I ruined Curse of Strahd
37K views · Sep 6, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@MysticExtra · 1 month ago (edited) · pinned
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@Booshmagoosh7 · 3 weeks ago
Me: I'm sure Dadi didn't really run Curse of Strahd all that bad. He must just have high standards for himself. I barely feel like I know what I'm doing, but we're all still having fun in my CoS campaign. <br><br>Dadi: Yeah I didn't read the book. And made Strahd able to leave Barovia. And explicitly told my players to create murder hobos. <br><br>Me: I stand corrected.
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@dragonflight2468 · 3 weeks ago
Blury Mystic isn't real, they can't hurt you.
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@keithcurtis · 3 weeks ago
"You're here to kill Strahd" is the same issue we had with Rime of the Frostmaiden. "We're here to kill Auril", followed by weeks and weeks of adventures where the goal is anything but "Kill Auril"
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@ontological_clips7486 · 3 weeks ago
i think this just cured my impostor syndrome lol
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@thinkclint · 3 weeks ago
this is actually incredibly helpful seeing people who have been doing this for so long have campaigns/sessions just not work, and being able to do level-headed post-mortem/self-critique. i tend to take that sort of stuff as my own personal character flaws, but it's helpful to see that's just normal human process.
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@holyrod2001 · 3 weeks ago
Okay, when I heard "ruined Curse of Strahd" I thought it was going to be all of the normal pain points. I wasn't expecting this level of madness.
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@leonwolf4 · 3 weeks ago
Man that's crazy. I can't imagine DMing a module and just not really reading it.
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@christurner5791 · 3 weeks ago
"Irene" <br>Sends me
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@Buczu1612 · 3 weeks ago
I do think such videos are crucial, they shows us clearly, that we all make mistakes and most important thing is, how we cope with them.
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@armandsoulliard3296 · 3 weeks ago
This is hilarious and informative! The moment you said that you told everyone to make criminals, I went: "Ah, I see exactly what's about to happen."
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@asherhawkins362 · 3 weeks ago
Stranger of Paradise ass campaign. "Ive gotta kill Chaos (Strahd)"
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