# Burgomaster's Mansion

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![loc burgomaster mansion 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-burgomaster-mansion-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-village-of-barovia.md) · level 3
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md)
> **Quests:** [Ireena's Escort](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/ireenas-escort.md), [The Burgomaster's Burial](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-burial.md), [The Burgomaster's Hound](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-hound.md), [The Doll Collector](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-doll-collector.md) and 1 more

## Overview

The burgomaster's house, boarded and clawed after weeks of nightly attacks. Ireena keeps watch in the parlor; her father lies in his coffin across the hall.

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.

![loc burgomaster mansion overview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-burgomaster-mansion-overview.webp)
*The whole place from above.*

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md):** Burgomaster's mansion

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the yard | [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md) |  |

## Map

![burgomaster mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/burgomaster-mansion.svg)

**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

![loc burgomaster mansion spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-burgomaster-mansion-spot1.webp)
*Burgomaster's strongbox, a loose panel behind the study desk*

![loc burgomaster mansion spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-burgomaster-mansion-spot2.webp)
*Larder*

![loc burgomaster mansion spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-burgomaster-mansion-spot3.webp)
*Portrait of the burgomaster*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (2)
> - **[Ireena Kolyana](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/ireena-kolyana.md)**, Parlor (#2): when not burial procession or ireena escort is “later” or ireena escort is “declined”
> - **[Ismark Kolyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/ismark-kolyanovich.md)**, 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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing), 40 gp | lock DC 12 |
| 5 | Larder | [Ration](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#ration) ×3, [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×4 | locked, with nothing to pick |
| 7 | a loose panel behind the study desk (hidden) | [Brooch of Shielding](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/random-treasure.md)). 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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md): [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), [Strahd Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/strahd-zombie.md), [Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/zombie.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Burgomaster's Mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md)**, when not mansion siege survived and level ≥ 3: 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), 2 × [Strahd Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/strahd-zombie.md), 2 × [Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/zombie.md) (900 XP)
> - **[Burgomaster's Mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md)**, when not mansion siege survived: [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), 2 × [Zombie](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/zombie.md) (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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md): [Ghast](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghast.md), [Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Burgomaster's Mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md)**, when level ≥ 3: The Tenant ([Ghast](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghast.md)), 3 × A Siege-Winter Servant ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)) (1050 XP)
> - **[Burgomaster's Mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md)**, when level ≥ 2: The Tenant ([Ghast](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghast.md)), 2 × A Siege-Winter Servant ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)) (850 XP)
> - **[Burgomaster's Mansion](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/burgomasters-mansion.md)**: The Tenant ([Ghast](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghast.md)), A Siege-Winter Servant ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)) (650 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [Ireena's Escort](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/ireenas-escort.md): 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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-burial.md): 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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-hound.md): The dead burgomaster's wolfhound howls every night at the mansion's study wall, not at the wolves.
- [The Doll Collector](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-doll-collector.md): 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](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-woman-in-the-locket.md): 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…

> [!quote]- 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.