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=== Tadpoling centre === | === Tadpoling centre === | ||
The [[Tadpoling Centre]] is a roughly-round room filled with [[Mind Flayer Pod]]s; some contain non-hostile humanoid characters, including Zevlor ({{Quest|Find Zevlor}} quest), while others contain [[Mind Flayer]]s. A Neural Apparatus at {{Coords|689|17}} gives the party a choice between purging all of the pods (illithid and humanoid alike) and opening them all. | |||
If choosing to purge the pods, Zevlor and all the other characters in the pods die; if opening the pods, the party must fight several mind flayers and intellect devourers (though the newly-freed characters fight alongside the party, providing significant aid.) | If choosing to purge the pods, Zevlor and all the other characters in the pods die; if opening the pods, the party must fight several mind flayers and intellect devourers (though the newly-freed characters fight alongside the party, providing significant aid.) | ||
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In the next area (Brine pools room), {{CharLink|Mizora}} is stuck in a pod. The party may free her in order to advance {{Quest|The Blade of Frontiers}}, Wyll's companion quest. | In the next area (Brine pools room), {{CharLink|Mizora}} is stuck in a pod. The party may free her in order to advance {{Quest|The Blade of Frontiers}}, Wyll's companion quest. | ||
Mizora's pod has its own controls. The left is "annihilate," the right is "unleash", each requires {{Ability check|Arcana|10}} to decipher its function. If freeing Mizora and Wyll being in the party, the cambion may reward them ({{Ability check|Persuasion|14}} required), giving Wyll the {{SmRarityItem|Infernal Rapier}}. Killing Mizora via the "annihilate" button results in Wyll's death as well. | Mizora's pod has its own controls. The left is "annihilate," the right is "unleash", each requires {{Ability check|Arcana|10}} to decipher its function, but can be passed automatically if the same words were deciphered on the [[Nautiloid]] in the Ceremorphosis chambers. If freeing Mizora and Wyll being in the party, the cambion may reward them ({{Ability check|Persuasion|14}} required), giving Wyll the {{SmRarityItem|Infernal Rapier}}. Killing Mizora via the "annihilate" button results in Wyll's death as well. | ||
Interacting with the brine pool near Mizora ({{Ability check|Perception|16}}) yields a {{SmRarityItem|Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen}}. | Interacting with the brine pool near Mizora ({{Ability check|Perception|16}}) yields a {{SmRarityItem|Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen}}. | ||
=== Barracks === | === Barracks === | ||
In the north-eastern corner of the colony are the barracks, where the party | In the north-eastern corner of the colony are the barracks, where the party can meet {{CharLink|Kressa Bonedaughter}} and her Skull Lashers. After brief dialogue, it is possible to fight against Kressa or convince her to stand down with a successful {{Ability check|Deception|21}}. If friendly, Kressa can be persuaded ({{Ability check|Persuasion|18}}) to grant her blessing, {{Condition inline|Myrkul's Gift}}, to each party member that speaks to her. Only one check is needed for the whole party. | ||
Kressa | Kressa recognises [[The Dark Urge]], if present and undisguised, and recalls the time spent under her ''care'' in the colony. This conversation inevitably leads to combat. | ||
In the chambers are also several notes in the area that can shed light on The Dark Urge. | In the chambers are also several notes in the area that can shed light on The Dark Urge. | ||
== Advance to Ketheric Thorm == | == Advance to Ketheric Thorm == | ||
{{ | To complete {{Quest|Defeat Ketheric Thorm}}, the party must head to the lift in the eastern part of the Mind Flayer Colony. Before descending down the lift the party can use the [[Restoration|Restoration Pod]] to the right of the lift to receive the benefits of a [[Long Rest]]. | ||
A cutscene | A cutscene is triggered, wherein the party can watch {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, learn of their plans, and see the [[Netherbrain]], thus discovering the true identity of the [[Absolute]]. If {{CharLink|Gale}} is in the party, there is the option to allow him to explode the Netherese Orb; this kills the Netherbrain, all three Chosen, and the whole party, resulting in a very early endgame. If this action is not taken and the party remains unexploded, the cutscene continues with the Elder Brain infecting {{CharLink|Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard}} with a Tadpole, before the Chosen of the [[Dead Three]] unleash their assault on Baldur's Gate. | ||
=== Fight with Ketheric === | === Fight with Ketheric === | ||
If | If passing multiple {{Skill|Persuasion}} and / or {{Skill|Intimidation}} checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, Ketheric Thorm can be asked to repent. Then the first half of his [[Ketheric Thorm/Combat|fight]] in the Mind Flayer Colony is skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | ||
Otherwise, when the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric | Otherwise, when the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric begins by calling on {{CharLink|Myrkul}} for aid. Ketheric remains invulnerable as long as he has the {{CharLink|Dame Aylin}} captured. The party's initial goal is to free the Aylin with the Help action, as she is trapped inside a soul cage by Ketheric. | ||
After the battle there are a series of cutscenes. The party is teleported back to [[Moonrise Towers]] ground floor, where they can speak with some of the characters met in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] before heading west to Baldur's Gate. It is also possible to travel to the [[Last Light Inn]] and talk with the remaining characters there. | |||
After the battle there | |||
==Notable characters== | ==Notable characters== |