Millivoj is a freebie (what's he going to do? Not tell them?), and van der Voort is basically a blow-up doll. In my opinion, the key issue with this subplot is that there's no conflict for the PCs to develop. Furthermore, the plot amounts to basically a point-and-click adventure the PCs walk through the single-lane dialogue tree, follow the cookie crumbs, and get the McGuffin. Why are the vampires here? What's the endgame of this plot? The DM knows, but unless the PCs ignore/fail this quest, or Strahd spells it out for them, this whole conflict is pretty much a non-sequitur.
There's no real mystery no indication of any deeper plot. (7) Walk up a single flight of stairs, turn right, and nab some sweet bonemeal.įrom my research and my own experience, that is exactly what the average party (including mine) does/did.
(6) Roll >10 on literally any social check to get the info out of the old man. (4) Follow the trail to Henrik's coffin shop. (3) Take Father Lucian's advice and interrogate/bribe/intimidate Millivoj. (2) Discover that the bones are missing, and that the Hallow spell is broken. If you were to follow the book by-the-letter, you'd expect the average party to: Andral questline to be flat and uninteresting at best, and plain-out lame at worst. It may be only me, but I found the Feast of St. Add that onto the sheer number of sidequests that come out of this dreary town, and you've got a recipe for a very choppy (but fun!) serious of updates.Īs always, make sure to check out /u/paintraina's "What I have learned" series if you'd like to get more ideas on running CoS. The adventure continues! The Vallaki chapter is a bit of a doozy, so we'll be splitting it up into a few different quest-specific posts. The DM Help Network /r/BehindTheTables /r/DMToolkit /r/DndMaps /r/DndAdventureWriter /r/DndRealms /r/DndMonsters /r/DndIdeas Or use the Multireddit Wait to post again until your most recent submission is out of the top-10.ĮXPLORE THE WIKI ARCHIVES Message the Moderators To ask questions please join our Discord, or use our weekly megathreadĨ. You must include the full text in the body of your postĦ.
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