How was starting in Kresk for you? I quite liked the progression from barren village of Barovia to a more populated place in Vallaki. Was it hard to get them started on the Ireena stuff?

Really pleased to see a CoS post here, that's the subreddit I'm going to miss the most! I copied some of Mandy Mod posts that I'll need later before it went private but it's going to be sad not having that community anymore. Do you think people would use a CoS community on lemmy?

Strahd has one major flaw - he can easily be grappled. His lack of athletics and acrobatics bonuses really put him at a disadvantage compared to day, a fighter or barbarian. Keep this in mind.

Never engage with the party unless you have the advantage. Make them EARN their kill and close out the campaign (coming from a DM who got grappled and Strahd died in the 3rd engagement).

Don't worry, spoiler tags on Jerboa don't seem to work right now. The markup works on web, but the spoilers are in plain view on Jerboa for some reason.

Glad to hear you're having such a great time! I've been DMing CoS for a bit now, currently my party just left Vallaki after... certain events, and circled back around to the windmill now that they're a couple levels higher.