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Another bug, Strahd still hides behind the coffin and doesn't join the final fight, we walked over and killed him with Spirit Guardian from a safe distance.

Never found the Sunsword.

Got a bug, I just got the quest to free Aksha from Lief Lipsiege. I already killed Aksha a few days ago but there doesn't seem to be a way to let him know that and finish the quest.

Just completed a full playthrough on Scavenger ("hard") difficulty. Enjoyed it very much.

Quite easy even on Scavenger. But this allowed more focus on exploration of the excellent maps and castle layout. Since it all builds to Strahd, the final battle should be harder...

We can assume every party has the Sunsword and shouldn't be fighting in the dark. Strahd was dead before the second wave of zombies. Then he re-spawned behind the coffin so he couldn't immediately rejoin the fight. I'd have him re-spawn on the room side of the coffin and give Strahd 50% resistance to Divine damage so he can't be two-rounded by a hasted Paladin using the Storm Giant Strength potion.

I like that there's no way back to town. But I would add to the vendor at Ravenloft: 4 rings of darkvision and 4 sets of boots of striding. Those items even out the racial disparities related to light and move speed to level the playing field. Overall I liked being forced to adapt to the items acquired through conquest.

Just finished it, definitely enjoyed it and Strahd did indeed appear despite the journal bug.


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Strahd appeared in his tomb and immediately resurrected upon death, but didnt rejoin the battle. I'm wondering if this is a bug to do with the journal entry bug I've mentioned.


Another bug was that I killed the vampire wife before speaking with the accountant, and had no way to inform him of her demise. I had to reload, speak to him first, and then go kill the vampire wife.

As soon as we got into the castle we got "Strahd has been defeated, now he must be destroyed" as a quest update. So, seconding Jorks issue.

Why is this happening?

Where do you find the Sunsword? I think I've explored the whole castle, found multiple hidden doors, searched Sergi's tomb, etc. but the quest hasn't been ticked yet and I can't enter what I assume is Strahd's tomb.

@Geek_Haven No, it does not have the Curse of Strahd content. This is a recreation of the first Ravenloft adventure that started the franchise from which Curse of Strahd later branched off. It consists of the settings for the Village of Barovia and Castle Ravenloft itself.

It does however add some content from the book I Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire by P.N. Elrod regarding the story lines surrounding the wedding of Tatyana and Sergi and the murder of the later by Strahd himself to seal his pact with death and become the Vampyre.

@tcpipnut Good suggestion on identifying the stairs - however I didn't want to leave an air of mystery about them. As my DM used to say when we would ask question such "where do these stairs go?". Aside from the 'famous' line from Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman in the first Ghostbusters movie "They go up", he would generally retort with "who are you asking?? The walls?"
All that to say - the characters wouldn't know where the stairs are going other than up or down

@Roger Moore (a.k.a. 007)

I honestly don't know what items/mobs came from which expansions as I don't recall them being identified by expansion in the selection gallery windows. I grabbed what I liked the look of without consideration of which expansion it may have come, but that turned out to bite me when trying to publish and accurately determine what expansions were required. Not sure what happens if you try to play it without...<crosses fingers>

@Geek_Haven but curse of strahd is a "remaster" if the original i7 adventure... no? XD