Overview
Polished floors, good candles, and the hush of a house where servants are trained not to hear things.
Resting: no Not under this roof. Somewhere above you, slow and patient, something is scratching at a door.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Vallaki: Wachterhaus
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the lane |  Vallaki |
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
Desk drawer, a hidden drawer in Lady Wachter's desk
People
Who turns up at points in the story (2)
- Lady Wachter, Parlour (#2): when not (festival begun and not festival over) and vallaki backed isn't “wachter” and wachter fate isn't “stocks” and wachter fate isn't “exposed” and wachter fate isn't “exiled”
- Stella Wachter, Locked bedroom (#3, #4): when stella shadow beaten and not stella at church; or when not stella at church
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Desk drawer | Perfume, 45 gp | lock DC 14; Lady Wachter's, so taking is theft |
| 7 | a hidden drawer in Lady Wachter's desk (hidden) | Eyes of Charming | Search: Investigation DC 15 |
| 8 | the cult's tithe under the shrine (hidden) | Rod of Rulership | Search: Perception DC 15 |
Tarokka treasure spots. If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Vallaki Wachter House:wachter Study (wachter_strongbox)
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | a shrine | Religion 15 | Read the shrine's dedication | finds Rod of Rulership; lore: The shrine in the cellar |
Locked and secret doors
- Locked bedroom door: lock DC 13
- Panel behind the bookcase: secret, found at DC 13
Fights
- Seven heads turn from the shrine at once. 'You're early,' says Nikolai Wachter, drawing, 'and you weren't…, in Wachterhaus: Tough, Cultist, Warrior Veteran, Shadow. Scales with your level. Part of Lady Wachter's Book Club.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- Wachterhaus, when night and vallaki pledge isn't “wachter” and not wachter cult broken and not festival climax and level ≥ 5: Nikolai Wachter (Tough), Karl Wachter (Tough), 4 × Cultist, 3 × Hired sword (Warrior Veteran), Something from the shrine (Shadow) (2500 XP)
- Wachterhaus, when night and vallaki pledge isn't “wachter” and not wachter cult broken and not festival climax and level ≥ 4: Nikolai Wachter (Tough), Karl Wachter (Tough), 4 × Cultist, Hired sword (Warrior Veteran) (1000 XP)
- Wachterhaus, when night and vallaki pledge isn't “wachter” and not wachter cult broken and not festival climax: Nikolai Wachter (Tough), Karl Wachter (Tough), 3 × Cultist (275 XP)
- Stella's shadow peels off the wall and stands up, and the shadows under the bed and behind the door stand up…, in Wachterhaus: Wraith, Shadow. Scales with your level. Part of The Cat in the Window.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- Wachterhaus, when level ≥ 6: 2 × The Master's Gaze (Wraith), 4 × Shadow (4000 XP)
- Wachterhaus, when level ≥ 5: The Master's Gaze (Wraith), 3 × Shadow (2100 XP)
- Wachterhaus, when level ≥ 4: The Master's Gaze (Wraith), 3 × Shadow (2100 XP)
- Wachterhaus: The Master's Gaze (Wraith), 2 × Shadow (2000 XP)
Quests and lore
- Lady Wachter's Book Club: Lady Fiona Wachter wants the Baron's chair, and she is not shy about who she would rule for.
- The Cat in the Window: Lady Wachter keeps her daughter Stella locked in a bedroom at Wachterhaus. Stella believes she is a cat. Nobody in Vallaki believes she's…
- The Festival of the Blazing Sun: Baron Vallakovich holds a festival every week to prove Vallaki is happy. This one, with its great wicker sun, will decide who rules the…
A letter on the shrine
Dear Lady Wachter: Your last letter pleased me, as your letters always do. The Baron's festivals amuse me less each year; I leave the timing of his retirement in your capable hands. When the town is yours, keep the church's priest alive. I enjoy his sermons. With the warmest regard of your lord and neighbour, S.