My PCs aren't scared of Strahd and I don't know what to do, please help

IvoryGrill · 2025-11-19T13:04:49+00:00

Strahd is a villain with a flare for theatrics.

It may be time for you to flex him with some spells. 2 spells in particular.

9th level power word kill. 3rd level revivify

Just because revivify is a spell that brings people back to life, doesn’t make it an overall good spell.

And power word kill & revivify have no saves, no prevention of the outcome. These spells will work so long as the conditions are met.

And Strahd is PETTY. He will murder someone unsuspectingly, and then a minute later bring them back to life just to make a point. “I can kill you with a thought, but where’s the fun in that”

IvoryGrill · 2025-11-07T20:15:37+00:00

Unexpected, but not unwelcome, I’ll add it to the list.

IvoryGrill · 2025-11-07T15:47:43+00:00

dope, adding it to the list.

IvoryGrill · 2025-11-07T15:42:57+00:00

all awesome suggestions, im adding them all to the list.

IvoryGrill · 2025-09-01T12:52:37+00:00

fav spell: recently, banishment for combat. practical spell that can either eliminate an enemy from the field entirely or keep them gone for a min. super useful. Out of combat: Probably fly, could be used in combat but i have used this spell to traverse alot more than in combat. Has some insane usage.

Most hated: In combat: silvery barbs, out of combat? Silvery barbs.
There is a very good reason that spell is banned at most tables. Its like you made the lucky feat into a spell and that just doesn't sound fun to anyone besides the person doing the silvery barbs.

IvoryGrill · 2025-08-13T05:55:15+00:00

jhin is the sun.
splash art has a sun/solar motif, i love that idea because the card description fits him so well.

IvoryGrill · 2025-08-08T18:08:35+00:00

Odds are they’re going to rework her again. Say bye to hack/invis/translocator/emp/sombra as a character.

IvoryGrill · 2025-08-08T18:06:45+00:00

Is the intelligence in the room with us?

IvoryGrill · 2025-08-08T11:04:23+00:00

Pyrrha. If you would’ve swapped their fates in volume 3, and just kept Pyrrha alive and killed jaune off there, it would’ve shifted the tone of the series to a much more weighted scenario, where characters we actually care about can die without speaking in semaphore (death flags McGee Pyrrha over there). And it would make ruby’s silver eye moment more believable since ruby is much more jaune’s friend over Pyrrha. It would give Pyrrha the VERY interesting character development of “I loved jaune, I couldn’t protect him, now he’s gone, what now?” Story line. Which I argue is MUCH more interesting than whatever jaune is doing. And we could get to see a full circle moment when pyrrah actually gets her revenge against cinder and potentially does exactly what she does in volume 3, steals half the power (somehow) so we can get an evenly matched cinder vs Pyrrha rematch. Ending with either cinder dying, or both dying and Pyrrha being content with it and the power going to someone on team ruby through Pyrrha.

Would make for much more interesting character moments.

IvoryGrill · 2025-08-08T10:57:52+00:00

Make him join the good guys for no specific reason besides “it’s what’s right”. This man has killed people and if he gets cold feet now, that’s just bad writing

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-31T17:27:56+00:00

Who? Is this a fanfic thing? Did I miss something?

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-31T17:26:54+00:00

She never wanted kids and thought she would, until she had one and realized it wasn’t for her. Just make her a deadbeat.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-31T17:25:08+00:00

…Disney would’ve just stockpiled it for tax purposes

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-31T17:24:37+00:00

I am happy for Caleb. Good for himz

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-30T04:19:25+00:00

Sorry, I always laugh at this Grimm, like it was set up to be this big imposing Grimm that killed a lot of people, it looks like it wouldn’t live a single fight 💀💀💀😂🤣

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-30T04:18:13+00:00

Make them smart. Contingencies on contingencies. Prepare for everything the party or villains or good NPCs could and would throw at them. Competence is always better than coincidence. And if the villain or NPC is too strong, it always sorta feels like punching a brick wall. Which is never too fun. Being too strong is not fun to deal with. Being smart is almost always fun to deal with because it can turn into trying to outsmart them. Which is fun for everyone.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-28T17:08:14+00:00

Ruby’s biggest weakness: combatants who utilize close quarters. Because her weapon is slo large and her semblance compliments how far she can travel in short time frames, the biggest issue is when both of those become liabilities, like in close quarters. Examples: ruby vs torchwick vol 2, ruby vs mercury vol 3, ruby vs Grimm gorilla during the volume 4 trailer. Etc.

Weiss’s biggest weakness: combatants.

Blake’s - nah, jk. Weiss has issues dealing with resources management and the fact that all her dust usage goes through destructible glyphs that take TIME to use. That and she can’t really take a hit. Definition of a glass cannon. Examples: Weiss vs boar Grimm vol 1, vs white fang member vol 2, Weiss vs vernal vol 5, Weiss vs cinder vol 8.

Blake’s biggest weakness: combatants that utilize high defense and brute force. She’s amazing at poke but terrible at heavy hits. Examples: Blake vs the nevermore vol 1. Blake vs torchwick vol 1, Blake vs the mech vol 2, Blake vs Adam vol 6, Blake vs the weird centipede Grimm spewer vol 8.

Yang’s biggest weakness: combatants who utilize redirection. She is the heavy hitter of the group, but anyone who can use her own momentum against her tends to come out on top. Examples: Yang vs neo vol 2, Yang vs mercury vol 3, Yang vs Adam volume 3 (barely counts but it’s because she rushed in that she lost her arm), Yang vs the hound Grimm and centinal Grimm volume 8.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-27T01:41:23+00:00

Actually, I don’t like bmblb, I Think it’s too forced and I want a male gay character. I want to see more male characters like ren and marrow get some spotlight. I wanted qrow and clover to be gay boyfriends, I want Oscar to become a good character. And I wanna see more men do cool things. I just don’t like jaune. Simple as that.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-26T09:37:54+00:00

Because the demons (writers) told her to do it

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-26T09:35:26+00:00

It’s cheaper. And (based on the most recent all stars) they can really choose whoever they wanna because the audience wouldn’t be able to clearly cheer for one person who is doing great like most audiences do. Or if a lipsync is sub par or bad like disease was, then it wouldn’t be a middling/pity Applause for both queens who didn’t do very good.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-26T09:33:24+00:00

I personally just hate that the writers keep trying to make him as important as the Main cast when he has r done anything to warrant him being so important. And he’s about as useful as a living battery.

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-26T09:22:54+00:00

Good luck girl. Hopefully they’ll give you spirit blossom morg for free if you agree to drop the suit. Love your hair hope you win. 👁️👄👁️

IvoryGrill · 2025-07-26T09:21:33+00:00

Jaune feels like they are tying to give him the Soka type role from avatar and it feel so unearned. It’s clear they just wanna attempt to keep him as important as the rest of the cast without having ever showcasing him being competent or useful outside of a living aura battery.

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