CURSE OF STRAHD BLOOD SPEAR WINDOWS

On the other side of the reinforced door is a scene depicting the connecting bridge between вЂњold Castle RavenloftвЂќ main castle, and the smaller tower keep where the family usually resided.If successful, the character will know they are entering a realm of illusion, and will have the choice to proceed, or not by notifying their party members, those PCвЂ™s may have advantage on the saving throw to realize what is happening.Upon failing the save, the character can no longer see the cabin behind them and immersed in the same illusion as Baba Lysaga.After going 15 feet down this corridor, the party will be within the power of the WeaverвЂ™s Stone a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw is required to resist it вЂњpullingвЂќ a character into its deep illusory world.A gentle melody can be heard down this hallway, a lovely humming with occasional notes as from a music box.Vandalized images of ravens in various forms of torment all over the walls in various bastardized druidic and occult symbols.

CURSE OF STRAHD BLOOD SPEAR WINDOWS

Small arrow-slit windows on either side looking out into a starry night and a landscape too dark to see.

A large black, shadowy, yawning corridor next to the hearth where the firelight doesnвЂ™t extend, with a single reinforced door between 2 torches 1 lit, one burnt out at the end, 30ft away and down a short, moss-covered stairwell.

One small round window in the tree on the left side of the room looking out into the swamps (always appears to be night).

Large hearth behind the table, reasonably well-lit (as per Bonfire cantrip), reaching up to the nearly 20ft ceiling (larger than what it appeared to be outside).

Roomy and open kitchen, with a large leg-less table (like a tree-stump), covered in layers of scabbed blood, feathers, eyeballs, teeth and stringy, dried body-parts (mostly animal).

It does still feature the crib with the illusory cherub child in it.

Note: this is not entirely the вЂњrealвЂќ first room of the hut, as this is mostly illusory the hut room described in the book can only be reached by going through Baba LysagaвЂ™s tortuous illusions.

Any interaction with the WeaverвЂ™s Stone will, however, result in Baba Lysaga taking notice and doing her best to destroy the party.

ItвЂ™s possible for the party to proceed through Baba LysagaвЂ™s entire illusion undetected, without taking any damage, learning a great deal about her perspective and motivations, and escaping unnoticed.

Encounter will proceed as expected with the opportunity for the party to escape with the stone (and/or defeat her).

Should they ever acquire the gemstone in the вЂњdreamвЂќ, they will suddenly be thrust into the first room of the hut, by RAW, their hands grasping the stone in the floor, Baba Lysaga screeching in horror from a bath filled with blood nearby, with ravens filling the air around them.

At various points, PCвЂ™s will see the WeaverвЂ™s Stone cast into the illusions they see.

This will likely lead to them having to retreat, and not learning as much.

Depending on the partyвЂ™s actions, they can at any point be expelled from the hut, and forced to fight it physically.

As the bond with the Weaver has twisted, Baba Lysaga has become an unknowing slave to her own illusory domain, her hut a deep psychic prison of her own creation вЂ“ powered by her recent acquisition of the stone of power, aka the вЂњWeaverвЂ™s StoneвЂќ. Though it was once formed and cultivated in a genuine and powerful love for her chosen вЂњsonвЂќ, Strahd von Zarovich, it has become defined moreso by obsession, fear, and denial. Over the many years, as the dark powers of вЂњMother NightвЂќ have shifted, as Baba Lysaga has become increasingly mad, the nature of this elder-witchвЂ™s bond to her patron deity has also mutated.

During most of вЂњitвЂ™sвЂќ life, the hut has been able to move from place to place in a mysterious manner, effectively utilizing the same kind of magic that druids use to вЂњTransport Via PlantsвЂќ вЂ“ but with the addition of sickening sacrifices and blood rites in order to cast. Baba LysagaвЂ™s hut has been her magical living quarters for millennia, having inherited it after her exile from the kingdom she hailed from, along with the Zarovich family.

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