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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tylermalan" data-source="post: 3393352" data-attributes="member: 30929">I'm currently running Expedition to Castle Ravenloft for my group, and I have a few questions for anyone who has either played the adventure all the way through, or DMs that have run it, though not necessarily to completion.1)  I'm not using the Weapons of Legacy rules, so the Sunsword and the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind are not Legacy items.  However, they still need to be bonded to their wielders to function at full capacity.  It says at the introduction of Chapter 3 that two of the hags possess the specific knowledge to perform the bonding rituals for both items - specifically, Madam Eva knows the rituals for the Holy Symbol and the Drowned Lady knows the rituals for the Sunsword.  However, it doesn't give any guidance for extracting that information from them.  And, in the case of the Drowned Lady, she's completely bonkers, and the only way to cure her bonkerness is with Wish or Miracle, and it should be obvious that those are out of the question.  Assuming the players have made the appropriate Knowledge checks for both items already, how are they supposed to get that information?  Note: they will likely kill the Drowned Lady upon first meeting her, especially since she attacks immediately.2)  Is Madam Eva ever supposed to attack the PCs if the Fortune Telling session she has with them determines that they do NOT have to kill the hags to strip the Fane Signs away from Strahd?  The beginning of chapter 3 says that the hags' responsibility to the Fane Signs is that they are their guardians, but it doesn't talk about Madam Eva specifically.  Just how much 'responsibility' does she have to the Forest Fane?3)  Is Sir Urik supposed to join the party like Ashlyn and Ireena are?  If not, why not?4)  How are the PCs supposed to find/fight the Werewolves in the Svalich Woods if no one can track, and Strahd's secondary goal is NOT Untamed Allies?  Are they just supposed to go in there and wander around?5)  Concerning the Sunsword and Holy Symbol again, assume the PCs don't have the appropriate Knowledge skills, and so cannot make the checks that are prerequisites to performing the bonding rituals.  How are they supposed to be able to do them?6)  Just how does a vampire's domination ability work?  And for how long?I think that's it, for now.  I'm sure I have at least one, maybe two more questions, but I forget them right now.Thanks a TON for your help, if and when you give it.  It is greatly appreciated!!-Tyler</blockquote>

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