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<blockquote data-quote="MrHotter" data-source="post: 6981610" data-attributes="member: 76055">I like the idea of having him wearing his animated armor and using a great sword. He was a great warrior before he became a vampire, so having him armored and riding a nightmare sounds like a fun fight. You can have the armor jump on him like an Iron Man suit and have rows of animated armor in his room waiting to replace the last damaged one. If you let the animated armor take half the damage he takes, then it will give him more chances to regenerate if the party fails to keep him in sunlight or radiant damage. &nbsp;Also remember that Strahd is crafty and has many minions at his disposal. If he feels that the party is a big enough threat he may even feel compelled to gift one of his brides with the powers of a full vampire. He could always destroy them later if they survive the fight. See which of his allies are still alive when the part gets to the room where I think it would be good to set up the fight like an Angry GM boss fight from 4E. <a href="http://theangrygm.com/the-dd-boss-fight-part-4/" target="_blank">http://theangrygm.com/the-dd-boss-fight-part-4/</a>If you can make the party waste their nova round on a decoy wearing the animated armor you could mess up their one round win. Three encounters with no chance for a short rest in between will also mess up their chance to recover to full before taking on Strahd.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrHotter, post: 6981610, member: 76055"] I like the idea of having him wearing his animated armor and using a great sword. He was a great warrior before he became a vampire, so having him armored and riding a nightmare sounds like a fun fight. You can have the armor jump on him like an Iron Man suit and have rows of animated armor in his room waiting to replace the last damaged one. If you let the animated armor take half the damage he takes, then it will give him more chances to regenerate if the party fails to keep him in sunlight or radiant damage. Also remember that Strahd is crafty and has many minions at his disposal. If he feels that the party is a big enough threat he may even feel compelled to gift one of his brides with the powers of a full vampire. He could always destroy them later if they survive the fight. See which of his allies are still alive when the part gets to the room where I think it would be good to set up the fight like an Angry GM boss fight from 4E. [URL="http://theangrygm.com/the-dd-boss-fight-part-4/"]http://theangrygm.com/the-dd-boss-fight-part-4/[/URL] If you can make the party waste their nova round on a decoy wearing the animated armor you could mess up their one round win. Three encounters with no chance for a short rest in between will also mess up their chance to recover to full before taking on Strahd. [/QUOTE]

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