Bubble, Bubble

So the party is reunited and all is right with the world.  We lost our gnomish thief and our Paladin (strange company that), to the elaborate mechanized trap in the Larders of Ill Omen.  That separated them from the rest of the party.  They immediately fell victim to the hypnotic gaze of the strange portrait in the Spires of Ravenloft, and were captured by the witches and held along with a villager. The purpose?  Yet to be determined. 

But in a rare twist of good fortune, the rest of the party made it up the larger tower, came through the rain across the old, dilapidated bridge, and down to the lair of the witches.  Not that they accomplished much.  The witches hit them with a Dark spell, but the party was able to dispel that swiftly enough.  Seeing themselves outgunned, the witches retreated to their conjuring room and hit the door with a Hold Portal. 

The party found the three captives in the old components room, and are in the process of catching one another up on the latest.  So it is.  After that we had to break, owing to science labs and pre-calc assignments due for our resident high school Junior. 

So there we are.  The Ravneloft module has been adjusted for gameplay. Strahd is more a legend, albeit a potential opponent.  I've reduced him to dust, shall we say, ala Hammer's Dracula, Prince of Darkness.  Still, you never know when enterprising witches just might conspire to bring him back.  The goal of the party was fudged a little for the Fortunes of Ravenloft section.  They are looking for an enchanted medallion that, when worn, will suppress the Magic User's delicate situation (that is, his lycanthrope).  Then they need to return it to Mordenshire (which, in my Greyhawk World, occupies the northern shores of Furyondy).  They've traveled far and through many adventures for this medallion, and have lost many of their companions along the way.

So we'll wait and see.  Just some travel notes for myself.  Nothing that glared out at me, except a brief discussion about whether or not Dancing Lights could illumine a Darkness Spell.  It was determined they wouldn't.