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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7586508" data-attributes="member: 6855204">Well…you kind of took away most of why Strahd would want them dead.  Them helping Ireena is usually a good reason for Strahd to attack them, and getting her to the well and saving her seals the deal, but you had an NPC kill the NPC that would have baited the BBEG to have a beef with the party, and then had the BBEG kill the NPC who killed the NPC.  It was all basically one big cut scene for them.  And it sounds like you’ve got a real Murder Hobo group going, who don’t really care about anything except their own power and greed.If I were Strahd, I’d be offering them a job.  Make Strahd a quest giver instead of a BBEG.  Have Strahd offer them power, prestige and riches if they work for him, then have them go across Barovia killing all of Strahd’s enemies.  Once Strahd has no more enemies in Barovia, he can have them leave and do missions for him in other realms, as Barovia touches every realm.  Also, you can have something with the Amber Temple, with the Vestiges wanting Strahd gone for one reason or another.  Or perhaps some other creature wants Strahd dead and offers the group a reward if they can do it.  It doesn’t sound like your group cares about how bad Strahd is, so making Strahd more evil isn’t going to make them want to kill him.  You need to give them an incentive to kill him if you really want them to go after him.  Power, riches, all that.  Do they know they can’t leave Barovia without Strahd’s permission?  Once they’re tired here, they’ll have to deal with him if they want to leave.  All in all, let them play the game they want.  If they all decide to start the Order of Strahd and become his lackey’s, kudos to them.</blockquote>

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