u/Ajer2895

I recently ran my third session of Curse of Strahd. After two sessions for Death House, the players finally arrive in the land of Borovia and made their way to Borovia village. Near the tail end of the session, my players have made their way to >!the Burgonmeister’s house to speak with Ireena and Ismark about burying her dad and bringing her to Vallaki.!< Initially, my plan was to have the players encounter Strahd for the first time during >!the burgonmeister’s funeral!< but then one of my players, a Blood Hunter that was a nervous drug addict, during the initial discussions with the group suggested that there was no way Strahd would even know they were there.

That gave me a golden opportunity as I had them hear a knock on the door. Our barbarian opens the door to see Strahd standing outside. Initially he tries to charm the barbarian into letting him in, but the barbarian resists. The barbarian has a bone to pick with Strahd and wanted to attack him, but Strahd polymorphs him into a sheep. Strahd offers a deal…he knows that >!Ireena wants to bury her father, but the priest is not doing anything about it, so he gives players a cryptic piece of advice for helping change the priest’s mind. In the end he asks for a favor, that the party escort Ireena to Castle Ravenloft, but only if she chooses to go. He says it’s ultimately her choice where she wants to go…but Borovia is not a safe place for her, so ultimately she WILL make that choice.!<

I ended the encounter off by having Strahd say “for your troubles” and gave the party two blood covered gold coins…the same gold coins they gave to a friendly fisherman who initially helped them understand the land. My players all now HATE Strahd and want to kill him!

When I was a little kid, there was a particular video I used to watch all the time from my local library that was a kid's educational video about paleontology and dinosaurs. I used to watch it a lot, and even to this day random bits of the video would pop in my mind...from pieces of the catchy tunes to certain funny deliverables or visuals.

The video in question is about this paleontologist and his dog (appropriately named Rex) who go to a dig site with a bunch of kids to basically give an insight in how paleontology can help us learn about dinosaurs from the past. Things I remember from this video include:

- A song with the words "We're Going Digging For Dinosaurs"
- A musical sequence where the professor pretends he's walking among living dinosaurs (just found footage of notable dinosaur animatronics)
- A song about the process of digging up dino bones ("first you dig, dig, dig then you sift, sift, sift, that's a job for a paleontologist")
- A lame joke where the professor says "Good night and don't let the T-Rex bite" to the audience
- One of the kids finding a piece of a fossilized dinosaur egg

It's not much but if anybody here remembers it and knows what it's called, that would be a big help! I would love to see if I can't find this somewhere in the bowels of the internet.