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<blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 6143350" data-attributes="member: 67">And then there were more spoilers.After some time to consider it, the impracticality of the &quot;burn-everything-down&quot; plan forced the players to alter course.&nbsp; But first, they had to fight off a swarm of bats that Strahd sent after them while they were on the top of one of the castle walls.&nbsp; Barbarian-dwarf swatted a number of them out of the sky, but, in the process, almost lost his balance and plummeted to the courtyard some 90 feet below.&nbsp; Almost.From up here, they could see light coming from behind the boarded windows of the chapel (though, of course, they knew not what the building was).&nbsp; They determined that they should get down there to check it out, so they decided to go back inside to the spiral stair and climb down to its base--then explored the adjoining corridor and turret.&nbsp; Realizing that there was no way to get to the chapel from this section of the castle, they decided to make their own path by smashing through one of the arrow slits in the turret.Success!&nbsp; Barbarian-wood elf succeeded where the two mighty dwarves could not!&nbsp; To add to the problem, fighter-dwarf pulled his groin in the process.And, oh yeah.&nbsp; They caught the attention of some Strahd zombies.Some hilarity involving strangling severed limbs ensued, but the zombies were dropped without too much difficulty.&nbsp; The party then moved around the courtyard, through the northern portcullis (separating east from west), and into the garden behind the chapel.&nbsp; Then through one of the boarded windows.The wood elf then went straight for the Icon of Ravenloft.&nbsp; No problem, except that when she killed the witches' familiars, they cursed her with damnation.&nbsp; She, therefore, was badly burned when she tried to pick up the lawful-good super-holy icon.Fighter-dwarf then claimed it with no problem and the party decided that, with some fortification, this would be the safest place for them to finally get a little shut-eye...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rune, post: 6143350, member: 67"] [b]And then there were more spoilers.[/b] After some time to consider it, the impracticality of the "burn-everything-down" plan forced the players to alter course. But first, they had to fight off a swarm of bats that Strahd sent after them while they were on the top of one of the castle walls. Barbarian-dwarf swatted a number of them out of the sky, but, in the process, almost lost his balance and plummeted to the courtyard some 90 feet below. Almost. From up here, they could see light coming from behind the boarded windows of the chapel (though, of course, they knew not what the building was). They determined that they should get down there to check it out, so they decided to go back inside to the spiral stair and climb down to its base--then explored the adjoining corridor and turret. Realizing that there was no way to get to the chapel from this section of the castle, they decided to make their own path by smashing through one of the arrow slits in the turret. Success! Barbarian-wood elf succeeded where the two mighty dwarves could not! To add to the problem, fighter-dwarf pulled his groin in the process. And, oh yeah. They caught the attention of some Strahd zombies. Some hilarity involving strangling severed limbs ensued, but the zombies were dropped without [i]too[/i] much difficulty. The party then moved around the courtyard, through the northern portcullis (separating east from west), and into the garden behind the chapel. Then through one of the boarded windows. The wood elf then went straight for the [i]Icon of Ravenloft[/i]. No problem, except that when she killed the witches' familiars, they cursed her with damnation. She, therefore, was badly burned when she tried to pick up the lawful-good super-holy icon. Fighter-dwarf then claimed it with no problem and the party decided that, with some fortification, this would be the safest place for them to finally get a little shut-eye... [/QUOTE]

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