Overview
One room with a sleeping corner and a study divided off by a half wall. The hearth has never been lit; the cold doesn't seem to bother him.
Resting: Safe: a Long Rest here isn't interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Mount Baratok: The stone hut's door
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out into the cold |  Mount Baratok |
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 travelling satchel
a chess piece that isn't a piece
People
Who turns up at points in the story (2)
- The Mad Mage, The hut (#2): when not mordenkainen restored
- Mordenkainen, The hut (#2): when mordenkainen restored and not mordenkainen with the party
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | a travelling satchel | Ration ×2, Component Pouch | open it |
| 4 | a chess piece that isn't a piece (hidden) | Figurine of Wondrous Power (Serpentine Owl) | Search: Investigation DC 17 |
| 5 | one book on the shelf that isn't blank (hidden) | Tome of Understanding | Search: Investigation DC 17 |
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 9 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Quests and lore
- A Seat at the Table: Ratatouille learned magic so that people would sit with him. He crossed the mists to apprentice himself to the Wizard of Wines, a master of…
- The Destined Ally: Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- The Drowned Library: Something whispers up the old well on the shore of Lake Baratok, from the archmage Khazan's library under the lake: don't come down.
- The Forgotten Storm: Every evening lightning lands on the ring of glass on Mount Baratok. The mage told it something once, and it's still doing it.
- The Mad Mage of Mount Baratok: A powerful wizard lives alone on Mount Baratok with his memory gone. Someone took it on purpose.
- The Mage's Lost Pages: Mordenkainen's memory came back with pages missing: letters in a hand he knows better than his own, and no name with it.
- The Name Over the Door: Mordenkainen says the archmage who built the tower on the tarn never died: he moved downstairs, and he's waking.