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fails its save catches fire, taking 5 (ldlO) fire damage at The floor of the crypt is actually the cover of a 30-foot­
the end of each of its turns until it or another creature deep spiked pit. The cover opens if 100 pounds of
uses an action to douse the flames. weight or more are placed on it. It splits down the mid­
Treasure. Tucked under the chef's hat is an electrum dle, east to west, and its doors are spring-loaded. After
spork with a bejeweled handle (worth 250 gp). a victim or victims fall into the pit, its doors snap shut.
(See "Sample Traps" in chapter 5, "Adventure Environ­
CRYPT 29 ments," of the Dungeon Master's Guide for the rules on
Baron Eisglaze Driif locking pits and spiked pits.) The spikes at the bottom of
the pit are made of iron but aren't poisoned.
Treasure. A human skeleton (the remains of a dead
Opening the door causes the air around you to turn as adventurer) wrapped in bits of studded leather armor
cold as the coldest hell you can imagine. Every surface lies amid the spikes at the bottom of the pit. A shattered
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inside the crypt is covered with thick, brownish mold. lantern and a rusty crowbar lie nearby. Tied to the
corpse's leather belt is a SO-foot coil of hempen rope, a
dagger in a worn scabbard, a pouch containing 25 pp,
A patch of brown mold (see "Dungeon Hazards" in and a stoppered wooden tube containing a spell scroll of
chapter 5, "Adventure Environments," of the Dungeon magic circle.
Master's Guide) fills the crypt. Characters within 5 feet
of the crypt's open doorway are affected. FORTUNES OF RAVENLOFT
If the brown mold is killed off, characters can dig If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is
through the moldy crust to find the bones of Baron Driif lying next to the skeleton at the bottom of the pit.
lying atop a marble slab.
Treasure. Hidden under the brown mold next to the CRYPT 32
baron's bones is a luck blade with one wish remaining. If The door to this crypt has no name or epitaph on it.
a creature uses the wish to try to escape from Barovia,
the spell fails. If a creature uses the sword to wish for This crypt is empty except for two alcoves in the back
Strahd's destruction, the wish doesn't destroy Strahd
but rather teleports him to within 5 feet of the sword. wall. Above the alcoves are carved the following words:
PASS Nor THESE PORTALS YE FOOLISH MORTALS
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Prefect Ciril Romulich (Beloved of King Barov and
Queen Ravenovia): High Priest of the Most Holy Order A detect magic spell reveals that both alcoves radiate
strong auras of conjuration magic.
Creatures that enter the eastern alcove of this crypt
A marble slab in the center of the crypt displays a skel­ are teleported to the eastern alcove of Strahd's tomb
eton draped in red vestments, a golden holy symbol (area K86). Stepping into the western alcove of this
crypt has no effect, but any creature that teleports from
clutched in one bony hand. The domed ceiling fifteen the western alcove of area K86 appears here.
feet above is painted to look like a canopy of trees with
bright autumn leaves. A narrow stone ledge encircles the CRYPT 33
crypt ten feet above the floor. Perched on it are dozens of Sir Klutz Tripalotsky: He fell on his own sword
stone ravens, their eyes fixed on the marble slab.
In the center of this crypt, atop a marble slab, human
The carved ravens are ominous yet harmless. bones lie amid the empty shell of a suit of rusty plate
Treasure. The prefect's gold holy symbol is festooned armor. Plunged through the armor's breastplate is a
with tiny gemstones and is worth 750 gp. If touched by longsword.
an evil creature, the holy symbol is consumed in a blast
of intense light that deals 11 (2d10) radiant damage to
all creatures within 5 feet of it. Characters familiar with Neither Sir Klutz's armor nor his longsword are magical
Barovian religion recognize the symbol as that of the or valuable.
Morninglord. If the sword is pulled from the armor, Sir Klutz ap­
pears as a phantom warrior (see appendix D), thanks
CRYPT 31 whoever pulled his weapon free, ?nd agrees to fight
We knew him only byhis wealth · Klutz perished years before Strahd'became a vampire,
alongside that character for the next seven days. Sir
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