Overview
A cold stream, boulders, pines scored with claw marks, a heap of bones politely out of sight of the trail, and a cave mouth breathing out warm air that smells of wet dog and old meat.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- The travel map: The Werewolf Den, in Lake Zarovich, the wolf hills and Lake Baratok. It shows once werewolf rumor or den way known or tarokka.tome.region is werewolf den or tarokka.symbol.region is werewolf den or tarokka.sword.region is werewolf den or tarokka.ally.npc is emil toranescu.
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The trail back down to the lake | the travel map | |
| 2 | The trail back down to the lake | the travel map | |
| 3 | Down to the caves |  The Werewolf Den | |
| 4 | Down to the caves | The Werewolf Den |
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
a torn hunter's pack, a hunter's boots in the mud
a heap of bones
a patch of purple flowers
People
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Zuleika Toranescu, Below the cave (#5): when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | a torn hunter's pack | Longbow, Arrow ×20, Ration ×2, 8 gp | open it |
| 9 | a hunter's boots in the mud (hidden) | Boots of Speed | Search: Perception DC 13 |
| 10 | something in the mud by the stream (hidden) | Perfume | Search: Perception DC 13 |
| 11 | something under the basket (hidden) | Hunting Trap | Search: Perception DC 14 |
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | a heap of bones | Medicine 14 | Sort through the bones | 30 gp |
| 8 | a patch of purple flowers | Nature 13 | Name the purple flowers | lore: Wolfsbane |
Quests and lore
- The Pack in the Hills: A pack of werewolves dens in the hills above Lake Zarovich. Its leader serves the castle, and its old leader hangs in chains for refusing…