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The wagon also contains the torn-up remains of a doll. A silvered shortsword
A character who makes a successful DC 10 Intelligence A hand crossbow inlaid with mother-of-pearl
(Investigation) check discovers that the doll was once (worth 250 gp)
a colorfully dressed Vistani effigy. Stitched into its tat­ • A bundle of twenty silvered crossbow bolts
tered pants is a slogan: "Is No Fun, Is No Blinsky!" A worn leather case with gold buckles (worth 100 gp)
Rictavio isn't ready to unleash the tiger on the Vistani containing three sharpened wooden stakes, a sack
just yet. He feeds it by dropping wolf steaks down a of garlic, a jar of salt, a box of holy wafers, six vials of
1-foot-square hatch in the wagon's roof. A character who holy water, a polished steel mirror, and a bone scroll
climbs atop the wagon can spot the hatch without need­ tube with a silver stopper and chain (worth 25 gp).
ing to make an ability check. The tube contains a spell scroll of protection from
If the tiger is released, it begins stalking through the fiends and a spell scroll of protection from undead.
streets until its keen sense of smell locates either Ricta­
vio (area N2) or Piccolo (area N7). The tiger doesn't FORTUNES OF RAVENLOFT
attack anyone who isn't a Vistana except in self-defense. If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is
It attacks Vistani on sight. Rictavio can make the tiger hidden with the other items under the front seat of the
break off its attack and lure it back into the wagon. wagon, in a lead-lined,box.

TREASURE N6. COFFIN MAKER'S SHOP'
The front seat of the wagon conceals .a secret
compartment that requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom
(Perception) check to find apd ·ope_n. Th� compartment This uninviting shop is two stories tall and has a sign
holds several items: .... ' . ·.- - , -,· - · ;' · - shaped like a coffin above the front door. All of the win­
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• An unlocked wooden coffer containing ·so ep bear­ dow shutters are closed up tight, and a deathly silence
ing Strahd's profile and six gemstones (worth surrounds the establishment.
_100 gp each)
A small prayer book (worth 50 gp) with a green leather
cover and indecipherable notes in the margins Henrik van der Voort (LE male hum�n commoner) is
A healer's kit a mediocre carpenter and a troubled, lonely man. He
Three wooden holy symbols inlaid with silver and in profits from the 'deaths of others, and no one desires his
the shape of a sunburst (worth 50 gp each) company, because of the ghastly nature of his handi-
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