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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9008358" data-attributes="member: 93670">My mistake <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />You think castle ravenloft is all of ravenloft? It doesn't even need to be fully explored in the 5e version & the wandering encounters for castle ravenloft itself on pg49 is not really supporting what you are pinning to itRANDOM ENCOUNTERS The first time the characters enter a castle area that isn't otherwise occupied, check for a random encounter. Also check for a random encounter every 10 minutes the characters spend resting in the castle. In most circumstances, a random encounter occurs on a roll of 18 or higher on a d20. To determine what the characters encounter, consult the table below. [spoiler=""]RANDOM ENCOUNTERS IN CASTLE RAVENLOFT Encounter Ezmerelda d'Avenir (see appendix D)  Rahadin (see appendix D) 1 black cat 1 broom of animated attack (see appendix D) 1 d4 + 1 flying swords Blinsky toy Unseen servant ld4 Barovian commoners 2d6 crawling claws  ld6 shadows  ld6 swarms of bats  1 crawling Strahd zombie (see appendix D) ld4 + 1 Vistani thugs  ld4 wights  Trinket  Giant spider cocoon  1 Barovian witch (see appendix D)  1 d4 + 1 vampire spawn  Strahd von Zarovich (see appendix D) [/spoiler]Those are hardly a concern to a group that's not trying to speedrun CoS by skipping the rest of barovia & heading straight to castle ravenloft.  Most of those won;t even last two rounds against all but the smallest of groups.  Worst case, leave to rest & come back, what's the GM going to do, take the heat for TPK'ing the party in their sleep?  make them say "ok lets take another rest"?If that's not the thing you are looking for can you dig up the page number & maybe quote it?I too do not agree at all.  2e & 3.5 adventures that were not even attempting to make resting difficult make the worst of 5e CoS look uncomfortably  hospitable to resting often.</blockquote>

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