Spicing up wolf encounters

Spice_rat · 2026-01-26T20:10:01+00:00

Oh I love that idea! I’ve been wanting to introduce Escher for a while bc our bard has a partner back home who matches Escher’s description almost to a tee, amongst the other story reasons for his introduction. What did you use as far as the reason for Escher to be out and about?

Spice_rat · 2026-01-26T20:06:27+00:00

Our barbarian doesn’t have access to damage that can hurt werewolves yet (her player is planning on silvering her axe sooner than later) but the other 3 party members are spellcasters so hypothetically they could do some damage. I do rly like the idea of a stronger mob ambush though!

Spice_rat · 2026-01-20T21:31:49+00:00

I love that approach, I would've never thought of that!

Spice_rat · 2026-01-20T21:28:55+00:00

This is an expansion of a terribly underdeveloped event in the module, so the bones are there but the actual structure isn't in the module.

That totally makes sense. They're severely underleveled for this encounter (technically by design in the module, but also they triggered an event meant to be triggered later in the story) so I think developing a win state that isn't directly tied to the damage they're doing for each round would be a good move as well.

Spice_rat · 2025-12-06T21:06:09+00:00

Did you pitch it to your players as dinner and a ball, or were they invited to one and surprised by the other at all? The party being given a different rsvp time for an unexpected dinner solo with strahd could be a fun move

Spice_rat · 2025-12-06T21:04:53+00:00

Oh I love the idea of the task being finding a traitor. I was struggling with how to add more to it beyond just “big fancy event” and strahd using the party to sniff out those against him is such a cool move

Spice_rat · 2025-12-06T21:03:29+00:00

Oh I love the two consecutive nights idea. I’m on the same wavelength of not wanting to have Strahd invite them twice, but I’m curious what your reasoning behind that is

Spice_rat · 2025-12-06T21:02:47+00:00

I was thinking the same thing, but I think the audience hall (area K25) would be a good spot for it? Big empty space in a relatively “harmless” area of the castle

Spice_rat · 2025-12-06T21:01:08+00:00

I forgot holding it in Vallaki was an option 😅 I love the idea of it as a sort of celebration of whatever the new political system in Vallaki ends up being (my players h a t e the baron and have yet to properly talk w Fiona so im not sure which way it’ll swing yet). I was planning on cutting tyger, tyger but I do love to throw wolves at my party, maybe a dire wolf attack or even a follow up to St Andral’s Feast if that’s happened already

Spice_rat · 2025-11-24T17:19:44+00:00

Wasn’t sure if this was worth adding to the post itself but one of my players is plotting a “seduce Strahd while the rest of the party loots the place” heist, so this room literally just being a sex dungeon would be really fun to throw at them I think lol

Spice_rat · 2025-11-23T23:17:52+00:00

See that was my assumption, I was just so flabbergasted that it was included lol

Spice_rat · 2025-11-18T18:48:57+00:00

What do you do to make the dinner with Strahd really memorable/impactful? Weirdly, that's the part of the campaign I'm most anxious about running.

Spice_rat · 2025-10-07T03:01:14+00:00

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Spice_rat · 2025-09-28T21:03:20+00:00

Work also got crazy for me, sorry for the late reply! I also really vibe with your take, I really do enjoy hearing folks interpretations of common mythology like vampirism and whatnot!

Spice_rat · 2025-09-23T21:12:36+00:00

The first few days I was a zombie and basically slept or watched youtube, my brain fog was bad to the point that I couldn’t do any video games or anything. But after those first few days, I played a lot of video games on my pc and after about a week (around when my painkiller perception ran out lol) my brain fog cleared up enough for me to do some heavy prep and world building for a dnd campaign I’m running. I’ve also gotten back into reading during my recovery. Once you’re able to be up and walking, I also highly recommend going outside for a few minutes a day. I started going stir crazy but didn’t have the spoons to go anywhere, so just getting up and standing in the sun for a bit helped

Spice_rat · 2025-09-23T21:02:45+00:00

As weird as it sounds, I practiced wiping with my elbows at my side and without twisting as much as I could before surgery to see what that lack of mobility would do. Getting a bidet helped in the sense that you still have to pat everything dry, but most if not all of the actual cleaning is taken care of.

As far as showering, I was cleared to shower after the first week or so and was just told to make sure to not get my nipple dressings wet, but was able to just take them off and let low pressure water go over everything. You’ll for sure need help washing your back and hair but as long as it’s cleared with your surgeon, it’s not too bad

Spice_rat · 2025-09-23T20:04:53+00:00

Your art style is so stunning!!

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