Location The Village of Barovia Level 3

Mad Mary's House

A narrow townhouse with three locks on the door and boards on every window, where Mad Mary weeps for her daughter.

Overview

Resting: no Mary's weeping rises and falls all night. Nobody in this house has slept in days.

Getting here

Ways in

Ways out

#ExitLeads toOnly when
1Out to the laneVillage of Barovia

Map

mad marys house

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

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Mad Mary

People

  • Mad Mary, Mother of Gertruda: Front room (#2)
Who turns up at points in the story (2)
  • Mad Mary, Front room (#2): when gertruda with the party; or when gertruda home
  • Gertruda, Gertruda's room (#3): when gertruda home

What to find

#WhereWhatHow
4Gertruda's chestPerfumelocked, with nothing to pick

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.

Quests and lore

  • Mary's Daughter: Mad Mary's daughter Gertruda, sixteen and never once allowed outside, slipped out of the house a few nights ago and hasn't come back.
Book of tales

A child's book of tales, read until the spine gave up. Most pages are clean. One is soft with handling: a story about a girl in a tower and a prince in a black coat who sings under her window until she climbs down to him. In the margin, in a girl's hand: real?