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Improved critical hit is tactician and above only
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{{ | {{Infobox creature | ||
| image = | |||
| name = Flaming Fist Marcus | <gallery> | ||
| | Marcus Headshot.jpg|In-game | ||
| race = Aberration | Portrait Marcus.png|Portrait | ||
</gallery> | |||
| name = Marcus | |||
| full name = Flaming Fist Marcus | |||
| size = Medium | |||
| race = [[Aberration]], [[Human]] (former) | |||
| faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]] | | faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]] | ||
| type = | |||
| extra init = 3 | |||
| ac = 17 | |||
| hp = 86 | |||
| t hp = 195 | |||
| movement m = 9 | |||
| weight kg = 75 | |||
| level = 6 | | level = 6 | ||
| str = 23 | | str = 23 | ||
| dex = 16 | | dex = 16 | ||
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| wis = 10 | | wis = 10 | ||
| cha = 10 | | cha = 10 | ||
| | | str save prof = Yes | ||
| con save prof = Yes | |||
| resistances = | |||
| passives = Great Weapon Master: Bonus Attack, Dark Devotion, Extra Attack, Feral Instinct, Opportunity Attack, Tenacity (passive feature) | |||
| t passives = Great Weapon Master: Bonus Attack, Dark Devotion, Extra Attack, Feral Instinct, Opportunity Attack, Tenacity (passive feature), Improved Critical Hit | |||
}} | |||
'''Flaming Fist Marcus''' is a former member of the [[Flaming Fist]], now turned into an elite agent of the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. | |||
'''Flaming Fist Marcus''' is a former member of the [[Flaming Fist]], now turned into an elite agent of the [[ | |||
== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Last Light Inn === | === Last Light Inn === | ||
When the party reaches [[Last Light Inn]], [[Jaheira]] is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop them. She believes the party are True Souls. If | When the party reaches [[Last Light Inn]], [[Jaheira]] is instantly wary of them and summons vines to stop them. She believes the party are True Souls. If Mol didn't survive [[Act One]], Marcus comes to vouch for the party, telepathically revealing that he is an Absolutist spy. | ||
Revealing that Marcus is tadpoled to Jaheira will trigger a fight against him. He will have a [[Initiative#Surprised|surprise round]] where he will summon 13 [[Crawling Claw]]s and then disappear, returning to Moonrise Towers. He can however be defeated here if members of the party have the passive [[Alert]] or have the condition [[Elixir of Vigilance]]. Killing him here will prevent the abduction attempt when you first talk to [[Isobel]]. | Revealing that Marcus is tadpoled to Jaheira will trigger a fight against him. He will have a [[Initiative#Surprised|surprise round]] where he will summon 13 [[Crawling Claw]]s and then disappear, returning to Moonrise Towers. He can however be defeated here if members of the party have the passive [[Alert]] or have the condition [[Elixir of Vigilance]]. Killing him here will prevent the abduction attempt when you first talk to [[Isobel]]. | ||
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If the player failed to protect Isobel and Marcus survived the fight in the [[Last Light Inn]], Marcus can be found inside Moonrise Towers, on the top floor near the door to [[Balthazar]]'s room. | If the player failed to protect Isobel and Marcus survived the fight in the [[Last Light Inn]], Marcus can be found inside Moonrise Towers, on the top floor near the door to [[Balthazar]]'s room. | ||
If Isobel was knocked out and thus abducted alive, Marcus will also be alive. If, however, Isobel didn't survive the abduction, Marcus will be found dead, presumably killed by an angry [[Ketheric Thorm]]. | If Isobel was knocked out and thus abducted alive, Marcus will also be alive. If, however, Isobel didn't survive the abduction, Marcus will be found dead, presumably killed by an angry [[Ketheric Thorm]]. | ||
== Speak with Dead == | |||
Marcus can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]]. | |||
(If Isobel doesn't survive the abduction) | |||
'''Player:''' Who were you before you became a True Soul? | |||
* '''Marcus:''' Marcus Falgor... raised in... Baldur's Gate... | |||
'''Player''': What do you know of Ketheric Thorm? | |||
* '''Marcus:''' Chosen of... the Absolute. Wants... the cleric... more than anything. | |||
'''Player''': Why were you after the cleric? | |||
* '''Marcus''': Orders... of the General... Absolute's... Chosen... | |||
'''Player''': Who is the Chosen? | |||
* '''Marcus''': Ketheric... Thorm... | |||
'''Player''': How did you come to follow the Absolute? | |||
* '''Marcus:''' Squad... captured... enlightened... | |||
'''Player:''' What is the Absolute's end game? | |||
* '''Marcus:''' Enlightenment... love... power... | |||
'''Player:''' Do you know the source of Ketheric's invulnerability? | |||
* '''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.* | |||
Player: Did you leave anything valuable behind? | |||
* '''Marcus:''' Outside the inn... buried near graveyard... she found out... | |||
== Combat == | == Combat == | ||
===Attacks and abilities=== | ===Attacks and abilities=== | ||
{{ | {{Feature box|Main Hand Attack|item=Greatclub +1}} | ||
{{ | {{Feature box|Vampiric Shout}} | ||
}} | |||
{{Feature box|Fly (Class Action)}} | |||
{{Feature box| | |||
}} | |||
===Tactics=== | ===Tactics=== | ||
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{{noteend}} | {{noteend}} | ||
[[Category: Aberrations]] | {{Shadow-Cursed Lands}} | ||
[[Category:Aberrations]] | |||
[[Category:Characters]] | |||
[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]] | |||
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]] | |||
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | [[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | ||
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]] | |||
[[Category: Available to Speak with Dead]] |