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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enrico Poli1" data-source="post: 7958845" data-attributes="member: 6947027">Curse of Strahd, 4th session.5 PCs: Human Paladin of Devotion, Half-Orc Rogue, Human Necromancer, Dwarf Cleric, Dragonborn Barbarian.They ended the last session in the Town of Vallaki. They had recovered the Tome of Ravenloft but could not read it. A disguised Rictavio tried to steal the book to discover Strahd's secrets; meanwhile, a disguised d'Avenir tried to catch Rictavio. So Rictavio wanted to give them the means to read the book (a scroll of Comprehend Languages) and learn its secrets by Clairaudience. In Vallaki's  square, after the PCs messed with poor Blinsky and his cute monkey, the scroll was delivered via another disguise. D'Avenir also was around, in a new disguise too. (The PCs fought them but did not see their true appearane yet)Then the PCs moved to Krezk to ask the Bishop for help. They needed help to understand the contents of Strahd's story; moreover, they also needed high-level restorations for Ireena, for the son of Barovia's priest, and maybe for the Mad Archmage who defeated and ridiculed them some day ago. During the trip, I inserted a scene in which their carriage was harassed by a big number of wolves. This time a good Fireball was enough to disperse them, but this was only a taste of what would came.In Krezk they entered the Abbey and met the mongrelmen and the Bishop. They presented him with the story of the Tome, confirming him in the theory that Strahd needs a woman. So the Bishop invited them to help him complete his ceremony to create a female flesh golem to please Strahd.The players were really worried. Some wanted to complete the experiment, but in the end the Dwarf Cleric was so horrified that they had to refuse the invitation and leave the Bishop's place, bringing with them a couple of Scrolls of Greater Restoration.They correctly understood that Strahd wanted Ireena, so they came back fast to Barovia, used the Scrolls to cure Ireena and the Priest's son (they had made a promise) and then decided to take Ireena in a safe place: S.Andral Church in Vallaki, protected by the holy Bones of the Saint. During the trip back to Vallaki the carriage was attacked again by wolves (24 normal, 10 werevolves) that forced the carriage to stop; the heroes were able to make the wolves flee after a few rounds of combat.A satisfactory 4th session of CoS.</blockquote>

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