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Players think Strahd isn't actually so bad. (Spoilers)
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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 7586523" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>Hmmm, read the introduction again by Tracey Hickman.</p><p></p><p>Strahd is a violent sexual predator who uses mental domination to force women (and men) to submit to him before murdering them and turning them into his eternal slaves.</p><p></p><p>This ain’t no twilight</p><p></p><p>This ain’t no angsty The Originals</p><p></p><p>Strahd is a nasty piece of work. He is the epitome of #Metoo</p><p></p><p>What’s more every evil in Barovia in some way ties back to Strahd. Everyone who is there in some small way is as a result of Strahds evil.</p><p></p><p>That said it’s not a problem the party thinking he’s cool. He is cool, at first then his true colors are revealed. My advice would be...</p><p></p><p>... the abbot is an angel so have him re-corporate at dawn the next day. Strahd knows this will happen because the abbots soul is bound to barovia. Have one more soulless be born in Krezk as the abbots rebirth consumes another innocent.</p><p></p><p>... create a new NPC to replace Ireena or have Strahd force the abbot to resurrect her (or have Vasilka take on Ireena’s personality, appearance and memory etc)</p><p></p><p>... have the Strahd compels a character into doing something pretty heinous. Domination, blackmail or simple intimidation. </p><p></p><p>... have the Pcs work for Strahd as discussed above only to realize that the stuff they are doing is leading to true evil (awakening of the tree blights, the werewolf murder of children, the devil worship of lady Wacther, the dream pasty souls). Make it clear that Strahd is influencing and benefiting from each of these evils.</p><p></p><p>... if the Pcs do all this but have no qualms about it then they have effectively turned evil then to be honest you’re playing the wrong campaign and should have been clearer that ravenloft isn’t for evil players. Start a new campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 7586523, member: 6879661"] Hmmm, read the introduction again by Tracey Hickman. Strahd is a violent sexual predator who uses mental domination to force women (and men) to submit to him before murdering them and turning them into his eternal slaves. This ain’t no twilight This ain’t no angsty The Originals Strahd is a nasty piece of work. He is the epitome of #Metoo What’s more every evil in Barovia in some way ties back to Strahd. Everyone who is there in some small way is as a result of Strahds evil. That said it’s not a problem the party thinking he’s cool. He is cool, at first then his true colors are revealed. My advice would be... ... the abbot is an angel so have him re-corporate at dawn the next day. Strahd knows this will happen because the abbots soul is bound to barovia. Have one more soulless be born in Krezk as the abbots rebirth consumes another innocent. ... create a new NPC to replace Ireena or have Strahd force the abbot to resurrect her (or have Vasilka take on Ireena’s personality, appearance and memory etc) ... have the Strahd compels a character into doing something pretty heinous. Domination, blackmail or simple intimidation. ... have the Pcs work for Strahd as discussed above only to realize that the stuff they are doing is leading to true evil (awakening of the tree blights, the werewolf murder of children, the devil worship of lady Wacther, the dream pasty souls). Make it clear that Strahd is influencing and benefiting from each of these evils. ... if the Pcs do all this but have no qualms about it then they have effectively turned evil then to be honest you’re playing the wrong campaign and should have been clearer that ravenloft isn’t for evil players. Start a new campaign. [/QUOTE]
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