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Hello again everyone! Thank you so much for your ideas to allow access to Ravenloft by boat (I will update when the party attempts the secret dock, one of the teleportation gates, the trapped stairs, or ropes) and I would like to get your opinions on my changes to argynvostholt.

I've grabbed 2minutetabletops map to the Arvyre using the top left mountain ridge and island for the Silver hold and the entrance to the amber temple. Now you may be asking "Why wouldn't the PCs just grab a boat and sail past argynvostholt to reach the temple?" (Or the silverback mountains as I've named them) and that's a good question: I'm switching text and lore a bit to make it very unclear whether the "Bound gods" are in the mountains or beyond, with only Strahd and his crew knowing the truth; Beyond that, the wizards that built the temple and Vampyr itself are affecting the weather around the small island to make it nigh impossible to reach it, Strahd makes the journey seem easy by using his ride and teleportation. The only safe way to sail there would be to commission, rescue and repair, or build a vessel sturdy enough to not only hold together against constant storms but also break the ice around the island AND hold strong against the soul Kraken protecting the island.

Now, I want to make argynvostholt interesting, but I fear that by making it a hold built into the mountainside it will withdraw from the temple's impact.
I had considered making it a series of tunnels within the mountain in order to create some claustrophobic trap-based encounters put together by the members of the order, but I feel this may withdraw from the sense of comradery and lost beauty of the mansion.
Another idea is to keep the mansion map as is (Covering the outside with snow) But it holds the only working teleportation circle to the other side of the mountains with its activation word being hidden somewhere in the mansion or by one of the members of the order. Either that or keeping the mansion as is but behind it are two heavy doors that hide the only "Safe" (Miss Roc herself is still flying over the mountains, now looking like an enormous snow owl) path across the mountains.

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Those seem like the most solid ideas at the moment, and the party is faaaar from finding this place, but I would like to be prepared. I may even have to commission a new map to be made!

I look forward to your replies!