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| title = Elminster | | title = Elminster | ||
| description = Elminster is a famous and powerful wizard, as well as the favored Chosen of Mystra. | | description = Elminster is a famous and powerful wizard, as well as the favored Chosen of Mystra. | ||
| image = Elminster.png | | image = Elminster Model.png | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | {{CharacterInfo | ||
| | |title = Sage of Shadowdale | ||
| | |name = Elminster Aumar | ||
| image = Elminster.png | |image=[[File:Elminster.png|350px]] | ||
| | |STR=13 | ||
| | |DEX=18 | ||
| | |CON=24 | ||
| | |INT=27 | ||
| | |WIS=18 | ||
| | |CHA=17 | ||
|int save = proficient | |||
|wis save = proficient | |||
|level=20 | |||
|race=[[:Category:Constructs|Construct]] | |||
|type=Construct | |||
|HP=185; 240{{Tactician}} | |||
|AC=17 | |||
|speed=30 | |||
|size=Medium | |||
|weight=150 lbs | |||
|proficiency= | |||
|initiative=9 | |||
|passives = {{PAS|Alert}}{{PAS|Empowered Evocation}}{{PAS|Focused Conjuration}}{{PAS|Magic Resistance}}{{PAS|Opportunity Attack}}{{PAS|Spell Sniper}} | |||
|conditions = {{CON|Mage Armour}} | |||
|location = [[Rosymorn Monastery Trail]], [[The Underdark]] | |||
|allies = [[Mystra]] | |||
|alt-name = Model | |||
|alt-image = [[File:Elminster Model.png|200px]] | |||
|va = Crispin Redman | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Elminster Aumar''', commonly | '''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 {{RarityItem|Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate}}. Gale describes him as being approximately "thirteen centuries old." | |||
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 | |||
== Appearance== | |||
== 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. | 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 [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Simulacrum simulacrum] of the real wizard. | 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 [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Simulacrum 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. | Gale must be alive and recruited as a companion (or be the player character himself) in order for any encounters with Elminster to trigger. | ||
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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]] | 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. | |||
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 | |||
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==Related quests== | |||
*[[The Wizard of Waterdeep]] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery heights="200 | <gallery heights="200"> | ||
Edward-vanderghote-elminster.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote | Edward-vanderghote-elminster.webp|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote | ||
Levinna-angelita-elminster-02-lev.webp|Concept Art by Levinna Angelita | Levinna-angelita-elminster-02-lev.webp|Concept Art by Levinna Angelita | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==External Links== | ||
* | *{{FRWiki|Elminster|long}} | ||
== Notes == | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | |||
{{NavCompanions}} | {{NavCompanions}} | ||
[[Category:Characters in Act 2]] | [[Category:Characters in Act 2]] | ||
[[Category:Returning Characters]] | [[Category:Returning Characters]] | ||