Lokithefox004

I’m not a new DM, but this is my first time running CoS specifically (I’ve only played in it).

My version of Strahd has ties to the party because they knew them in their youth, prior to his death and rebirth as the classic count we know today.

He was under another name at the time (much like his time as Vasili in CoS), and the big reveal during the dinner scene is that their one-time ally was but the young count in days gone by.

They see the party as “old friends” and have Rahadin invite them over for dinner, as a way to “catch up like old times”.

For, you see, Strahd resents the fact that the party left them, and they intend to exact their revenge in the most painful way possible.

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Whenever I look into a mirror or at a photo, it doesn’t feel like it’s me. I don’t know what it is, but I just kinda feel empty inside.

I was using my HomePod tonight, but it responded in what sounds like a text-to-speech voice, and not actual Siri. What is the cause for this? Is my HomePod being hacked or something?

This game will always be one of my favorites, because I love games with a deeper story (like this), and Stanley Parable supplies a depressing story of a burnt-out and mentally ill game developer trying to please his fanbase, hidden beneath humor and choice.

Choice. That’s what this game is about. Down to the symbolism of buttons. Buttons, in this game and in Ultra Delxue, signify choice. The True Ending is all about what decisions you as the player make and what their outcome is.

Ultra Deluxe is MUCH better than the original game, because it shows the fanbase what we loved about the original, and adds an entire slew of new content, which has its own meta-narrative and ending, even poking