@Ben I like how Jessica's developed over the seasons :)

@V2Blast Yeah :D

I would also add that some of the runes don't exactly seem to match the alleged translation.... for example in the video the "S" almost looks like "J"

waves anyone around?

Yes, in the absence of a mod to actually move the conversation here, you could try copying the question, just to get it started

CoS question: Anyone have any suggestions for a way I can convince the party to eat dream pastries when they already know Morgantha steals kids?

do they have to know they're from morgantha?

Well they met her in Barovia with the pastries on her cart.

I was thinking of having Strahd-as-ireena try to trick them into eating some before revealing that Ireena was never actually with them.

well that certainly pins that up

Strahd-as-ireena can charm people into thinking that is a decent idea as well

yeah SaI could do it but he argument would ahve to be ocnvincing

do they know where she lives?

Morgantha, that is?

She mentioned being from Old Bonegrinder and they've passed the path to it but I don't think they've made the connection yet.

@JohnClifford Did she actually call it "Old Bonegrinder"? Because that's a bit of a tell

I kind of derped because I wasn't entirely familiar with the mill yet but yeah she did. I don't think they thought anything of it though.

"old bonegri- THE MILL!"

I'm kind of considering trying to explain it somehow as it being Morgantha's affectionate name for the place because she's old and her bones grind from all the walking she does.

Clearly She is "old bonegrinder"

@JohnClifford If they didn't make much of it, better just to not mention it at all

Probably a good call.

@Sdjz yeah I would lean this way. I accidentally blurted something out about an invisible chest while reading a room description, and the players didn't catch it so I just immediately shut up

They may end up just bypassing OB entirely but I really want to somehow get the hippy stoner high elf addicted to dream pastries for the lulz. XD

if they didn't notice the first time, they WILL when they're headed there and paying attention to it

My alternative idea is to have Bella or Offalia meet the party with a cart and try to explain that Morgantha's a bit of an odd duck who thinks the payment is meant to be in kids because she's confused, the poor dear.

@JohnClifford "she lost her kids to an accident long ago and never really recovered from it" a bit dark but might make them actually feel bad for her

Yesss this is why I love StackExchange. That is a brilliant idea.

Ah crap, just thought of a possible spanner in the works of the Strahd-as-Ireena plan. She was with the party when they went to get their fortune told by Eva (though she didn't go to the Vistani camp) and she now knows the hints to the locations of the items and the identity of Strahd's enemy. Also the Sunsword is in Eva's camp and she asked the party why they weren't going to go get it. Though she did convince them to take her to Vallaki first...

@JohnClifford I'm guessing your party does not have a paladin, then? They would identify Ireena as undead

They have a fighter, a druid and a cleric at the moment.

(and a 4th person to be added once I get another player)