# Death House, Attic

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc death house attic 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-attic-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Death House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/death-house.md) · level 2
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Death House, Dungeon (Upper Level)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-dungeon-upper-level.md), [Death House, Third Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-third-floor.md)
> **Quests:** [Death House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/death-house.md), [Rest for Rose and Thorn](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/rest-for-rose-and-thorn.md), [The Nursemaid's Grave](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-nursemaids-grave.md)

## Overview

Low beams and dust: two spare bedrooms, a storage room where a trunk holds what's left of the nursemaid and a nook in the corner hides the stair down inside the walls, and the padlocked children's room where Rose and Thorn's ghosts wait beside their dollhouse.

**Resting:** Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Death House, Dungeon (Upper Level)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-dungeon-upper-level.md):** The hidden stair up
- **From [Death House, Third Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-third-floor.md):** Attic stairs

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stairs down | [Death House, Third Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-third-floor.md) |  |
| 2 | The secret stair | [Death House, Dungeon (Upper Level)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-dungeon-upper-level.md) | death house secret stair found |

## Map

![death house attic](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/death-house-attic.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 death house attic spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-attic-spot1.webp)
*a narrow wardrobe*

![loc death house attic spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-attic-spot2.webp)
*a wardrobe*

![loc death house attic spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-attic-spot3.webp)
*a travel trunk*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (2)
> - **[Rose](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/rose.md)**, Children's Room (#3): when not death house children riding and not death house children at rest
> - **[Thorn](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/thorn.md)**, Children's Room (#4): when not death house children riding and not death house children at rest

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | a narrow wardrobe | [Costume](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#costume) | open it |
| 6 | a wardrobe | [Blanket](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#blanket) | open it |
| 7 | a travel trunk | [Lamp](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#lamp), [Oil](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#oil) ×2, [Tinderbox](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#tinderbox) | open it |
| 8 | a secret drawer in the toy chest (hidden) | [Bag of Tricks (Gray)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#bag-of-tricks-gray) | Search: Investigation DC 12 |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 2 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.

### Traps

| # | Trap | Find DC | Disarm DC | Save | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | sagging floorboards | 12 | 12 | DEX 11 | 1d6 bludgeoning |
| 10 | a loosened beam | 12 | 13 | DEX 12 | 2d6 bludgeoning |

### Locked and secret doors

- the children's door: lock DC 12, opens with the [Iron Attic Key](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#iron-attic-key)

## Quests and lore

- [Death House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/death-house.md): Two children begged us to save their baby brother from a monster in the basement of their house. The house had other plans.
- [Rest for Rose and Thorn](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/rest-for-rose-and-thorn.md): The Durst children died in their locked attic room, and their ghosts are still waiting there for someone to come back for them.
- [The Nursemaid's Grave](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-nursemaids-grave.md): Old Mihail the gravedigger says a girl in a nursemaid's cap stands at the churchyard wall by night and won't come in. Nobody ever brought…