For the werewolf den - The Werewolves had a direct conflict with two party members as part of their background; it’s the reason they came to Barovia, and the group rogue was a Harper, searching for leads on lost children on the swordcoast .. then there was my extensive Garou Nation inspiration-driven changes, including the Black Spiral Dancers, the Labyrinth, and the war between the Weave (Gaia alt) and the Wyrm. Kiril was rebuilt into a modded Lou Garou, and he had his own motives; which included creating permanent blood moon in the valley, and then finding the source of Strahd’s power. Kiril wanted to overthrow, or otherwise gain dominion of the valley, but he wasn’t sure how Strahd had achieved that end. So Kiril plays the double agent, playing loyal supporter to Strahd, while secretly trying to dethrone him.

Argynvostholt has always been easy for me; theirs always a character I can connect to the location. But even if that were to become a challenge; I have a work around. Argynvost, the Returned. I resurrected the ancient dragon to serve as Strahd’s siege engine, one of the Wizards of Wines gemstones is planted in the undead dragons chest, where it’s heart should be. While the Heart of Sorrow in Castle Ravenloft is actually Argynvost’s crystalized heart. The players don’t need Argynvost’s skull in my rendition, instead they need a shard of the heart of sorrow to light the beacon of Argynvostholt. Once the heart of sorrow is destroyed, Strahd loses 75 HP from his maximum , and Argynvost loses 1/4 of his HP maximum as well (if the undead dragon is still alive). I buffed Vladimir as well, made him more solo-capable against a 6-8th level party.

I’ve done more.. lots more actually, but I didn’t come here to write a module guide.