with the Abbot (the party is convinced he's super-dangerous, though they're high enough level now that he's not if I leave him as-is), and my ultimate goal is to fit it with the themes of Ravenloft: despair, horror, and a twisted macabre.</blockquote>

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