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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 7918079" data-attributes="member: 6702445">I've recently discovered a new resource for prepping adventures:&nbsp; YouTube.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVnbPpmSOZsjEIukExi2NNQ" target="_blank">Fred Weller</a> has a whole <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzynCLAcFqo&amp;list=PLc8ClPZ-CdWlyJFMa-DtxQfjrTxs7btwU" target="_blank">series on prepping Curse of Strahd,</a> which included some great ideas for using the Blinsky dolls that I'll definitely be stealing.&nbsp; Here's a compilation of his suggestions, drawn from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzynCLAcFqo&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=1866" target="_blank">this video</a> and particularly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrG18clL-YM" target="_blank">this one:</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have the dolls move around or change position without anyone seeing them move or shift.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eventually, the players can see them move slightly.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Give them glowing eyes.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have their facial expressions change.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make them look creepy, but familiar.&nbsp; Make some of them resemble the PCs.&nbsp; Make one resemble Strahd.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have them climb out of a backpack and just STARE at the PCs.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once the players have started to expect the dolls to do weird things, have some of them do NOTHING AT ALL.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have them just disappear from wherever they were stowed, possibly along with some of the PCs' mundane equipment.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have the dolls talk to the PCs, possibly just saying a single word.&nbsp; Give the dolls morbid and odd personalities. Have a doll become a &quot;friend&quot; to a PC and offer advice.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a doll is destroyed, have it turn up again later, completely intact.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't have the dolls attack the PCs except as a last resort.&nbsp; They're pretty small, so if they do attack, make it a large group.</li>
</ul>He said it eventually got so that whenever his players saw a Blinsky doll, they'd run in the other direction and/or set it on fire.Mwahahahaha ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 7918079, member: 6702445"] I've recently discovered a new resource for prepping adventures: YouTube. [URL='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVnbPpmSOZsjEIukExi2NNQ']Fred Weller[/URL] has a whole [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzynCLAcFqo&list=PLc8ClPZ-CdWlyJFMa-DtxQfjrTxs7btwU']series on prepping [I]Curse of Strahd,[/I][/URL] which included some great ideas for using the Blinsky dolls that I'll definitely be stealing. Here's a compilation of his suggestions, drawn from [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzynCLAcFqo&feature=youtu.be&t=1866']this video[/URL] and particularly [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrG18clL-YM']this one:[/URL] [LIST] [*]Have the dolls move around or change position without anyone seeing them move or shift. [*]Eventually, the players can see them move slightly. [*]Give them glowing eyes. [*]Have their facial expressions change. [*]Make them look creepy, but familiar. Make some of them resemble the PCs. Make one resemble Strahd. [*]Have them climb out of a backpack and just STARE at the PCs. [*]Once the players have started to expect the dolls to do weird things, have some of them do NOTHING AT ALL. [*]Have them just disappear from wherever they were stowed, possibly along with some of the PCs' mundane equipment. [*]Have the dolls talk to the PCs, possibly just saying a single word. Give the dolls morbid and odd personalities. Have a doll become a "friend" to a PC and offer advice. [*]If a doll is destroyed, have it turn up again later, completely intact. [*]Don't have the dolls attack the PCs except as a last resort. They're pretty small, so if they do attack, make it a large group. [/LIST] He said it eventually got so that whenever his players saw a Blinsky doll, they'd run in the other direction and/or set it on fire. Mwahahahaha ... [/QUOTE]

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