When to run death house.

[vlachkuba]

hank you, mate! Awesome job. I’ve been thinking about running CoS in Daggerheart myself, and you’ve just made my life so much easier.
I wanted to ask what you’d recommend as the best way to introduce the players to Barovia. Should they start at level 1 somewhere outside Barovia, get pulled in by the Mists, go through Death House, survive that hell, and then continue with the rest of the story?
I was looking at the Shambling Mound stats, though, and they seem pretty brutal for level 1 characters. Would you recommend starting the adventure at level 2 overall? Or would it be better to run some kind of prologue before the Mists take them, let them level up there, and then have them enter Death House at level 2?
Cheers, and once again, great job, mate!
BR,
Jakub

[Skarlso]

Hello! First of all, thank you so much! :)) 🙇‍♀️ I'm really glad this conversion is helping you out! :)

Now, with regards to you question. Yeah, I wouldn't recommend starting Death House at level 1. :D That would be really brutal. The conversion follows the original "story path" so to speak. If you start with level one, than Barovia should be a good start.

That said, on the website, you can find some level arc recommendations. When you click on Leveling tab there is a Suggested Arc tag that lists what level which region is recommended in. :)

I hope that helps, otherwise, just ping back for more details. :)