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So it's unlikely the players will be unchaperoned during this visit.

Theoretically, players visiting Ravenloft before the endgame are there at the request of Strahd.

There is one thing I think holds true for most games that visit the castle mid-campaign: There should be minimal exploration and/or fighting during that visit.

Your players should be seeing Strahd enough already outside of Ravenloft anyway. If the event falls into place naturally, great. If you're stressing about having that mid-game Ravenloft visit, don't. Instead of messing with a good thing, I let my players do as they pleased, leaving Ravenloft for the end.

And yes, I could have forced them into a visit by using a letter or a stagecoach or something, but the timing never really felt right.

Out of character, they knew the castle was likely an endgame dungeon and they didn't want to die while they were under-leveled.

In character, I'd made Strahd a rather terrifying individual and they didn't want to mess with him. Why didn't they visit? Well, firstly my players were all dreadfully afraid of the place.My own group didn't visit Ravenloft until the finale and everything went wonderfully. However, if that isn't the case, don't be alarmed.So your players might already get a preview of this location long before they are expected to fight here. Most DMs have that classic "dinner with Strahd" chapter long before the final confrontation. Castle Ravenloft is one of the few dungeons that players are recommended to visit more than once in a single campaign.Castle Ravenloft III - Fighting Strahd Approaching the Castle **** Master Table of Contents **** - Click here for links to every post in the series

And in the finale, we'll go over the showdown with Strahd himself. In the next chapter, I'll cover the Castle's NPCs. Firstly, I cover some changes to the various rooms and encounters found inside the castle. Welcome to the final dungeon! Castle Ravenloft is not only huge (over 50 pages of coverage in the campaign book for goodness sake), but also quite complicated in its layout.įor my chapters on this great and glorious castle, I've split up my recommendations into a few key chapters.