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{{Infobox creature | {{Infobox creature | ||
| name = Ptaris | | name = Ptaris | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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| family = [[Havkelaag]] (father) | | family = [[Havkelaag]] (father) | ||
| hometown = [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]], [[Baldur's Gate]] | | hometown = [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]], [[Baldur's Gate]] | ||
| va = | | va = Shaun Mendum | ||
| level = 12 | | level = 12 | ||
| size = Medium | | size = [[Medium]] | ||
| type = Humanoid | | type = [[Humanoid]] | ||
| e hp = 109 | | e hp = 109 | ||
| hp = 156 | | hp = 156 | ||
| t hp = 202 | | t hp = 202 | ||
| movement m = 9 | | movement m = 9 | ||
| xp = 1000 | |||
| weight kg = 75 | | weight kg = 75 | ||
| str = 18 | | str = 18 | ||
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| cha = 14 | | cha = 14 | ||
| passives = Opportunity Attack, | | t conditions = Legendary Resistance | ||
| h conditions = Legendary Action: Ptarian Dogma, Legendary Resistance | |||
| passives = Opportunity Attack, Psionic Skin, Shunt Through Space, Unnatural Growth | |||
| t passives = Alert, Opportunity Attack, Psionic Skin, Shunt Through Space, Unnatural Growth | |||
| h passives = Alert, Legendary Action: Ptarian Dogma, Opportunity Attack, Psionic Skin, Shunt Through Space, Unnatural Growth | |||
| uuid = 10403a03-aa9c-4c68-8a52-cbb381627906 | |||
| uid = S_LOW_GithKid | |||
| stats = LOW_Githyanki_Prodigy | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ptaris''' is a [[Githyanki]] located in the [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]] in the Lower City during [[Act Three]]. He will only be there if the stolen githyanki egg was given to {{CharLink|Esther|Lady Esther}} as part of the quest {{Quest|Steal a Githyanki Egg}}. | '''Ptaris''' is a [[Githyanki]] located in the [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]] in the Lower City during [[Act Three]]. He will only be there if the stolen githyanki egg was given to {{CharLink|Esther|Lady Esther}} as part of the quest {{Quest|Steal a Githyanki Egg}}. | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
Ptaris was laid at Crèche Y'llek's hatchery. He was the last of his brood in the hatchery, taking longer | Ptaris was laid at Crèche Y'llek's hatchery. He was the last of his brood in the hatchery, taking longer than expected to hatch. Though most caretakers would have crushed him, the hatchery overseer {{CharLink|Ko'kuu|Varsh Ko'kuu}} had begun life in a similar way, and wanted to give the egg as much of a chance as he could. {{ref|Dialogue with Varsh Ko'kuu.}} | ||
Ptaris' egg was eventually taken from the hatchery by a group of adventurers who were passing through the crèche, and brought to Lady Esther, a member of the Society of Brilliance was on an expedition to obtain a githyanki egg for her fellow researchers. Esther brought the egg back to the Lodge in Baldur's Gate. There, it was taken on by the researcher and philosopher Havkelaag, who was trying to prove his theory on genetic morality by observing that a githyanki raised in a peaceful, nurturing environment could overcome their "violent nature".{{ref|Dialogue with Lady Esther.}} Havkelaag wrote down what happened with Ptaris in {{SmRarityItem|Havkelaag's Journal}}. | Ptaris' egg was eventually taken from the hatchery by a group of adventurers who were passing through the crèche, and brought to Lady Esther, a member of the Society of Brilliance was on an expedition to obtain a githyanki egg for her fellow researchers. Esther brought the egg back to the Lodge in Baldur's Gate. There, it was taken on by the researcher and philosopher Havkelaag, who was trying to prove his theory on genetic morality by observing that a githyanki raised in a peaceful, nurturing environment could overcome their "violent nature".{{ref|Dialogue with Lady Esther.}} Havkelaag wrote down what happened with Ptaris in {{SmRarityItem|Havkelaag's Journal}}. | ||
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== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Act One === | === Act One === | ||
Ptaris is first met while he is just an egg, incubating in the hatchery of [[Crèche Y'llek]] under the watchful eye of Varsh Ko'kuu. Ko'kuu will explain to the party that the egg is taking a longer time | Ptaris is first met while he is just an egg, incubating in the hatchery of [[Crèche Y'llek]] under the watchful eye of Varsh Ko'kuu. Ko'kuu will explain to the party that the egg is taking a longer time than expected to hatch. They can then Persuade him to let them take the egg, or simply steal it. If it is later given to Lady Esther along the Monastery trail, she will take it back to the Society of Brilliance Lodge, where it will grow into Ptaris. | ||
=== Act Three === | === Act Three === | ||
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Ptaris will introduce himself, that he is Ptaris and he is "good". He will reveal that he was raised by a dwarf named Havkelaag, his growth accelerated and raised under the Ptarian code. Ptaris will read the player character's mind and see them giving him as an egg to Esther, and will blame them for the harm his father cause him. | Ptaris will introduce himself, that he is Ptaris and he is "good". He will reveal that he was raised by a dwarf named Havkelaag, his growth accelerated and raised under the Ptarian code. Ptaris will read the player character's mind and see them giving him as an egg to Esther, and will blame them for the harm his father cause him. | ||
At this point, the party can try and talk down Ptaris. | At this point, the party can try and talk down Ptaris: | ||
* {{Dialogue option|I thought I was saving you. I had no idea what they were planning.|roll=Deception|dc=25}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|I never should have saved you. But I'm happy to rectify my mistake.|roll=Intimidation|dc=25}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|You would have been destroyed if not for me, I saved you.|roll=Persuasion|dc=25}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|I wield my anger like a blade, but it does not rule me. I am no more 'bad' than you are.|tags=Barbarian|roll=Persuasion|dc=20}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|Ungrateful ''yank.'' Our kin would have destroyed you if it wasn't for me.|tags=Githyanki|roll=Persuasion|dc=20}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|''Probe the boy's mind.''|tags=Detect Thoughts|roll=Wisdom}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|You feel strange, don't you? That's your conscience. It's telling you to stop.}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|I gave you what my patron gave me - a chance at something ''more''.|tags=Warlock|roll=Persuasion|dc=20}} | |||
If successful, he will react by saying that his "father saved [him]"; that he was born evil and his father cured him. Ptaris will realize that his code is flawed, and will become inconsolable as he comprehends the reality of his actions. | |||
If the party fails to convince Ptaris, he will become hostile and attack. | If the party fails to convince Ptaris, he will become hostile and attack. | ||
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=== Attacks and abilities === | === Attacks and abilities === | ||
{{feature box|Astral Step}} | {{feature box|Astral Step}} | ||
{{feature box|Sapping Images}} | |||
{{feature box|Vacuum Missile}} | {{feature box|Vacuum Missile}} | ||
=== Honour Mode === | === Honour Mode === | ||
{{ | In [[Patch Notes|Patch #7]], Ptaris gained a legendary action that lets him apply a pacifying aura to a foe that strikes him, once per round. This pacifying aura reduces the stats of all allies within 5 meters for 2 turns. It also grants {{Temp hp|50}} to the person with the aura, and if not removed after 2 turns, it will spawn a {{CharLink|Ptaris' Mental Image}}. | ||
{{Passive box|Legendary Action: Ptarian Dogma}} | |||
=== Tactics === | === Tactics === | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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{{Lower City}} | {{Lower City}} | ||
[[Category:Githyanki]] | [[Category:Githyanki]] |