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This subreddit serves as a helpful place for anyone running the Curse of Strahd module for D&D 5e. We also have a discord server: https://discord.gg/curseofstrahd
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After a few sessions of LMoP, you will have a good idea of how far your party can get in a day. Even though CoS is somewhat sandboxy, there's no way they're going to end up in in the first session. Travel takes time as well, and you can throw some combat encounters at them along the way to cities that you haven't fully prepped to finish out the res...
If your players are in a particular city with multiple things to do and see, and they choose a path you didn't anticipate, leave them on a cliffhanger. Obviously this doesn't work if you literally just sat down, but if you choose your end point such that a particular action on their part is unresolved, you know what they are going to do first next ...
Many other DM's have run CoS and written it up, on blogs of their own, reddit, and here. They've all fleshed various things out, emphasized the bits they or their groups found important or compelling, and can help direct your prep a little.
Don't give the players a reason to leave before you've fully prepared the next area. You should know where they are likely to go next, based on the hooks you've provided, and maybe all their investigative efforts until you've prepped what comes next point to things inside the city, or the questgivers could indicate that what they are asking for is ...
The DMG has some very usable random loot tables - if you're looking for homebrew or interesting items, try rolling and giving them a twist of some sort (X item, but the bonuses are different/to other stats/different item type/can cast X spell).
Curse of Strahd is by far my favorite #DND5e module. I’ve completed the campaign as a DM three times, and I’ve reflected on those campaigns in great detail. ...
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Apr 30, 2022 · NEW DM SERIES. Running Curse of Strahd for the First Time. APR 30, 2022. Ashton Duncan. This article is for first-time Curse of Strahd dungeon masters to act as a sort of “Barovia for Beginners” to help you build immersion and enable fun for your players in Ravenloft.
I am about to run Curse of Strahd for a group of 6 players. If curious we have 2 wizards a paladin a barbarian a bard and a ranger. I'm looking for any and all tools or tips anyone has for running it outside of adjusting combats.
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Curse of Strahd: Master Quest. Welcome to Curse of Strahd: Master Quest, a DM's supplemental tool for the Dungeons and Dragons adventure Curse of Strahd. This set of documents provides: Prepared charts and monster stat blocks for all encounters. Roll charts for random encounters and common checks.
