Editing Golbraith Stredivas

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| description = Golbraith is a human NPC loosely based on a fan of the game.
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{{Infobox creature
| name = Golbraith
| full name = Golbraith Stredivas
| class = [[Wizard]], [[Evocation School]]
| image = Golbraith.png
| race = [[Human]]
| family = Unnamed son
| hometown = [[Baldur's Gate]]
| voice = Ben Crowe
| level = 12
| size = Medium
| type = [[Humanoid]]
| ac = 11
| hp = 135
| movement m = 9
| weight kg = 75
| str = 14
| dex = 12
| con = 17
| int = 20
| wis = 16
| cha = 14
| int save prof = y
| wis save prof = y
| passives = Opportunity Attack, Sculpt Spells, Tough, War Caster: Concentration, War Caster: Opportunity Spell
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'''Golbraith Stredivas''' is a [[human]] who can be found on the first floor of [[Golbraith's Cellar|his house]] in the [[Lower City]]. He is loosely based on a fan of ''Baldur's Gate 3'', who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.{{cite web
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== Overview ==
Golbraith is a retired [[mind flayer]] hunter, and leading expert on mind flayers and counter-illithid strategies. He is currently dedicating his time to tracking those that have infiltrated the city, having passed the mantle and illithid-hunting responsibilities down to his son.

== Involvement ==
Golbraith is found on the first floor of his home, a building north of [[The Blushing Mermaid]] {{coords|-148|-60}}. If the player reassures him that they know how to deal with mind flayers, he will give them a shield originally gifted to him by Abdel Adrian, [[Abdel's Trusted Shield]].{{note|Apparently, Golbraith was a friend of {{FRWiki|Abdel Adrian}}, the canonical identity of Gorion's Ward, the main character of the previous installments of the ''Baldur's Gate'' series. Some details about this can be read about in the book [[Confidant of a Duke]] found on a bookshelf beside Golbraith. However, neither Golbraith nor this shield appear in any previous games.}} However, if the party tells him ''"You should be out there fighting- not hiding in here!"'' Golbraith will lament his inability to help his son (due to his age) and demand that the party leave his house.

There is also a locked chest on the first floor with some (not-detailed) correspondence between him and his son, and a book inside a chest in the heavily-trapped basement titled {{SmRarityItem|Confidant of a Duke}}, which recounts his first encounter with Abdel on the [[Elfsong Tavern|Elfsong's]] terrace.

Golbraith's mail box also has a letter from [[The Lodge]], asking for a consult on illithids, and some fanmail from someone who used his techniques to best an illithid.

==Combat==
=== Attacks and abilities ===
{{Feature box|Disintegrate}}
{{Feature box|Fireball}}
{{Feature box|Ray of Frost}}
{{Feature box|Shield}}
{{Feature box|Blindness}}
{{Feature box|Conjure Elemental: Fire Elemental}}
{{Feature box|Cone of Cold}}

==Notable loot==
* {{MdRarityItem|Abdel's Trusted Shield}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Elixir of Barkskin}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Golbraith's Hatch Key}}

==Footnotes==
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{{Lower City}}
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Humanoids]]
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[[Category:Characters in the Lower City]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Three]]