Overview
A crowded little shop: puppets, dolls, music boxes and wind-up creatures on every shelf, every one of them looking at the door. A curtained doorway leads back to the workshop.
Resting: no Every toy on every shelf is facing you. Nobody sleeps here, not even Blinsky.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Vallaki: Blinsky Toys
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to market row |  Vallaki |
Map
Key: gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.
Close up
Gadof Blinsky
People
- Gadof Blinsky, Toymaker: The shop (#2)
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Pidlwick II, The shop (#3): when pidlwick with blinsky
What to find
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 5 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Quests and lore
- The Destined Ally: Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- The Doll Collector: Izek Strazni, the Baron's enforcer, has dreamed of a red-haired woman all his life, and has had her face carved over and over.
- The Heart of Sorrow: At the top of Castle Ravenloft's high tower hangs a crystal heart that takes Strahd's wounds before he does.
- The Jester's Key: Pidlwick II, the clockwork jester of the high tower, is running down: the ravens took his wind-up key.
- The Toymaker's Masterpiece: Gadof Blinsky, Vallaki's toymaker, has wanted all his life to see the clockwork jester his master's master made for the count's children.
- The Unnamed Crypt: One crypt in Castle Ravenloft's catacombs has no name on it, and something in it holds the count's doors.
Order book on the counter
Blinsky's order book: very few orders. Two years of one customer stand out: 'Doll, red hair, green dress. For I.S. Paid.' 'Doll, red hair, grey cloak. For I.S. Paid, with a threat.' 'Doll, red hair, as before but SMILING, for I.S. He was very particular about the smile.' Eleven entries in all.