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I had prepared for them to go through the front door. This is where I would bet most groups will get into the castle. They do have a Warlock who can fly, but they were rightly afraid that whoever went first would be stranded while the others were shuttled in. I straight up read aloud "This descent cannot be accomplished without the aid of magic or a climbers' kit." which shut that down pretty quick (because who buys a climbers kit?).
#Running curse of strahd how to
They WILL look for a secret way to get into the castle, and they WILL find those damn windows to K88 and they WILL try to figure out how to get there. It gives the players an idea of the magnitude of where they are. Read up on the other ways to get into the Castle - The servants entrance, the windows, and the overlook to K88. Don't be surprised if your group does this. I suspect my other group will do the same thing. I've only started the Castle with one group and they avoided the front door.
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I also wrote a monologue for when they discover him at his location. If things started looking hairy for Strahd he would start pleading with the characters. This probably deserves its own post but quickly, I wrote a paragraph of Strahd monologue for each player character. I imported them into Roll20 and had it projected for my players. I want to take this time to recommend /u/pigonthewing 's beautiful maps (What happened to K19?!).
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It's gonna be a huge headache to draw out due to the scale and the view. It's unlikely they will clear the whole castle so they won't get to do all of them, but I really like this idea (nice pat on the back for me there) and might start using it for other dungeons in the future.ĭo yourself a favor and get some non-isometric maps of this place.
#Running curse of strahd movie
I loved having commoners with the PCs because it enhances the horror movie element since you can kill them off in various ways - the players get to watch their party dwindle as they go deeper into the Castle. Ireena had been captured by Strahd at this point so her brother sends some Barovian commoners along with the PCs to try to help. Instead he gives them his Scroll of Raise Dead. He didn't go because he is too worried that his curse will spell their doom. The group went to Van Richten and said they knew it was him and asked him to come with them to fight Strahd. In preparation for the trip to Ravenloft, I allowed a few things to happen.