Elminster

Sage of Shadowdale
Elminster Aumar
Stats
Level 20
STR 13 (+1) DEX 18 (+4) CON 24 (+7) INT 27 (+8) WIS 18 (+4) CHA 17 (+3)
Race	[[Construct|Construct]]
Type	Construct
HP	185; 240TTactician
AC	17
Movement Speed	30
Size	Medium
Weight	150 lbs
Initiative	9
Conditions
Mage Armour
Character information
Location	Rosymorn Monastery Trail, The Underdark
Allies	Mystra
Additional information
Voice actor	Crispin Redman
Model

Elminster Aumar, commonly simply Elminster, is a wizard NPC who appears in Baldur's Gate 3. He is the current Chosen of the Goddess Mystra, and plays a key recurring role in the story of Gale. The player first encounters him under the name Weary Traveler.

Background

Elminster is a recurring character in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons and Dragons, including previous entries in the Baldur's Gate series. The steeple-hatted wizard is of legendary renown across realmspace, having appeared in over twenty novels, four adventures, and each prior installment in the Baldur's Gate series. He is an old acquaintance of Volo and occasionally fact-checks his books, including Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate. Gale describes him as being approximately "thirteen centuries old."

Appearance

Elminster wears a flowing orange-red robe with a matching hat, whose drooped steeple hangs backwards. Luscious silver locks of hair pour outward from the wide brim of his hat and blend into an equally long beard, between which sits a round, wizened face. A brilliant blue sash, decorated with jewels and signets, is draped between his left shoulder and right hip. Completing his finery is a necklace gold and silver plates and a single blood-red jewel, with a belt to match. In stark contrast to this opulent getup, he wields a single plain, unenchanted quarterstaff.

Though bearing his humanoid appearance, the Elminster that appears in the game is a construct which when defeated melts into a pile of water, strongly suggesting him to be a simulacrum of the real wizard.

Interactions

Gale must be alive and recruited as a companion (or be the player character himself) in order for any encounters with Elminster to trigger.

Act Two

Elminster can first be found near the entrance to the Shadow-Cursed Lands from Rosymorn Monastery Trail or near the ruined Sharran temple if the party used the elevator from Grymforge. If the player avoids the Elminster at the earlier 2 locations, he will appear on the stone bridge right in front of Moonrise Towers, close to the Waypoint. Gale's personal quest, The Wizard of Waterdeep, must have progressed to the point where his condition is no longer responding to treatment for Elminster to appear. If Gale does not receive all three items by the time he reaches the Shadow-Cursed Lands, then Elminster appears in camp after a long rest once he has received the last item.

At camp, Elminster delivers Mystra's message to Gale, charging him with detonating the orb of malevolent magic within his chest in order to destroy "the Heart of the Absolute" in a suicidal attack. To help ease the task, Elminster also imparts an enchantment on Gale which stabilizes the orb, negating the need to consume more magical items. He then departs as quickly as he arrived, leaving Karlach (should she be in your camp) wondering if he was "Gale's grandad".

Act Three

After Gale reads The Annals of Karsus in the Sorcerous Vault during The Wizard of Waterdeep, Elminster appears for a second time, either outside Sorcerous Sundries or in your camp. He brings a message from Mystra, asking Gale to meet her at her holy shrine in the Stormshore Tabernacle

Attacks and abilities

Fighting Elminster is ill-advised. To say nothing of his overleveled stats relative to the party when he is encountered in Act One, he also leaves no loot and his hostility will lock Gale out of progressing in his personal quest.

 Misty Step ()

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Sunbeam ()

6d8 (6~48) Radiant

A beam of brilliant light sears and  Blinds all creatures in its path.

Until the spell ends, you can recast Sunbeam without expending a spell slot.

CON Save

AoE: 18 m / 60 ft (Line)

 Slow ()

Alter time around up to 6 enemies to Slow them. They won't get far, they can't do much, and they're easier to hit.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Otiluke's Freezing Sphere ()

10d6 (10~60) Cold

Launch a ball of churning ice that explodes and damages all creatures and objects within range.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Polymorph ()

Transform a creature into a harmless sheep.

If the sheep's Hit Points drop to 0, the target reverts to its original form with its original Hit Points.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Related quests

• The Wizard of Waterdeep

Gallery

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  Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote

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  Concept Art by Levinna Angelita

External Links

• Elminster on the Forgotten Realms Wiki