Death House

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Only a few months after Walter was born, Mrs. Durst completely lost her patience. She murdered the nanny and took Walter to the basement and sacrificed him without Mr. Durst’s knowledge. Because of the atrocity of this act, she attracted the notice of a Dark Power that cursed the entire house. Mrs. Durst and some of the other cultists present at the time were finally granted their immortality… by being turned into ghouls and ghasts. Mr. Durst, upon seeing what his wife had done, was overcome with guilt and grief and hanged himself in the basement. With no adults left to remember them, Rose and Thorne starved to death in their room.

%% Mention the durst family members in the entrance.

Some names

Octavian Durst

Simion Durst

wood-framed portrait of the Durst family is in upper hall area 6

Pantry includes a health kit and maybe a potion of healing

In the conservatory/music room on the second floor, the players will come across an old dog hiding under the harpsichord. They’ll have to lure him out, but once he approaches, he’s very friendly

As written, Margaret should get violent if players try to go to the crib. I took this out. Instead, she simply asks them to be quiet since the baby is sleeping. When the players approach the bundle in the crib, it unfurls revealing nothing but the cloth and Margaret is gone.

BASEMENT

Don’t forget to mention the distant chanting that players can hear throughout the basement level.

Golden ring from the dead cultist contains a fragment of a soul in it. It is a commoner from Barovia. Sebastian Florea, a carpenter from the village, had gambling debts.

3 charges are in the ring as if from a soul cage spell

Possible Loot in house:

• Ornate Black Longsword (30 Gp)

• Heavy, Light and Hand Crossbow

• Deck of playing cards

• oil lamp, a jar of ink, a quill pen, a tinderbox, and a letter kit containing a red wax candle, four blank sheets of parchment

• three blank books with black leather covers (worth 25 gp each), three spell scrolls (bless, protection from poison, and spiritual weapon)

• The jewelry box (worth 75 gp). It contains three gold rings (worth 25 gp each) and a thin platinum necklace with a topaz pendant (worth 750 gp) i total gp value 950

  

• Add a Healers Kit to Area

Possible loot in dungeon:

• 11 gp and 60 sp in a pouch made of human skin.

• 3 moss agates (worth 10 gp each)

• black leather eyepatch with a carnelian (worth 50 gp) sewn into it.

• ivory hairbrush with silver bristles (worth 25 gp).

• silvered shortsword (worth 110 gp).

• cloak of protection

• 4 potions of healing,

• chain shirt, a mess kit, a flask of alchemist’s fire, a bullseye lantern, a set of thieves’ tools, and a spellbook

• gold ring (worth 25 gp)

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