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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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* If Marcus is killed while attempting to kidnap [[Isobel]], his body can later be found in the grass to the north of the Last Light Inn, seemingly dumped there unceremoniously during the cleanup after the attack. | * If Marcus is killed while attempting to kidnap [[Isobel]], his body can later be found in the grass to the north of the Last Light Inn, seemingly dumped there unceremoniously during the cleanup after the attack. | ||
* Can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]]. | * Can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]]. | ||
** When asked if he left anything valuable behind, he will answer with ''"Outside the inn... buried near graveyard... she found out..."''. Moving to the graveyard adjacent to Last Light Inn, there is a Flaming Fist's corpse {{Coords|-3|215}} directly east of the open graves where the [[Shield of Scorching Reprisal]] can be looted from. This implies that the dead [[Gnome]] Flaming Fist discovered Marcus' treachery, but was killed by him before she could warn the rest of the Fists and Harpers. A successful [[Perception]] check is needed to detect the rubble, and a subsequent [[Strength]] check is required to smash the rubble to find the body. | |||
{{noteend}} | {{noteend}} | ||
[[Category: | {{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]] |