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Shovel
Shovel
Role	Familiar
Voiced by	Ellie Heydon
Information
Race	Quasit
Stats
Size	Small
Type	Fiend
Armour Class	13
Hit points	7
Initiative	+3
Ability scores
STR
STR	STR
Proficiency bonus	+2
Saving throws	Str -3; Dex +3; Con 0; Int -2; Wis 0; Cha 0;
Features
Darkvision;	Can see in the dark up to 12m.
Opportunity Attack;	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Revision as of 15:26, 16 April 2024

Shovel is a unique quasit and summonable familiar that can be summoned via the Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel has unique dialogue, and can be interacted with after summoning her.^{[note 1]}^{[url 1]}

Her name can be changed to Fork or Basket through dialogue.

Shovel is bored! Shovel wants to murderise!
— Shovel

Overview

Shovel is a carefree and upbeat fiend that finds joy in murder, arson and eating babies. She is impatient, and very easily gets bored. In spite of her irreverent demeanour, Shovel can be deeply loyal, even when denied the many pleasures of violence. Shovel is afraid of storm sorcery and wild magic sorcerers, stating she says she doesn't like their "thunder magic and pain". Shovel also loves dragons, and as a draconic bloodline sorcerer, convincing her you are a dragon will make her very excited. Should you not convince her you are a dragon, she will react disappointed and call you a "fake dragon", but she will not be afraid.

Summoning Shovel

There are two ways of summoning Shovel:

The Scroll of Summon Quasit found in the Apothecary's Cellar.
- This scroll can also be scribed by wizards, adding Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit to the wizard tab in their spellbook.
As a permanent spell by speaking to Shovel with a Warlock, Wizard or Sorcerer after summoning her with the scroll (or by a wizard who scribed it). This spell is not lost on respeccing. See #Permanently acquiring Shovel.

Permanently acquiring Shovel

To permanently gain Shovel as a summonable familiar, take any character that has no levels in Storm Sorcerer or Wild Magic Sorcerer^{[note 2]}, and summon her either with the Scroll of Summon Quasit found in the Apothecary's Cellar or by a wizard scribing the scroll and casting Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit. The character who summoned shovel will then automatically initiate dialogue with her. Here you have to do the right dialogue options^{[note 3]} - choosing the first one every time will work unless you are a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer^{[note 3]}. After finishing that dialogue go to the character who you want to be able to resummon Shovel with, and start a new dialogue. If that character is a Warlock, Wizard, or Sorcerer, Shovel will call them a "spell shite" and the spell will be added permanently to that characters common tab. Respeccing does not remove the spell.

By scribing the scroll on a Wizard, and talking to shovel with another eligible character you can learn the spell on two characters.

You have to summon Shovel in the apothecary cellar, otherwise he won't talk about Illyn and then won't call the other character spell-shite.

History

Shovel was owned by the necromancer Ilyn Toth, who was a cruel and neglectful master. He would often verbally and physically abuse her, and often forgot to feed her. In spite of this, Shovel enjoyed working with her former master.^[act1 a]

Attacks and abilities

Similar to other Find Familiar summons, Shovel excels at providing chip damage and harassment in battle. Defensively, her fragile body is at best a distraction against most enemies. Her Invisibility skill is particularly useful for scouting out enemy positions and initiating fights via Surprise attacks.

Claws
- Attack roll +5
Invisibility
- Duration: Until Long rest
Scare
- DC 10 Wisdom saving throw

Unlike ordinarily summoned quasits, Shovel has her own unique lines when using her actions.

Just like all Familiars, Shovel can drink elixirs, but increasing her Strength doesn't help her since her attacks always use Dexterity.

Footnotes

↑ Shovel is referred to as she in the description of the Steam achievement Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude: Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?
↑ Storm Sorcery and Wild Magic Sorcerers have their own dialogue options when summoning Shovel. Due to Shovel being afraid of those sorcerers, these options will result in you not being able to get her as a permanent summon. However, Casting Disguise Self or Shapeshift will remove your class tags, allowing sorcerers to do the first dialogue if doing it with another character is not an option.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn. The dialogue options you get if you are a Storm Sorcery or Wild Magic Sorcerer also won't work. If you are a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer, you cannot convince her you are a dragon

References

↑ Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in Apothecary's Cellar.

↑ Patch notes: Baldur's Gate 3 website. Larian Studios. Retrieved 12:08, 2023-11-22.

External links

Ilyn Toth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[1] Shovel is referred to as she in the description of the Steam achievement Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude: Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?

[3] Storm Sorcery and Wild Magic Sorcerers have their own dialogue options when summoning Shovel. Due to Shovel being afraid of those sorcerers, these options will result in you not being able to get her as a permanent summon. However, Casting Disguise Self or Shapeshift will remove your class tags, allowing sorcerers to do the first dialogue if doing it with another character is not an option.

[Initial_dialogue-4] 3.0 ^3.1 You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn. The dialogue options you get if you are a Storm Sorcery or Wild Magic Sorcerer also won't work. If you are a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer, you cannot convince her you are a dragon

[5] Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in Apothecary's Cellar.

[2] Patch notes: Baldur's Gate 3 website. Larian Studios. Retrieved 12:08, 2023-11-22.

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+'''Shovel''' is a unique quasit and [[Summon|summonable]] familiar that can be summoned via the [[Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit]] spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel has unique dialogue, and can be interacted with after summoning her.{{ref|Shovel is referred to as she in the description of the Steam achievement ''Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude'': Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?|note}}{{cite web|work=Patch notes|url=https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-3-mac-support-magic-mirror-more_93|title=Baldur's Gate 3 website|publisher=Larian Studios|accessdate=12:08, 2023-11-22}}
-'''Shovel''' is a quasit and summonable familiar that can be summoned via the [[Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit]] spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel can be interacted with and has unique dialogue.
+Her name can be changed to '''Fork''' or '''Basket''' through dialogue.
 {{Q|Shovel is bored! Shovel wants to murderise!|Shovel}}
+== Overview ==
+Shovel is a carefree and upbeat fiend that finds joy in murder, arson and eating babies. She is impatient, and very easily gets bored. In spite of her irreverent demeanour, Shovel can be deeply loyal, even when denied the many pleasures of violence. Shovel is afraid of storm sorcery and wild magic sorcerers, stating she says she doesn't like their "thunder magic and pain". Shovel also loves dragons, and as a draconic bloodline sorcerer, convincing her you are a dragon will make her very excited. Should you not convince her you are a dragon, she will react disappointed and call you a "fake dragon", but she will not be afraid.
-== Personality ==
+=== Summoning Shovel ===
+There are two ways of summoning Shovel:
+* The {{RarityItem|Scroll of Summon Quasit}} found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]].
+** This scroll can also be scribed by [[Wizard|wizards]], adding {{SAI|Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit}} to the wizard tab in their spellbook.
+* As a permanent spell by speaking to Shovel with a Warlock, Wizard or Sorcerer after summoning her with the scroll (or by a wizard who scribed it). This spell is not lost on respeccing. See [[#Permanently acquiring Shovel]].
-Shovel finds joy in murder and arson, and very easily gets bored. She enjoyed working with their former master, necromancer [[Toth]], even though he often forgot to feed her.
+==== Permanently acquiring Shovel ====
+To permanently gain Shovel as a summonable familiar, take any character that has no levels in [[Storm Sorcery|Storm]] [[Sorcerer]] or [[Wild Magic (Sorcerer subclass)|Wild Magic]] [[Sorcerer]]{{note|Storm Sorcery and Wild Magic Sorcerers have their own dialogue options when summoning Shovel. Due to Shovel being afraid of those sorcerers, these options will result in you not being able to get her as a permanent summon. However, Casting {{Sai|Disguise Self}} or {{SAI|Shapeshift}} will remove your class tags, allowing sorcerers to do the first dialogue if doing it with another character is not an option.}}, and summon her either with the {{RarityItem|Scroll of Summon Quasit}} found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]] or by a wizard scribing the scroll and casting {{SAI|Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit}}. The character who summoned shovel will then automatically initiate dialogue with her. Here you have to do the right dialogue options{{note|name=Initial dialogue|You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn. The dialogue options you get if you are a Storm Sorcery or Wild Magic Sorcerer also won't work. If you are a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer, you cannot convince her you are a dragon}} - choosing the first one every time will work unless you are a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer{{note|name=Initial dialogue}}. After finishing that dialogue go to the character who you want to be able to resummon Shovel with, and start a new dialogue. If that character is a Warlock, Wizard, or Sorcerer, Shovel will call them a "spell shite" and the spell will be added permanently to that characters common tab. Respeccing does not remove the spell.
-== Acquiring Shovel ==
+By scribing the scroll on a Wizard, and talking to shovel with another eligible character you can learn the spell on two characters.
-Shovel can be summoned temporarily via the {{RarityItem|Scroll of Summon Quasit}} found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]].
+You have to summon Shovel in the apothecary cellar, otherwise he won't talk about Illyn and then won't call the other character spell-shite.
+== History ==
+Shovel was owned by the necromancer [[Ilyn Toth]], who was a cruel and neglectful master. He would often verbally and physically abuse her, and often forgot to feed her. In spite of this, Shovel enjoyed working with her former master.{{ref|Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in [[Apothecary's Cellar]].|act1}}
-Scribing the spell will allows a [[Wizard]] to permanently keep the spell.
+== Attacks and abilities ==
+Similar to other [[Find Familiar]] summons, Shovel excels at providing chip damage and harassment in battle. Defensively, her fragile body is at best a distraction against most enemies. Her Invisibility skill is particularly useful for scouting out enemy positions and initiating fights via Surprise attacks.
-[[Bard]]s, [[Sorcerer]]s, [[Warlock]]s, and [[Wizard]]s{{verify}} can also gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after summoning her in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]]. This process can be a bit finnicky and might fail if done incorrectly. To do this, follow this procedure carefully:
+* {{SAI|Claws (Quasit)|Claws}}
+** {{Attack roll}} +5
+* {{SAI|Invisibility (Quasit)|Invisibility}}
+** {{Duration|Long rest}}
+* {{SAI|Scare}}
+** {{Saving Throw|WIS|dc=10}}
-#Have the character who you want to give the summon spell to be one of the magical classes mentioned above, and that character has to be the one that first uses the scroll to summon Shovel.
+Unlike ordinarily summoned quasits, Shovel has her own unique lines when using her actions.
-#They must pick the first dialog option except for when it says "No. And you'll...", then go up to the [[Ornate Mirror]] but do not talk to it yet. Save your game to be safe.
-#Successfully get through the mirror, walk through and IMMEDIATELY talk to Shovel again just on the other side of the mirror. His dialogue should mention noticing you are a magic user and agreeing you're his new master. If you have walked too far into the room past the mirror and his dialogue line is along the lines of "See? Trust me"...the point to get him has been bypassed and you will need to reload the save and re-attempt the process. Once that Trust Me line is spoken Shovel will never go back and mention noticing you as a magic user who can summon him.
-If acquired this way, the spell is located in the Common tab and not lost upon respeccing.
+Just like all [[Find Familiar|Familiars]], Shovel can drink [[elixir]]s, but increasing her [[Strength]] doesn't help her since her attacks '''always''' use [[Dexterity]].
-If Shovel is summoned by scribing the spell on one character and spoken to with another, the spell can be gained by two separate characters.
+== Footnotes ==
+{{reflist|note}}
+==== References ====
+{{reflist}}
+{{reflist|act1}}
+{{reflist|url}}
-==Notes==
+== External links ==
-*Shovel is fond of eating babies.
+* {{FRWiki|Ilyn Toth}} on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
-*Summoning Shovel unlocks a Steam achievement titled "Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude" whose description reads: "Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?" This confirms that Shovel is canonically female, which isn't very obvious in-game.

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