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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6938583" data-attributes="member: 7006">If they think they "killed" Strahd by running down all his hit points, but they DIDN'T use a Natural Sunlight weapon to destroy him... then what actually happens is that when he "dies" he turns to mist form, flies back to his coffin, and then regenerates.  A little while later he's back up to being completely fine.Which actually is part of the fun.  The group thinks they've "destroyed the vampire lord"... and they then get careless.  They now think they have the run of the castle, not paying much attention to things anymore... then suddenly you can throw a bunch of vampire spawn at them and then like halfway through the battle, Strahd comes back.  He can smile evilly and say something like "Are you so naive to think you can kill me that easily?  You only know what I CHOOSE to let you know!".  And then you attack the party again... this time using his insubstantiality to sink into floors, pop up from underneath party members to attack them  before sinking back in again.  Then if any party members Ready actions to attack when Strahd appears, they will have lost their Reactions and Strahd can then move up and down to attack them with impunity.  Only attack the party members that haved used their Reactions already, and then they get no Opportunity Attacks when Strahd moves up, attacks, then sinks back down through the floor.  And don't be afraid of letting Strahd sit out a couple rounds to regenerate a whole bunch of HP, and instead send some wolves, bat swarms, or zombies in to occupy their time.Until your party finds the Sunsword or Holy Symbol and thus has a way of generating actual sunlight... the party will never be able to kill him fully.  Even if they find their way to his tomb and stake his coffin... that just holds him in place.  Eventually the rest of the denizens of the castle will arrive to attack the party down there and/or pull out the stake to free him.  It sounds like you still have time to have fun.</blockquote>

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