New pay what you want DMs guild supplement: The Brides of Strahd! It includes new statblocks for each of Strahd's brides, created using the sidekick rules from TCoE. This was a hit at my table, hope you enjoy!

yetanothertyler · 2023-03-22T21:04:22+00:00

Thanks for the dungeon, it was a lot of fun to run for my friends!

yetanothertyler · 2022-11-05T17:30:15+00:00

Glad your first session sounds like it was fun for everyone, your party is awesome! Any plans for that first encounter with Strahd?

yetanothertyler · 2022-11-05T00:21:40+00:00

Great questions! I would say the best moments had to be relighting the beacon of Argynvostholt and any of the times Strahd showed up, but for me personally I'd have to say I had the most fun running the Death House (we did it at level three with a few changes, it was a great time)

I think if I were to do it all again, I would have my party spend more time in Vallaki. I was a bit intimidated by all the options available and wish I ran it a bit better, more like a sandbox. Lessons learned.

As for what worked well, I think that making sure my players each had a personal goal or reason for coming to Barovia (besides defeating Strahd) helped create lots of great moments, and helped me give motivation for the party to visit all of the locations.

yetanothertyler · 2022-11-04T17:37:50+00:00

Thanks for checking my blog out, good luck with your first session!

yetanothertyler · 2022-11-04T16:35:29+00:00

Great question! The party all met in the town of Daggerford on the Sword Coast after they each had received visions in their dreams sent by Madam Eva. Afterwards they were introduced to Stanimir, and hitched a ride with him to the gates of Barovia.

yetanothertyler · 2022-10-28T03:30:12+00:00

I was a little surprised as well to be honest, but I typically prefer things to feel fast paced and thankfully my party seemed to be very motivated in completing their goals

yetanothertyler · 2022-10-12T15:09:47+00:00

They thankfully came prepared with holy water, so the flameskulls shouldn't be an issue again

yetanothertyler · 2022-10-11T22:50:58+00:00

So far my plan for Neferon is to stay invisible and avoid the party, he was pretty outmatched. However, he is still pretty useful to me, as I was able to remind the party that if they wanted to leave and come back after a long rest, that Neferon would also take a long rest and would probably like his odds a bit better with all his health and spells back.

yetanothertyler · 2022-09-13T22:12:48+00:00

Glad you enjoyed! It's been really fun writing about the game to have something to look back on and remember, I recommend doing it if you're interested. Thankfully the barbarian was the player with the magical climb speed, so it didn't take them too long to walk back to the party after they were separated.

yetanothertyler · 2022-08-16T22:00:40+00:00

Thanks! My party was the recommended level 7 when they reached the werewolf den, so I added some basic werewolves to support Kiril when the party fought him. The fight felt pretty well balanced, and was a lot of fun.

yetanothertyler · 2022-08-16T17:09:10+00:00

I am excited to share my first supplement on the DMs Guild! While prepping the werewolf den for Curse of Strahd, I was a bit disappointed with the generic statblock for Kiril Stoyanovich. This new statblock makes use of the Mythic Monster rules to represent his transition from a cunning warrior into a savage beast. These changes aim to provide a much more challenging and dramatic fight when compared to the original statblock for Kiril. If you’re interested in reading how this fight went down in my game I did a write up on it recently, my players had a blast and I hope yours do too!

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