Shattered Sanctum: Difference between revisions

Starting from the southeastern corner, you will find {{CharLink|Roah Moonglow}}, a [[Zhentarim]] trader alongside some of her partners. She is a useful [[Traders|Trader]] who can reappear in [[Act Two]] at [[Moonrise Towers]]. Behind her is a storeroom holding the cult's large supply of {{SmRarityItem|Firewine Barrel|Firewine Barrels}} and {{SmRarityItem|Smokepowder Barrel|Smokepowder Barrels}}. There are six of each, more than enough for setting up an explosive trap. Besides fighting past the guards, one can jump down from the rafters above; alternatively small-sized characters can fit through a Rocky Crevice at {{Coords|255|-42}} from the [[Defiled Temple]] at {{Coords|422|17}}. Miscellaneous crates in the room can also be searched for [[Grenades]] and [[Coatings|weapon coatings]], and a locked chest ({{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|18}}) can be picked for several hundred [[Gold]].

{{CharLink|Dror Ragzlin|Dror Ragzlin's}} throne room lies at the north side of the temple. In it, the [[Hobgoblin]] warlord uses {{SAI|Speak with Dead}} on a [[Mind Flayer]] corpse. Taking part in this ritual will reveal much about the [[Cult of the Absolute]], but requires ability checks to avoid incriminating yourself as their enemy. The room is layered with a web of shadowed rafters to allow for easy high-ground ambushing.

A glittering pile of loot and treasure lies at the far north end of the room, behind a locked iron gate ({{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|18}} or using {{SmRarityItem|Dror Ragzlin's Key}}). A sneaking character can use {{SAI|Misty Step}} to teleport into the vault without triggering combat, then fast travel away with the loot. Or the vault can be reached by leaping from Minthara's open plan office (below), by jumping from the out of sight area behind the {{SmRarityItem|War Drum}} by using {{SAI|Enhance Leap}} and possibly other {{SAI|Jump}} bonuses, depending on the character's base movement. The same route can be used to escape.

The Drow {{CharLink|Minthara}} and the goblin bosses {{CharLink|Zurga}}, {{CharLink|Skrut}}, and {{CharLink|Rozzak}} reside in the room directly to the east of the throne room. The room is split by a rickety wooden bridge, held up by destructible wooden supports, and patrolled by a [[Scrying Eye]] that broadcasts activity to the [[Cult of the Absolute|Cult of the Absolute's]] shadowy leadership. Talking to Minthara gives the party the option to reveal the location of the [[Emerald Grove]] and launch a raid, either to defeat the goblin forces away from their home turf, or to crush the druids and tieflings in earnest.

If the party saved {{CharLink|Sazza}} earlier, she reveals the location of the druid grove automatically, provided she is not killed through the dialogue with Minthara or a specific dialogue option is used (''I will have nothing to do with this'' then ''I have to do something first'', which will also unlock the opportunity to save both Sazza and Minthara). Once the grove's location has been revealed, one way or another, the raid will take place after the next [[Resting#Long_Rest|long rest]] or the next travel by using a Waypoint. If killing or knocking out Minthara and killing Dror Ragzlin and Gut all before a long rest, then the raid does not happen anymore.

**Through Heavy Oak Doors at {{Coords|297|-85}}

** Through Collapsed Corridor at {{Coords|312|-31}} <small>(Wall in goblin camp must be broken first)</small>

**Through Priestess's Chambers at {{Coords|253|-7}}

**Through Cave Mouth at {{Coords|283|15}}

*{{Loc|Worg Pens}} at {{Coords|342|31}}

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