Starting Curse of Strahd with PCs at Level 5 (instead of Level 3) - What to Do/Change & Other Tips

Curse of Strahd is meant to start with the PCs (player characters) at Level 3 (or at Level 1 if you do the optional CoS starter adventure - Death House - which ends with the PCs reaching Level 3). However, some DMs may be starting CoS with their PCs already at a higher level, e.g. if they did another campaign first - such as Lost Mine of Phandelver or Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - and you're continuing with the same characters. This video gives advice on what to change and what to watch out for if your PCs start CoS at a higher level than intended (don't worry, you shouldn't have to change TOO much, although it can depend on numerous factors, which I talk about in the video), plus it gives advice on what you can do instead as well as what NOT to do.

00:00 Intro
02:10 What to Change
06:46 Other Factors
09:27 Level Guide From CoS
10:44 What to Do Instead
13:08 What NOT to Do
14:38 Outro

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