Overview
Below the crypts the stone changes: older, paler, cut with more care. Somebody loved the people buried here.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Castle Ravenloft, the Catacombs: Stairs down to the old tombs
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stairs up to the catacombs |  Castle Ravenloft, the Catacombs |
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
Queen Ravenovia's sarcophagus
Sergei's sarcophagus, a basin of still water
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Queen Ravenovia's sarcophagus | Perfume, 60 gp | open it |
Tarokka treasure spots. If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Castle Ravenloft Sergeis Tomb (); Castle Ravenloft Tomb of Barov and Ravenovia (cat_ravenovia_sarcophagus)
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | a carved family | History 15 | Name the carved family | lore: King Barov and Queen Ravenovia |
Fights
- Strahd stands at the foot of his brother's tomb with one hand on the stone. He finishes what he was saying to…, in Castle Ravenloft, the Old Tombs: Strahd von Zarovich, Dire Wolf, Swarm of Bats.
- Three of the stone knights were never stone. They step off their plinths into the aisle, visors turning…, in Castle Ravenloft, the Old Tombs: Strahd's Animated Armor, Helmed Horror.
- He is sitting on the edge of the dais between his mother and his father, and the shadows of the vault stand…, in Castle Ravenloft, the Old Tombs: Strahd von Zarovich, Specter.
Quests and lore
- The Pool of the White Sun: At the pool in Krezk, Ireena saw a young man in the water who knew her by another name.