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‎The Burgomeister Dimitri Krezkov

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‎The Atmosphere in Kresk

ZFMnii6Vb9xna LM -ge at 22:00, 6 July 2018

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 == Something Borrowed ==
-This development is important, but it is more of a development that will come into play if the PCs don't intervene. Both my groups were basically tripping over themselves to get up to the Abbey. The Abbey is a great encounter and here is how you assure the PCs are interested in going there: 1. Volunteer some of the Krezk Lore from page 146, esp. regarding the Abbot. 2. Have the dinner bell ring while the PCs are there, accompanied by screams and laughter from the Abbey. 3. Make sure to mention that several of the graves in Krezk have been robbed (due to the Mongrel gravediggers, but they don't know why, and apparently neither to the Krezkites.) and the corpses stolen. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5fobnq/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
+This development is important, but it is more of a development that will come into play if the PCs don't intervene. Both my groups were basically tripping over themselves to get up to the Abbey. The Abbey is a great encounter and here is how you assure the PCs are interested in going there: 1. Volunteer some of the Krezk Lore from page 146, esp. regarding the [[Abbott]]. 2. Have the dinner bell ring while the PCs are there, accompanied by screams and laughter from the Abbey. 3. Make sure to mention that several of the graves in Krezk have been robbed (due to the Mongrel gravediggers, but they don't know why, and apparently neither to the Krezkites.) and the corpses stolen. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5fobnq/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
 The most important part of the development is that you want the Burgomeister to know that the Vallakovichs have a wedding dress. This is delicious because by this time in the campaign, your party will almost certainly have run afoul of the town of Vallaki. Now they have to develop a heist plan, which is always a hoot. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5fobnq/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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 In this version of Kresk, the events of “Something Old” should already have occurred prior to the PCs arrival. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
-Essentially, the Burgomaster’s last remaining son, 14-year-old Ilya, has recently died from natural illness. In a last ditch effort to save their child, both Dmitri and his wife, Anna, took Ilya’s body to the Abbot in hopes that the holy man could revive the child. Having Dmitri go to the Abbot, rather than having the Abbot come to Dmitri, keeps the Abbot a bit more mysterious in my opinion. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
+Essentially, the Burgomaster’s last remaining son, 14-year-old Ilya, has recently died from natural illness. In a last ditch effort to save their child, both Dmitri and his wife, Anna, took Ilya’s body to the [[Abbott]] in hopes that the holy man could revive the child. Having Dmitri go to the Abbot, rather than having the Abbot come to Dmitri, keeps the Abbot a bit more mysterious in my opinion. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
-However, Ilya was dead for about a month before his parents finally got the idea to take him to the Abbey. The Abbot, while compassionate, doesn’t perform such miracles after someone has been dead for so long. He knows the consequences could be dire. But after seeing the extent of Dmitri and Anna’s despair, the Abbot relents and raises Ilya. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
+However, Ilya was dead for about a month before his parents finally got the idea to take him to the Abbey. The [[Abbott]], while compassionate, doesn’t perform such miracles after someone has been dead for so long. He knows the consequences could be dire. But after seeing the extent of Dmitri and Anna’s despair, the Abbot relents and raises Ilya. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
 Outwardly, Ilya is completely normal. He’s healing well and he’s very happy to be alive again. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
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 Ilya is Actually a Monster
-The truth is Ilya Kreskov did not come back from the dead quite right. The Abbot warned that there might be consequences to bringing back someone who had been dead for more than a few days, but even he couldn’t have guessed what’s happened to Ilya. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
+The truth is Ilya Kreskov did not come back from the dead quite right. The [[Abbott]] warned that there might be consequences to bringing back someone who had been dead for more than a few days, but even he couldn’t have guessed what’s happened to Ilya. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
 Ilya’s body and soul have been tainted from his time in the Barovian afterlife. He’s been cursed with gluttony, to the point where he is perpetually hungry. At first, this only means that he eats bigger meals than a normal child would, which is easily excused by the fact that he’s been recently revived. However, as time goes on, Ilya’s hunger grows and grows to the point where it physically pains him unless he’s eating something. It eventually gets to the point where Ilya is quite literally always starving to death. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
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 In order for this to go more smoothly narratively, there are a couple things you should establish prior to the PCs reaching Kresk. You can do this in conversations with other NPCs throughout their journey. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
-There’re rumors that the great and holy Abbot of Kresk brought someone back from the dead. Because Kresk is so closed off from the outside world, these rumors are pretty nondescript. But it’ll drop a nice hint to your party before everything goes down. It’ll also plant a seed that resurrection is possible if one of the PCs die in game, which comes in useful later. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
+There’re rumors that the great and holy [[Abbott]] of Kresk brought someone back from the dead. Because Kresk is so closed off from the outside world, these rumors are pretty nondescript. But it’ll drop a nice hint to your party before everything goes down. It’ll also plant a seed that resurrection is possible if one of the PCs die in game, which comes in useful later. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
 The weather in Barovia is pretty stagnant, but it’s technically autumn when the players start the campaign. Really, Barovia has two main climates. For spring, summer, and autumn, everything is on the chillier side of temperate. The normal Barovian environment. Winter, however, involves intense frosts and exceptionally long nights, but not necessarily heavy snowfall. Luckily, winter only lasts a couple months. Establishing the coming winter will help make the missing livestock a big deal to your players. It’ll also probably inspire more than one “Winter is coming” joke. ;) ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
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 Ilya has a huge appetite. He doesn’t talk much throughout dinner because he’s busy stuffing his face. Play this up as amusing; a growing boy who needs his nutrition. Dmitri might even laugh and tell Ilya to “Slow down and remember to breathe!” ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
-Dmitri and Anna are happy to tell the party that their son is back from the dead. It’s the greatest miracle in their lives, after all, and they see no reason to hide a blessing of the Morning Lord. They freely talk about the Abbot’s kindness and extraordinary power. Evening mentioning this should chime some alarm bells in your players’ heads. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
+Dmitri and Anna are happy to tell the party that their son is back from the dead. It’s the greatest miracle in their lives, after all, and they see no reason to hide a blessing of the Morning Lord. They freely talk about the [[Abbott]]’s kindness and extraordinary power. Evening mentioning this should chime some alarm bells in your players’ heads. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
 The people of Kresk all work together to survive. Dmitri doesn’t mean to be rude or forward, but he’d very much like the players to help out around town; to earn their keep so to speak. If the players ask how they can help, Dmitri will tell them about the preparations for winter and, inevitably, the missing sheep. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])

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	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnLm7BJMnw Kresk Village ambient audio] by Sword Coast Audio		[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnLm7BJMnw Kresk Village ambient audio] by Sword Coast Audio

		+	== Map ==
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		+	[[File:Krezk.png]]
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		+	[http://www.dmsguild.com/product/181501/DMs-Guild-Creator-Resource--Barovia-Map?src=also_purchased]
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	== The Burgomeister [[Dimitri Krezkov]] ==		== The Burgomeister [[Dimitri Krezkov]] ==

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 == Ambient Audio ==
 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnLm7BJMnw Kresk Village ambient audio] by Sword Coast Audio
 == The Burgomeister [[Dimitri Krezkov]] ==

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	I want the players to find Sergei at the pool. Here he hatches a plan to kill his brother for good, thus freeing all three of their souls from this curse. He’ll also suggest using an Imprison spell on Ireena, in order to keep her safe. If this happens, or if another of his plans are completed Strahd gets wise to this and thunders “You will not keep her from me brother, not in this life, not in any life!” Cue lightning strike at the pool. The characters will no longer have access to Sergei, but he will have put them on the path to killing Strahd by then. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])		I want the players to find Sergei at the pool. Here he hatches a plan to kill his brother for good, thus freeing all three of their souls from this curse. He’ll also suggest using an Imprison spell on Ireena, in order to keep her safe. If this happens, or if another of his plans are completed Strahd gets wise to this and thunders “You will not keep her from me brother, not in this life, not in any life!” Cue lightning strike at the pool. The characters will no longer have access to Sergei, but he will have put them on the path to killing Strahd by then. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	So, all the noise from the Abbey and the stories about the Abbot have piqued the players interest, and now they want to venture to the Abbey. Great. This is a fun session. I made a few mistakes. I even made the same mistake twice. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	== The Gate ==
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		+	First things first, your players will probably talk to the mongrelfolk at the gate. This whole area is actually really fun for the DM, but challenging. If you are someone who does character voices, you have to have animal character voices. Practice these....or just wing it, the players will love it either way. Both of my groups resolved the whole Abbey more or less peacefully so they talked to the gate guards and were then granted an audience with the Abbot. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	== The Well ==
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		+	I actually don't like how there is this mongrel in the well who likes killing people. If PC's are asked to wait in the yard by the well - They WILL peek in the well. If they do, now they get attacked. I had one group who just shot this creature to death in the well, and the other group threw a net over the top. The challenge of this encounter is not if the PCs can kill the mongrelperson, it is "How do we deal with this without drawing bad attention to ourselves". I think the way to handle this is something like "This creature in the well starts to crawl up and it looks like it has murderous intent. How do you keep it from coming out?". This way they know the stakes, and what they must do, and it shows that you are open to creative suggestions, like the net. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	== The Abbot ==
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		+	This encounter is great. As I said, both of my groups decided to talk to him instead of attack. I tried to roleplay the Abbot as aloof and otherworldly. Both my groups agreed to go get the wedding dress which I should cover later. Here are some tips on the Abbot - Have him initially offer to raise up to two people from the dead in exchange for the dress. If there's one thing about PCs that we know - They always try to bargain and persuade for more. Let them do that and then the Abbot will agree to raise 3 people. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	I hinted at it earlier, but I made one big mistake twice here. In the module, they suggest that The Abbot will give the PC's a tour of his Abbey. Don't do this. There are a few reasons why I suggest this even after running by the book twice. First of all, the haunted upper level of the eastern wing of the Abbey just does not work out if the Abbot is with them. Second, this is probably where your group will meet Ezmerelda. This makes for a really strange meeting if the Abbot is there. Instead of giving a tour, I would have the Abbot say "You are welcome to peruse the grounds of the Abbey. I think you will find remnants of some history here very interesting. Do be careful around the guard. It is my first iteration of making a bride, and it isn't so....refined. Now if you will excuse me, I need to get back to my lessons. Where were we? Ah, Yes. Repeat after me - The rain in tulane falls mainly on the plains." Then let them go off and meet Ezmerelda and check out the rest of the Abbey. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	== Developments ==
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		+	The authors didn't really say what happens when the wedding dress comes in. Yeah, he grants the PC's raise dead three times...but then what? It is really open ended and can go a lot of different ways. Does the Abbot try to draw Strahd to his bride? Does the Abbot ask the PC's to bring the Bride to Strahd? Does the Abbot kill Ireena so that she cannot distract from Strahd? In the group that recovered the dress, Ireena has been stolen from them by Strahd and is planning a wedding. Ismark, the party, and other important characters from Barovia have been invited to the wedding. I may have the Abbot and his Bride show up to ruin the wedding. It would be an incredible climax where all the living flagship characters come to this event. Chaos would be inevitable. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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		+	== The Fate of Ireena ==
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		+	At this point in the campaign, Strahd is going to realize that the players may soon be powerful enough to devise a way to keep Ireena out of his grasp. Especially after the close call with the Pool in Krezk. Unless the PCs go to great lengths to keep Ireena hidden, Strahd is going to get her. He will take hostages. He will trade prisoners. He will charm the barbarian. He will strike when the party is weak after clearing one of the encounters. The module doesn't make it clear, but I think the only possible outcome of the campaign is the capture of Ireena. The only place safe from Strahd is the Hallowed Church in Vallaki, and given the powder keg political landscape of Vallaki and the presence of Izek - That isn't really much safer for the poor woman. My plan? Ireena will give herself up to save the life of an important townsperson or one of the PCs. Strahd will make it clear during an encounter that this is an option, and she will take it confident that the PCs will save her from Ravenloft. Boom. Another reason to go to Ravenloft, and as soon as the wedding invitations come you put the PCs on a time constraint. Oh, and also Ireena is a vampire spawn LOOOONG before the wedding actually happens. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/5ie2c3/what_i_have_learned_from_running_curse_of_strahd/ reddit])
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	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnLm7BJMnw Kresk Village ambient audio] by Sword Coast Audio
 == The Atmosphere in Kresk ==
 Unlike the dreary and depressed Village of Barovia and super corrupt Vallaki, Kresk is a much more tight-knit town. While the town itself is sizable, most of that space is taken up by the residents’ farmland. Kresk’s actual population is comprised of no more than a couple hundred people. It’s the kind of place where everybody knows everybody’s business. The town is quaint. It’s communal. It’s home. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])

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-The Atmosphere in Kresk
+== Ambient Audio ==
 Unlike the dreary and depressed Village of Barovia and super corrupt Vallaki, Kresk is a much more tight-knit town. While the town itself is sizable, most of that space is taken up by the residents’ farmland. Kresk’s actual population is comprised of no more than a couple hundred people. It’s the kind of place where everybody knows everybody’s business. The town is quaint. It’s communal. It’s home. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])
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 He has specifically refused to be reincarnated, because there are advantages to being incorporeal when your hating brother is a vampire ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
-As one of the few hallowed places still left in barovia, he has “anchored” his spirit to the pool beneath the abbey of St Markovia, in order to maintain his form, he must return there each dawn. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
+== [[Abbey of St. Markovia]] ==
 Over centuries he has gone from hating, to resenting, to pitying, and finally forgiving Strahd. He’s seen what hatred and obsession have done to his brother, and does not want to become that. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])

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	With Anna and Dmitri pretty much out of the picture, it's now up to the players to save Kresk from starvation. Luckily, there's a rich lady in the woods beyond Kresk that may just have enough to go around. Stay tuned for my write up and revisions of the Fidatov Manor, the next step in rescuing the people of Kresk. I'll also be doing a much shorter post on Kresk's shrine and another long one on the Abbey. Enjoy! ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])		With Anna and Dmitri pretty much out of the picture, it's now up to the players to save Kresk from starvation. Luckily, there's a rich lady in the woods beyond Kresk that may just have enough to go around. Stay tuned for my write up and revisions of the Fidatov Manor, the next step in rescuing the people of Kresk. I'll also be doing a much shorter post on Kresk's shrine and another long one on the Abbey. Enjoy! ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8w8488/fleshing_out_curse_of_strahd_kresk/ reddit])

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		+	I HATE the whole “Ireena (Tatyana) might escape with Sergei into the pool” bit. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	As written, stopping her is ultimately bad, but the players aren’t given any clues about it ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	It fees shoehorned in ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	Even if I wink and nod my ass off, it feels like a Deus ex Machina ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	It’s a cheap victory even if they do the “right” thing ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	It leaves so much potential on the table ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	How I see it:
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		+	Sergei’s spirit has been trapped in Barovia, just like any other, since his murder ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	He has specifically refused to be reincarnated, because there are advantages to being incorporeal when your hating brother is a vampire ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	As one of the few hallowed places still left in barovia, he has “anchored” his spirit to the pool beneath the abbey of St Markovia, in order to maintain his form, he must return there each dawn. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	Over centuries he has gone from hating, to resenting, to pitying, and finally forgiving Strahd. He’s seen what hatred and obsession have done to his brother, and does not want to become that. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	With all this time and access to the border ethereal, Sergei has been able to learn many things about the realm he inhabits:
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		+	Strahd is a prisoner here himself, destined to relive the loss of his heart’s desire over and over for eternity. So long as this continues, he can never be truly put to rest, and neither can Tatyana. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	The true power here is a Dark Entity named Sargad the Exsanguinator, the dark power that originally brokered a deal with Strahd. It was freed from the Amber Temple when Strahd sealed their pack by killing Sergei (hence the broken sarcophagus in the amber temple). It delights in Strahd’s repeated torment. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	He suspects that a shard of the coffin, if used to pierce Strahd’s Heart while he slumbers, might sever his connection Sargad and kill him permanently. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	The Heart of Sorrow in the tower of Ravenloft is the key to Strahd’s power and relative immortality. Similar to a phylactery of a lich. (This will tie in to the [[Tome of Strahd]]) ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	Barovia has been moved to some sort of demiplane, it bumps around the cosmological landscape, occasionally “bumping into” the real world. Sergei has been able to use this... ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	When Van Richten cam to Bariovia Sergei stole/found some of his writings and used them to disseminate his message, in the hope that those who read the writing of a master hunter would be powerful themselves and come to his aid. He was able to pass the items through the barrier in the ethereal when Barovia “bumped against” the real world, though he cannot pass himself. This generally coincided with other Barovia related activity in the normal realm, like werewolf raids, and vistani camps, and undead happenings. Hence the relationship with the character hooks I set up at the start. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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		+	I want the players to find Sergei at the pool. Here he hatches a plan to kill his brother for good, thus freeing all three of their souls from this curse. He’ll also suggest using an Imprison spell on Ireena, in order to keep her safe. If this happens, or if another of his plans are completed Strahd gets wise to this and thunders “You will not keep her from me brother, not in this life, not in any life!” Cue lightning strike at the pool. The characters will no longer have access to Sergei, but he will have put them on the path to killing Strahd by then. ([https://www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/comments/8ioebm/tweaking_curse_of_strahd_aka_i_think_some_of_it/ reddit])
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