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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 6938496" data-attributes="member: 6788862">As has been said, a fully rested level 6 party is capable of dealing out a lot of damage...So without seeing the chat log, my quick suggestion would be to not let them meet him while they are at full strength.  I haven't DMed the 5E version of the adventure, just the 1E original (as a Hallowe'en 1 shot adventure), and in that it makes clear that Strahd is supremely intelligent and knows what is going in his realm - he will choose the time to attack which best suits him.  My party were separated by a trap, which split one of them from the other 4, moving him to another floor in the house - that is when he chose to strike the 1st time - easily dealing with the lone member.  I then had him polymorph into the missing party member, and meet the party a few hours later (and told that player he was now playing as Strahd, and would choose the best moment to reveal his identity and kill the party).Soon afterwards, down in the crypts, they were getting scattered by the teleports  (the section with the Wights).  At this moment he struck, he charmed the party Wizard, and told him to Fireball the others.  The only party member who survived fled the castle, right into the waiting dragon statues which animated and fried her.Add spooky music, costumes, bottles of wine, and a takeaway curry, and it made for a great Hallowe'en party!</blockquote>