Recommended additions for running Curse of Strahd

The legendary Curse of Strahd D&D campaign is marking its 10th anniversary this month, and the vampiric adventure remains as popular now as it was then. I'm making another return visit to the lands of Barovia this year with Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.

It isn't perfect. The rules-as-written story earned four and a half stars in my Curse of Strahd Revamped review, but there are wrinkles on its ruffed shirt that could do with ironing out.

I'm running the campaign for two separate groups at once and have learned which fights are impossible TPKs, which non-player characters have skeletally thin backstories, and the best way to introduce tricky subplots. With that in mind, I have a few recommendations for any Dungeon Masters hoping to use this campaign.

Those additions have helped me tremendously, so learn from my mistakes and make a beeline for them before entering those mists.

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