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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8136737" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Ishhh...Strahd isn't something you want to toy with.With more than four players, I use this.Single encounter big bad guysAdd 1 feat/ASI per 4 CR (save the first four)Add 1 legendary action per PC above 4.Multiply HP by 1 +0.25 per PC above 4.Add 1.5 AC (round up) per PC above 4.So Stradh becomesAC: 22HP: 288Gets 7 legendary actions.Would get 2 more ASI/feat. (you could add a third if your group is heavy on magical items).I would give him Mage Slayer and Sentinel and any magical items he could wear to enhance his fighting abilities.Change Strahd spell list to include Dispel Magic and Counter spell, Vampiric touch is a killer as it will heal strahd and potentialy enhance is self healing (with the sentinel feat). Having it cast at 5th level makes for 5d6 damage on an unarmed strike.Have him use his passwall legendary ability.Make him concentrate his attacks on the group's healer(s)Have him use minions like bat swarms to hinder the group.Put off the lights.And make him retreat when half his HP are down. 7 rounds (3 with an unmodified Strahd) and:"Heeeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaack!"Players should be affraid of Strahd.I used these tactics on three different groups. (and one was an unmodified Strahd). They all had a hard time. The third group was at the hobby store and complained that Strahd had been too easy. I offered to re enact the battle to show them. They were a prepared group but chose to fight Strahd during the night without the Symbol of Ravenkind... I TPKed them easily and they could not accuse me of cheating. I roll on the open.If you use Strahd as a headon fight with no tactical retreats, even with my modifications, he will be an easy fight. Strahd is not there to play fair, he will use every advantages he has to TPK your group and you should play him accordingly.</blockquote>

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