I m hoping you guys can help me out as the first session went a little sideways.
5e deayh house secret door attic.
Important notes on death house locations.
The creeping fog adventure hook in chapter 1 works best as it introduces few dis tractions.
Up there the children were discovered along with a dollhouse replica version of durst manor.
Which makes for a really fast way to level up from level 1 to 3.
For the duration of this introductory adventure any attempt by the characters to.
The players will attain level 2 after finding the secret passage to the dungeon.
Secret door with a staircase behind that led to the 4th floor attic.
Once the characters arrive in strahd s do main steer them to the village.
And then level 3 after escaping the house.
The party had no choice but follow him.
Depending on your group and how roleplay heavy they are.
The group was amazingly successful at exploring the house and went over it meticulously finding every piece of evidence and treasure there was.
Iron key unlocks children s room n a.
Ok they missed the secret door to the attic but was easily solved with a bit of climbing breaking and entering.
Death house den.
In there they found a secret staircase that appeared to spiral down.
For the secret door leading to the attic of the death house i was thinking of having slow heavy thumping sounds like footsteps come from the floor above the players both as a reminder that there is a fourth floor and to put them on edge.
Beware that it is possible to become stuck in the attic and never open the door to the dungeon.
All this can be achieved in 6 10 hours of playing.
I m not sure if that will be enough to make them inspect the walls for a secret door though.
They spoke with rose and thorn ghosts and discovered basement s secret door in the attic while investigating the doll s house.
Wizards of the coast.
Death house secret room.
House known as death house you need to guide them to the village of barovia.
Blank books with black leather cover x3.
If they get up here without finding the key with no one who can pick it it s a really big dc for first level and without finding the secret door you may want to just make the kids room have a deadbolt they can open from the hallway.
The party explored the same area in the house just beyond a storage room and they found the stairs.
Hey all i m running death house as an intro to strahd and drew heavily from this sub for inspiration.