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{{Infobox creature | {{Infobox creature | ||
| name = Araj Oblodra | | name = Araj Oblodra | ||
| image = | | image = Araj Oblodra Portrait.webp | ||
Araj Oblodra Portrait.webp | |||
| role = [[Trader]] | | role = [[Trader]] | ||
| race = [[Lolth-sworn drow]] | | race = [[Lolth-sworn drow]] | ||
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| movement m = 9 | | movement m = 9 | ||
| weight kg = 75 | | weight kg = 75 | ||
| hiddenlevel = 6 | |||
| str = 10 | | str = 10 | ||
| dex = 17 | | dex = 17 | ||
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| dex save prof = yes | | dex save prof = yes | ||
| int save prof = yes | | int save prof = yes | ||
| passives = Darkvision, Fey Ancestry, Opportunity Attack, Sunlight Sensitivity, Uncanny Dodge | | passives = Darkvision, Fey Ancestry, Opportunity Attack, Sunlight Sensitivity, Uncanny Dodge | ||
}} | }} | ||
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{{DiQ|It is said all House Oblodra perished when our estate was cast into the Clawrift. I am its last living daughter. Now the abyssal gulch in the heart of Menzoberranzan where our House was thrown is but an amusement.|Araj Oblodra| in [[Glory to the House of Oblodra]]}} | {{DiQ|It is said all House Oblodra perished when our estate was cast into the Clawrift. I am its last living daughter. Now the abyssal gulch in the heart of Menzoberranzan where our House was thrown is but an amusement.|Araj Oblodra| in [[Glory to the House of Oblodra]]}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Araj Oblodra was a daughter of the now-defunct House Oblodra. [[Timeline|Over a century ago]], an alliance of rival drow in the city of Menzoberranzan destroyed her House, due to their association with psionics and | Araj Oblodra was a daughter of the now-defunct House Oblodra. [[Timeline|Over a century ago]], an alliance of rival drow in the city of Menzoberranzan destroyed her House, due to their association with psionics and illithids before and during the Time of Troubles. | ||
Few survived the House's destruction, and Araj believes herself to be the last remaining daughter of Oblodra. Araj yearns to reinstate the House to its former glory. | |||
Few survived the House's destruction, and Araj believes herself to be the last remaining daughter of Oblodra. | |||
==== | == Involvement == | ||
Araj | === Act Two === | ||
In Act Two, Araj Oblodra can be found inside Moonrise Towers, poring over alchemical equipment. | |||
Each character may give blood only once, incurring 1d3 damage in the process. | ==== Blood-draw elixirs ==== | ||
Araj will brew unique [[elixirs]] as payment for drawing blood from the [[True Soul|True Souls]] in the party for her research. Each character may give blood only once, incurring 1d3 damage in the process. The effects of these potions are generally themed on the [[Races|race]], and, in the case of [[dragonborn]]s, subrace of the character giving blood. | |||
Unlike normal elixirs, Araj's blood-draw elixir effects are ''not'' replaced when a character consumes a second elixir. | Unlike normal elixirs, Araj's blood-draw elixir effects are ''not'' replaced when a character consumes a second elixir. | ||
However, after consuming a blood-draw elixir and taking a long rest, the character will receive the condition | However, after consuming a blood-draw elixir and taking a long rest, the character will receive the condition [[Blood-draw Sickness (Condition)|Blood-draw Sickness]], which causes a -1 to all dice rolls until another long rest. | ||
With a {{Ability check|History|14}}, knowledge of {{FRWiki|House Oblodra}} will allow the party to realise that Araj doesn't want True Soul blood, but [[Illithid]] blood specifically – an especially illicit subject for a drow to research. If this insight is shared with Araj, she will pay 200 gold for each subsequent blood donation, alongside the normal elixir. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" order | {| class="wikitable sortable" order= | ||
!Race!!Elixir | !Race !! Elixir | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Black Dragonborn]], [[Copper Dragonborn]] | |[[Black Dragonborn]], [[Copper Dragonborn]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[Green Dragonborn]] | |[[Green Dragonborn]] | ||
| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Poison}} | |{{RarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Poison}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Silver Dragonborn]], [[White Dragonborn]] | |[[Silver Dragonborn]], [[White Dragonborn]] | ||
|{{RarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Frost}} | |{{RarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Frost}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Drow]], [[Elf]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Elven Elegance}} | |[[Drow]], [[Elf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Elven Elegance}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
||[[Dwarf]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Dwarven Resilience}} | ||[[Dwarf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Dwarven Resilience}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Githyanki]] ||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Githyanki Providence}} | |[[Githyanki]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Githyanki Providence}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Gnome]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity}} | |[[Gnome]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Half-elf]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Elven Healing}} | |[[Half-elf]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Elven Healing}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[Half-orc]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury}} | |[[Half-orc]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Halfling]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Halfling Luck}} | |[[Halfling]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Halfling Luck}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Human]]||{{RarityItem|Elixir of Human Versatility}} | |[[Human]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Human Versatility}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Tiefling]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Tiefling Vice}} | |[[Tiefling]]|| {{RarityItem|Elixir of Tiefling Vice}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
==== Interaction with Astarion==== | ==== Interaction with Astarion ==== | ||
Araj deeply wishes to speak with [[Astarion]]. If Astarion is left at camp during her first interaction, Araj will politely ask that the vampire spawn be brought next. | Araj deeply wishes to speak with [[Astarion]]. If Astarion is left at camp during her first interaction, Araj will politely ask that the vampire spawn be brought next. | ||
When Araj speaks with Astarion, she excitedly asks that he bite her, so that she may study the effects of vampire bites up close. She offers the priceless {{SmRarityItem|Potion of Everlasting Vigour}} in exchange, which permanently increases the [[Strength]] of the one drinking it by 2. | When Araj speaks with Astarion, she excitedly asks that he bite her, so that she may study the effects of vampire bites up close. She offers the priceless {{SmRarityItem|Potion of Everlasting Vigour}} in exchange, which permanently increases the [[Strength]] of the one drinking it by 2. | ||
Astarion will be loath to do so, privately noting to the player character that there is something deeply wrong with Araj's blood. | If Astarion is not chosen as [[Origins|Origin character]], he will be loath to do so, privately noting to the player character that there is something deeply wrong with Araj's blood. | ||
If told to do so anyway, despite his objections, Astarion will go through with Araj's desires. Astarion will feel used, resulting in [[Astarion/approval#Act_Two_2|-3 disapproval]] and a camp scene which may impact a [[Astarion/Romance|romance between him]] and the player character if one exists. | If told to do so anyway, despite his objections, Astarion will go through with Araj's desires. Astarion will feel used, resulting in [[Astarion/approval#Act_Two_2|-3 disapproval]] and a camp scene which may impact a [[Astarion/Romance|romance between him]] and the player character if one exists. | ||
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There are no other consequences of Astarion obliging the request, despite how foul Araj's blood seems to be. | There are no other consequences of Astarion obliging the request, despite how foul Araj's blood seems to be. | ||
=== Act Three === | |||
If blood was donated in Act 2, Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three|Act 3]]. As the party approaches her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will trigger and Araj will come running out on fire, yet thrilled. She praises the character, as their blood has given her a breakthrough of such magnitude she expects the drow Grand Matriach will restore her disgraced house, House Oblodra. | |||
===Act Three === | |||
If blood was donated in Act 2, Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three|Act 3]]. As the party approaches her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will trigger and Araj will come running out on fire, yet thrilled. She praises the character, as their blood has given her a breakthrough of such magnitude she expects the drow Grand Matriach will restore her disgraced house, House Oblodra. | |||
If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she'll flirtatiously attempt to offer it once more. Astarion has now steeled his resolve and will forcefully refuse. | If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she'll flirtatiously attempt to offer it once more. Astarion has now steeled his resolve and will forcefully refuse. | ||
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If Araj was killed in Act 2, or no character donated their blood, Araj will be missing from her store and the explosions will not trigger on approach. | If Araj was killed in Act 2, or no character donated their blood, Araj will be missing from her store and the explosions will not trigger on approach. | ||
====Mysterious Potion==== | ==== Mysterious Potion ==== | ||
After following Araj into her bombed-out shop, she'll breathlessly encourage the character to finish the research, and drink her new formula: Formula Gruna. The entire party urges them not to drink it. | After following Araj into her bombed-out shop, she'll breathlessly encourage the character to finish the research, and drink her new formula: Formula Gruna. The entire party urges them not to drink it. | ||
Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} will deal 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood (surface)}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire (surface)}} surfaces. | Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} will deal 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood (surface)}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire (surface)}} surfaces. | ||
When spoken to next, Araj will be | When spoken to next, Araj will be first thrilled to see they've survived, and then just as excited at the results. She giddily deems the character the "world's first ''detonative exsanguinator.''" In parting, and with no qualms at having so risked the character's life, she'll offer to provide another explosive in exchange for a nominal fee: another blood donation. | ||
Agreeing to donate blood again will cause the character to take 2 damage, but gain a [[Sanguine Explosive]]. Refusing to hand over any more blood will turn her permanently hostile. | |||
Agreeing to donate blood again will cause the character to take 2 damage, but gain a [[Sanguine Explosive]]. | |||
Thereafter, Araj will accept blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time. | Thereafter, Araj will accept blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time. | ||
====Crimson Draughts==== | ==== Crimson Draughts ==== | ||
{{hatnote|1=Main article: [[Crimson Draughts]]}}Crimson Draughts is Araj Oblodra's apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, [[HELP|a note found inside]] Crimson Draughts' mailbox reveals that the insane drow alchemist has been swapping some orders with her own tinctures, causing horrific injury. | {{hatnote|1=Main article: [[Crimson Draughts]]}}Crimson Draughts is Araj Oblodra's apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, [[HELP|a note found inside]] Crimson Draughts' mailbox reveals that the insane drow alchemist has been swapping some orders with her own tinctures, causing horrific injury. | ||
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Whether through [[Sleight of Hand|lockpicking]] or using the key nearby, venturing into the shop's basement reveals Araj's small laboratory. Makeshift cells contain the less-voluntary participants, with humans and beasts chained to the wall or mutilated. The butchered corpse of a [[Spectator]] can be found near her research table. | Whether through [[Sleight of Hand|lockpicking]] or using the key nearby, venturing into the shop's basement reveals Araj's small laboratory. Makeshift cells contain the less-voluntary participants, with humans and beasts chained to the wall or mutilated. The butchered corpse of a [[Spectator]] can be found near her research table. | ||
===Epilogue=== | === Epilogue === | ||
If the player character donated blood in Act 2, and in Act 3 drank the Mysterious Potion and donated blood again, Araj will have left [[Letter from Araj|a note]] in the [[Chest of Grateful Words]] during the [[Epilogue]]. She reveals that she has begun the process of, literally, "resurrecting the glorious House Oblodra." | If the player character donated blood in Act 2, and in Act 3 drank the Mysterious Potion and donated blood again, Araj will have left [[Letter from Araj|a note]] in the [[Chest of Grateful Words]] during the [[Epilogue]]. She reveals that she has begun the process of, literally, "resurrecting the glorious House Oblodra." | ||
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*{{MdRarityItem|Hat of Storm Scion's Power}} | *{{MdRarityItem|Hat of Storm Scion's Power}} | ||
==Companion approval== | == Companion approval == | ||
===Act II, Moonrise Towers=== | === Act II, Moonrise Towers === | ||
{{Dialogue start}} | {{Dialogue start}} | ||
{{dcond|When Astarion is brought before Araj Oblondra}} | {{dcond|When Astarion is brought before Araj Oblondra}} | ||
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{{Dialogue end}} | {{Dialogue end}} | ||
==Gallery== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery heights="250px" mode="packed"> | <gallery heights="250px" mode="packed"> | ||
Araj Act 3.webp|Araj in Act Three. | Araj Act 3.webp|Araj in Act Three. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Related literature== | == Related literature == | ||
*{{MdItemIcon|HELP}}, an urgent plea from a hapless customer of Crimson Draughts suffering from Araj's care | * {{MdItemIcon|HELP}}, an urgent plea from a hapless customer of Crimson Draughts suffering from Araj's care | ||
*{{MdItemIcon|Open Investigation}}, a notice from the [[Flaming Fist]] warning Araj that her business is under investigation after complaints | * {{MdItemIcon|Open Investigation}}, a notice from the [[Flaming Fist]] warning Araj that her business is under investigation after complaints | ||
===Notes by Araj Oblodra=== | === Notes by Araj Oblodra === | ||
*{{MdItemIcon|Enver... Is your blood sweet?}} | * {{MdItemIcon|Enver... Is your blood sweet?}} | ||
*{{MdItemIcon|Letter from Araj}} | * {{MdItemIcon|Letter from Araj}} | ||
===Books by Araj Oblodra=== | === Books by Araj Oblodra === | ||
*{{MdItemIcon|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} | * {{MdItemIcon|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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* If you are using {{SAI|Disguise Self}} while giving blood, you will not obtain a different elixir. | * If you are using {{SAI|Disguise Self}} while giving blood, you will not obtain a different elixir. | ||
{{noteend}} | {{noteend}} | ||
{{Moonrise Towers}} | {{Moonrise Towers}} | ||
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[[Category:Characters in Act Three]] | [[Category:Characters in Act Three]] | ||
[[category:Traders]] | [[category:Traders]] | ||
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[[Category:Authors]] | [[Category:Authors]] |