Cora Highberry

In-game
Portrait

Identity

Female

Stats

Size

Small

Type

Humanoid

Race

Lightfoot Halfling

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

8

AC

10

Initiative

0

Proficiency

+2

Movement

7.5 m (25 ft)

Weight

35 kg (70 lb)

XP reward

1

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	0	0	0	0	0

Features

Brave
You have Advantage on Saving Throws against Frightened.
Halfling Luck
When you roll a 1 for an Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw, you can reroll the dice and must use the new roll.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Explorer Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

5

AC

10

Initiative

0

Proficiency

+4

Movement

7.5 m (25 ft)

Weight

35 kg (70 lb)

XP reward

1

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	0	0	0	0	0

Features

Brave
You have Advantage on Saving Throws against Frightened.
Halfling Luck
When you roll a 1 for an Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw, you can reroll the dice and must use the new roll.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Tactician Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

10

AC

10

Initiative

0

Proficiency

+2

Movement

7.5 m (25 ft)

Weight

35 kg (70 lb)

XP reward

1

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	0	0	0	0	0

Features

Brave
You have Advantage on Saving Throws against Frightened.
Halfling Luck
When you roll a 1 for an Attack roll, Ability check, or Saving throw, you can reroll the dice and must use the new roll.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Cora Highberry is a citizen hosting a wine festival in the Lower City during Act 3.

Involvement

Act Three

Cora Highberry can be found hosting a wine festival at her home southwest of the Elfsong Tavern. She is accompanied by her husband Roger Highberry, the wine connoisseur Master Meztli, and several other guests.

Cora is one of the murder targets during the quest Investigate the Murders. "Master Meztli" is actually the Bhaalist aspirant Dolor, who seeks to kill her and chop off her hand to gain the approval of the Murder Tribunal and become an Assassin of Bhaal. If the party entered the Murder Tribunal before, or read the Bloodstained Parchment and approached the proximity of Cora's home, Dolor will have killed Cora after one long rest (see time sensitive activities).

Upon approaching Cora, she tells the party that she's about to taste some of "Master Meztli's" wine. A successful passive DC 18 Medicine check ( DC 10 Perception check if Barbarian) reveals that the wine smells sickly sweet, with an acrid note on the periphery, indicating poison. There are several dialogue options to either drink the wine causing Cora (and optionally the player character) to be poisoned, or the party can outright expose Metzli as a serial killer.

If exposed, "Master Meztli" reveals himself to be the serial killer Dolor and is infuriated that his perfect crime was interrupted. He summons four Doppelgangers to keep the party busy and uses a (scripted variation of) Spaceshunt Boots at level 5 that teleports 100 meters (66~ feet) away. One of the corpses contains a Tombstone Shop Key necessary for later on in the quest. Successfully warning Cora Highberry earns the Inspirational Event Wine Connoisseur (Noble background).

The party can also attempt to kill her themselves in order to complete Impress the Murder Tribunal.

After the doppelgangers have been defeated, Cora can be found inside her home along with her husband and two orphans whom the pair are looking after. She thanks the party profusely for saving her life and rewards them with gold.

Related literature

Related quests

Investigate the Murders

Notes

The party can discover the grave of Cora's deceased stillborn child in the Lower City Graveyard.

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