# Death House, Ground Floor

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc death house ground 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-ground-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Death House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/death-house.md) · level 2
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Death House, Upper Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-upper-floor.md), [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md)
> **Quests:** [Death House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/death-house.md)

## Overview

A handsome townhouse kept as if its family stepped out a minute ago: entrance, main hall with the grand staircase, the Den of Wolves, kitchen and pantry, dining room. Quiet on the way in; it turns on the party after a refusal at the altar, bricking the front door and leaving only the dining room window.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Death House, Upper Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-upper-floor.md):** Stairs down
- **From [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md):** Death House

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Front door | [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md) | not death house refused |
| 2 | Stairs up | [Death House, Upper Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-upper-floor.md) |  |
| 3 | The tall window | [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md) | death house completed |

## Map

![death house ground](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/death-house-ground.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 ground spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-ground-spot1.webp)
*a glass-fronted hunting cabinet*

![loc death house ground spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-death-house-ground-spot2.webp)
*pantry shelves, sealed jars*

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | a glass-fronted hunting cabinet | [Heavy Crossbow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#heavy-crossbow), [Light Crossbow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#light-crossbow), [Crossbow Bolt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#crossbow-bolt) ×20 | lock DC 12 |
| 5 | a cabinet of glasses and cards | [Playing Card Set](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#playing-card-set) | open it |
| 6 | pantry shelves | [Ration](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#ration) ×3, [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×4, [Oil](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#oil) | open it |
| 7 | the sideboard | [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×2, 30 gp | open it |
| 8 | a loose stair riser | [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing) ×2, 25 gp | open it; only when death house children at rest |
| 11 | a lantern behind the coats (hidden) | [Hooded Lantern](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#hooded-lantern) | Search: Perception DC 12 |
| 12 | a loose board under the card cabinet (hidden) | [Medallion of Thoughts](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#medallion-of-thoughts) | Search: Investigation DC 13 |
| 13 | something in the soot under the dumbwaiter (hidden) | [Driftglobe](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#driftglobe) | Search: Perception DC 13 |

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.

### Skill checks

| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | a dumbwaiter | Acrobatics 13 | Squeeze into the dumbwaiter shaft | finds Driftglobe; on a failure: 1d4 bludgeoning damage |
| 10 | sealed jars | Medicine 12 | Judge what's in the sealed jars | heals 1d4; on a failure: 1d4 poison damage |

### Traps

| # | Trap | Find DC | Disarm DC | Save | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | the chandelier | 12 | — | DEX 12 | 2d6 bludgeoning |

## Fights

- *The hall's weapons come down off their hooks.*, in [Death House, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-ground-floor.md): [Animated Flying Sword](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/animated-flying-sword.md), [Broom of Animated Attack](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/broom-of-animated-attack.md).

- *The silverware wants a word.*, in [Death House, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/death-house-ground-floor.md): [Animated Flying Sword](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/animated-flying-sword.md).

## 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.