alias: Tser PoolTser Pool Encampment (G)
Look at this one, Rina! His skin is so tan! Almost like Vistani, himself, eh?
Yes, show it off while you can, Giorgio. The coming years without sunlight are sure to steal it from you.
if the characters hang around long enough:
A mighty wizard came to this land over a year ago. I remember him like it was yesterday. He stood exactly where you're standing. A very charismatic man, he was. He thought he could rally the people of Barovia against the devil Strahd. He stirred them with thoughts of revolt and bore them to the castle en masse.
When the vampire appeared, the wizard's peasant army fled in terror. A few stood their ground and were never seen again.
The wizard and the vampire cast spells at each other. Their battle flew from the courtyards of Ravenloft to a precipice overlooking the falls. I saw the battle with my own eyes. Thunder shook the mountainside, and great rocks tumbled down upon the wizard, yet by his magic he survived. Lightning from the heavens struck the wizard, and again he stood his ground. But when the devil Strahd fell upon him, the wizard's magic couldn't save him. I saw him thrown a thousand feet to his death. I climbed down to the river to search for the wizard's body, to see if, you know, he had anything of value, but the River Ivlis had already spirited him away.
The storyteller doesn't remember the wizard's name, but recalls that it sounded important {Mad Mage of Mount Baratok}
She calls for them to enter as approach the tent, and before they announce themselves
She addresses them all by name without introduction
I've been awaiting your arrival. I see that fate has indeed led you to me. Are you ready to learn your fate?
If pressed:
My cards grant me sight into the Threads of Fate that bind us all. They told me that champions were coming to the land and that I would guide them on their path.
Madam Eva clears the table in the middle of the room. She takes out a roll of black velvet from a chest nearby and carefully rolls it out on the table. From the chest she also pulls a crystal ball, and a deck of cards. You've all seen these cards before in your dream. She then cuts the cards into two separate decks and says "this is the high deck and this is the common deck". She begins to draw from the top, laying the cards in a cross shape in the middle of the table.
For each Vistani tent or wagon that the characters search, roll once on the following table to determine what treasure is found:
| d20 | Treasure |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | None |
| 11-13 | Sack of 100 ep (each coin stamped with Strahd's visage in profile) |
| 14-16 | Pouch containing 4d6 gemstones worth 100 gp each |
| 17-19 | Sack containing 3d6 pieces of cheap jewelry worth 25 gp total and 1d6 pieces of fine jewelry worth 250 gp each |
| 20 | One magic item (roll once on Magic Item Table B in the Dungeon Master's Guide) |