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[[File:Dror Ragzlin Quest.webp|thumb|Dror Ragzlin wants the druids and the tieflings gone.]] | [[File:Dror Ragzlin Quest.webp|thumb|Dror Ragzlin wants the druids and the tieflings gone.]] | ||
'''Defeat the Goblins''' is a sub-[[quest]] of the [[Druid Grove|Druid Grove's]] main quest [[Save the Refugees]] in [[Act One]]. It can be initiated by speaking with [[Zevlor]] after [[Kagha]] asks the party to aid them. | '''Defeat the Goblins''' is a sub-[[quest]] of the [[Druid Grove|Druid Grove's]] main quest [[Save the Refugees]] in [[Act One]]. It can be initiated by speaking with [[Zevlor]] after [[Kagha]] asks the party to aid them. | ||
==Objectives== | ==Objectives== | ||
''Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.'' | ''Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.'' | ||
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=== Entering the Goblin Camp === | === Entering the Goblin Camp === | ||
There are various check-point encounters on the path to the proper Goblin Camp. There are | There are various check-point encounters on the path to the proper Goblin Camp. There are serveral different options to approach these encounters, including but not limited to: | ||
* A full-frontal assault. | * A full-frontal assault. | ||
** Note, this approach may lead to turning the entire camp hostile if an alarm drum is successfully sounded. | ** Note, this approach may lead to turning the entire camp hostile if an alarm drum is successfully sounded. | ||
* A mixture of diplomacy checks, such [[Persuasion]] and [[Deception]]. | * A mixture of diplomacy checks, such as [[Persuasion]] and [[Deception]]. | ||
** Alternatively, | ** Alternatively, it's possible to pass all diplomacy checks by utilizing the dialogue [[Tadpole Power]]. | ||
** [[Drow]], or characters disguised as one via the [[Disguise Self]] spell, also have special dialogue options that helps | ** [[Drow]], or characters disguised as one via the [[Disguise Self]] spell, also have special dialogue options that helps bypassing diplomacy checks. | ||
* Avoiding the check-points through [[stealth]] or finding an alternative path (i.e. approaching the camp from the North-West). | * Avoiding the check-points through [[stealth]] or finding an alternative path (i.e. approaching the camp from the North-West). | ||
** | ** Approaching from the north-western path requires to figure out methods to deal with some sleeping guards, who can be woken accidently if a jumping party member lands near them. A [[Silence]] spell on the guards can effectively cover this. | ||
If successfully bypassing the check-points and entering the camp proper, it's possible to freely partake in the camp activities, converse with the celebrating Goblins, and take on various side quests (more information on the [[Goblin Camp]] page). Specifically for this quest, we must continue and venture into the interior of the temple. | |||
=== The Shattered Sanctum === | === The Shattered Sanctum === | ||
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''The Passageway:'' | ''The Passageway:'' | ||
* The path to this entrance is "guarded" by 2 [[Poison Mine]] and 1 [[Blast Mine]]. | * The path to this entrance is "guarded" by 2 [[Poison Mine]] and 1 [[Blast Mine]]. Entering by this way places the party at the southeast corner of the Shattered Sanctum. | ||
''The Cracked Wall:'' | ''The Cracked Wall:'' | ||
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* The wall is an object with 22 [[Hit Points]], [[Sturdy]], and immunity to all [[Damage Types|damage types]] except piercing (resistant), and force (vulnerable). | * The wall is an object with 22 [[Hit Points]], [[Sturdy]], and immunity to all [[Damage Types|damage types]] except piercing (resistant), and force (vulnerable). | ||
* This makes force-damage items/spells/abilities that can clear the 10 damage threshold - like [[Smokepowder Bomb|Smokepowder Bombs]] or [[Eldritch Blast]] - ideal for breaking this wall. | * This makes force-damage items/spells/abilities that can clear the 10 damage threshold - like [[Smokepowder Bomb|Smokepowder Bombs]] or [[Eldritch Blast]] - ideal for breaking this wall. | ||
* | * There are sleeping guards situation close to the wall. If using the [[Silence]] spell on the explosion or the guards to cover the noise, a confrontation can be avoided. | ||
There is a 4th "entrance" to the temple from the [[Selûnite Outpost]] in the [[Underdark]]. Technically, it is an exit only until | There is a 4th "entrance" to the temple from the [[Selûnite Outpost]] in the [[Underdark]]. Technically, it is an exit only until it is opened via the Stone Discs or the wall Lever. | ||
=== Priestess Gut === | === Priestess Gut === | ||
[[Priestess Gut]] (X:297, Y:-18) is in front of the giant throne immediately north of the front entrance. She offers to brand the party with the [[Brand of the Absolute]], which can be accepted or rejected. Regardless of whether the brand is taken | [[Priestess Gut]] (X:297, Y:-18) is in front of the giant throne immediately north of the front entrance. She offers to brand the party with the [[Brand of the Absolute]], which can be accepted or rejected. Regardless of whether the brand is taken, Gut recognizes the party as fellow True Souls. She attempts to probe the party's minds with her illithid powers. If allowing her to do this, she notices something is amiss. If explaining that it's the result of the tadpoles and asking if she can help, commences [[Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help]]. Gut says that the party should join her in her private chambers. | ||
If following her to her chambers, she says she has a cure for the tadpole but a special cleansing potion must be taken first. However, an [[Arcana]] check reveals this is a sleeping potion. If she's called out on this, or if the party member in question is resistant to sleeping potions (for example is an elf, half-elf, or paladin), she becomes hostile and also triggers several nearby goblins to become hostile. However, if the potion is taken, she chains up the party member and says she intends them to become her pet squid. It's possible to either break free with an [[Acrobatics]] or [[Strength]] check. However a special scene plays if nothing is done at all. [[Korrilla Hearthflame|Korrilla]] appears from a portal to assassinate both Gut and her Ogre guard. Then she disappears after a brief conversation, warning the party to be more careful. | |||
=== Minthara === | === Minthara === | ||
The drow Minthara (X:333, Y:42) is in the northeastern corner of the Shattered Sanctum. There is a [[Scrying Eye]] that must be dealt with before defeating her, otherwise the camp is alerted. | The drow Minthara (X:333, Y:42) is in the northeastern corner of the Shattered Sanctum. There is a [[Scrying Eye]] that must be dealt with before defeating her, otherwise the camp is alerted. Once the scrying eye is dealt with, only Minthara and her minions in the room become hostile, so the other two leaders can still be dealt with stealthily. If Minthara is knocked out with non-lethal melee attacks instead of being killed, then she could be recruited as a [[Companion]] in [[Moonrise Towers]] in Act Two. | ||
=== Dror Ragzlin === | === Dror Ragzlin === | ||
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If Ragzlin is allowed to commune with the illithid on his own, its killer is revealed to be the party after the second question. This can be avoided by taking control of Ragzlin's questions with a wisdom check (DC 10) and asking questions other than who is the killer such as "Why was the Nautiloid in Faerûn?" Asking an obvious question like "Who is the Absolute?" causes Ragzlin to be suspicious of the party. Otherwise, if the party is caught out at being the illithid's killer, they can talk Ragzlin down through a Persuasion check or by using Detect Thoughts to reveal he likes being called the Absolute's Right Hand. | If Ragzlin is allowed to commune with the illithid on his own, its killer is revealed to be the party after the second question. This can be avoided by taking control of Ragzlin's questions with a wisdom check (DC 10) and asking questions other than who is the killer such as "Why was the Nautiloid in Faerûn?" Asking an obvious question like "Who is the Absolute?" causes Ragzlin to be suspicious of the party. Otherwise, if the party is caught out at being the illithid's killer, they can talk Ragzlin down through a Persuasion check or by using Detect Thoughts to reveal he likes being called the Absolute's Right Hand. | ||
=== Returning to the Grove === | === Returning to the Grove === |