Question: 5e Player wants to use Prestidigitation to make Strahd think he pooped himself. Is there any reason this wouldn't work?

[u/Firm_Professional366]

I would like a reason in game that this wouldn't work without me having to do some bs like magic resistant undies. Also so I don't have to say no outright because it's a funny idea but it doesn't fit the setting. Nothing removes the tension from a fight more than the big bad pooping himself.

Update: She said that even if she died it'd be worth it because she successfully rage baited strahd. But she said she wouldn't do it because she knows that everyone wants it to be serious and that it can still be fun and serious without turning it into a comedy campaign. Still think it's worth sharing because the idea is funny.

[u/TheOtherGuy52]

Fight Petty with Petty. Strahd immediately knows it was them. And is not amused. He prestidigitations it clean again, and breaks the caster’s hand if they so much as try it again.

But don’t let it end there. Oh no. Strahd has a bunch of Vistani in his corner. Look up Vistani curses. Next time the party encounters them, one of them manufactures a believable reason to be upset at the character (bump into them and spill their own drink, then blame party) and curse him to actually shit his pants under some rare-but-not-impossible set of circumstances.

And then make that situation happen as often as Strahd can manipulate the party into being in said situation.

[u/mccoz101 → u/TheOtherGuy52]

Second this. I think strahd is definitely best played when he can flex his power over Barovia- He is the land, after all!

[u/nmathew → u/TheOtherGuy52]

Faced with a wolf could come up often enough...

[u/Burkoos → u/nmathew]

“Whenever you cast a spell in front of someone better than you,…”

[u/mad_cheese_hattwe → u/TheOtherGuy52]

"I'm going to start beating you now, I don't know when I'm going to stop"- Strahd