Manser Biggs

Manser Biggs is a rock gnome member of the Church of Gond, found enslaved in the Steel Watch Foundry.

Involvement

The party first finds him battling Black Gauntlet of Banes and Steel Watchers in the main floor of the foundry. Around his neck is a Kill Collar, which must be disabled by activating a Motivator held by one of the Black Gauntlets.

If the party manages to save him as part of the quest Save the Gondians, he will run out of the lab and gather with the rest of the Gondians outside of the foundry.

If killed,  Speak with Dead may be cast on him in which he reveals he was forced to kill his husband Lanpos Biggs when the latter discovered where their sons Grindo and Hastar were being held captive.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Acid Splash ()

1d6 (1~6) Acid

Throw a bubble of acid that damages each creature it hits.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius)

 Grease ()

Cover the ground in flammable grease. It becomes Difficult Terrain and creatures within can fall  Prone.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Melf's Acid Arrow ()

4d4 (4~16) Acid

Shoot a green arrow that bursts in a spray of acid. Deals 4d4Acid damage immediately and 2d4Acid damage at the end of the target's next turn.

If the spell misses, the target still takes half the initial damage, but no damage at the end of its next turn.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Misty Step ()

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

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Notable loot

• File:Destroyed Kill Collar Unfaded Icon.pngDestroyed Kill Collar
• Light Hammer
• Poem for Lanpos

Idle conversation

Anouk will occasionally taunt Manser Biggs:

Fist of Bane Anouk: Your hand shakes, Gondian. Tell me, what was your friend's name?

• Gondian Manser Biggs: My husband's name was Lanpos, ma'am.
  • Fist of Bane Anouk: Lanpos deserved to die - tell me why.
    • Gondian Manser Biggs: My husband was eavesdropping, ma'am. He - he needed to be beaten.
      • Fist of Bane Anouk: Very good, little Gondian.

Speak with Dead

Party member: Who are you?

• Gondian Manser Biggs: Manser Biggs... husband of Lanpos... father to Grindo and Hastar...

Party member: What do you do in the Foundry?

• Gondian Manser Biggs: Used to prep brains for... parasitic insertion. Now I... create optic relays...

Party member: What is going on here?

• Gondian Manser Biggs: The Banites collared us... forced us to build the Steel Watchers... made me... made me...
  • Party member: What did the Banites make you do?
    • Gondian Manser Biggs: Kill my... husband...
      • Party member: Why did they make you kill your husband?
        • Gondian Manser Biggs: Because he found out where... they're holding our sons... captive...

Party member: Where is your husband's body?

• Gondian Manser Biggs: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*

Related quests

•  Save the Gondians