Overview
The burgomaster's house, held for a month against the night. The front door has been mended so many times it is more patch than door.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Village of Barovia: Burgomaster's mansion
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the yard |  Village of Barovia |
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
Burgomaster's strongbox, a loose panel behind the study desk
Larder
Portrait of the burgomaster
People
Who turns up at points in the story (2)
- Ireena Kolyana, Parlor (#2): when not burial procession or ireena escort is “later” or ireena escort is “declined”
- Ismark Kolyanovich, Hall (#3): when (ismark met and not burial procession) or ireena escort is “later” or ireena escort is “declined”
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Burgomaster's strongbox | Potion of Healing, 40 gp | lock DC 12 |
| 5 | Larder | Ration ×3, Candle ×4 | locked, with nothing to pick |
| 7 | a loose panel behind the study desk (hidden) | Brooch of Shielding | Search: Investigation DC 13 |
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 3 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Skill checks
| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Portrait of the burgomaster | History 12 | Recall the Indirovich family | lore: The Indirovich family |
| 8 | a map of the valley | Survival 13 | Study the burgomaster's map | reveals svalich_crossroads:field_wall_cache; lore: The burgomaster's map |
Fights
- Past midnight the boards over the windows begin to creak, then to split. Wolves throw themselves at the front…, in Burgomaster's Mansion: Dire Wolf, Strahd Zombie, Zombie. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- Burgomaster's Mansion, when not mansion siege survived and level ≥ 3: 2 × Dire Wolf, 2 × Strahd Zombie, 2 × Zombie (900 XP)
- Burgomaster's Mansion, when not mansion siege survived: Dire Wolf, 2 × Zombie (300 XP)
- The Tenant comes up the little stair on all fours, and the servants who starved with him come up behind., in Burgomaster's Mansion: Ghast, Ghoul. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- Burgomaster's Mansion, when level ≥ 3: The Tenant (Ghast), 3 × A Siege-Winter Servant (Ghoul) (1050 XP)
- Burgomaster's Mansion, when level ≥ 2: The Tenant (Ghast), 2 × A Siege-Winter Servant (Ghoul) (850 XP)
- Burgomaster's Mansion: The Tenant (Ghast), A Siege-Winter Servant (Ghoul) (650 XP)
Quests and lore
- Ireena's Escort: Strahd has fed on Ireena Kolyana twice. Her brother Ismark believes she'll be safer behind the walls of Vallaki, to the west.
- The Burgomaster's Burial: Kolyan Indirovich, burgomaster of the village of Barovia, died three nights ago. His children want him buried in the churchyard, and no…
- The Burgomaster's Hound: The dead burgomaster's wolfhound howls every night at the mansion's study wall, not at the wolves.
- 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 Woman in the Locket: Tamsin Tealeaf lifted a silver locket from a coach with no driver and no horses he could hear. The woman painted inside it has called his…
Unsent letter
To any soul with a sword and a conscience: I am the burgomaster of a village you have never heard of, and I am writing because no one else will. My daughter is hunted by the lord of this land. My house is attacked each night by his creatures. I am old and my heart is failing. If you come, come soon; there is little I can offer but my thanks and my house. Ask for my son at the tavern. [The rest is crossed out. A later line, shakier:] Ismark, if I don't finish this, finish it for me.