Brem

Brem is a trader in the Zhentarim Basement in Act One.

“

Well don't you cut a fine figure. Want your portrait done? If you have the gold, my pet artist will make you a most heroical likeness.

„

— Brem

Involvement

Act One

Brem offers the interacting party member to have their portrait painted by  Oskar Fevras. The party can purchase Oscar's freedom, which advances ⁠Free the Artist. Brem and  Garias banter about Oscar and his art, although these conversations tend to highlight a rift between the two siblings.

Shop

Stock

UID

PLA_ZhentarimTrader_Common

Item		Quantity	Chance
Alchemist's Fire		2-3	Always
Dye Remover		10	Always
Rare Dye Table		7	Always
Shovel (item)		1	Always
Thieves' Tools		3	Always
Trap Disarm Toolkit		3	Always
Gold		120 - 720	Always

Coatings

Rolls 2-3 times on the Coating Table.

Quantity	2	3
Chance	1/2	1/2

Item		Quantity	Chance
Oil Table		1	1/2
Poison Table		1	1/2

The following is the contents of the Coating Table.

• Arsonist's Oil
• Diluted Oil of Sharpness
• Oil of Accuracy
• Oil of Bane
• Oil of Combustion
• Oil of Diminution
• Wizardsbane Oil
• Basic Poison
• Crawler Mucus
• Drow Poison
• Malice
• Purple Worm Toxin
• Serpent Fang Toxin
• Simple Toxin
• Wyvern Toxin

Secret shop

These items are added to Brem's trade inventory if  Zarys is spoken to after gaining Zarys' trust through ⁠Find the Missing Shipment, which can be accomplished through delivering the unopened chest or by executing  Rugan after he betrays the Zhentarim. The player character cannot both take the chest and spare Rugan if they wish to have any of the items below. Without Zarys' approval, the items are unavailable to pickpocket, loot, or purchase.

UID

PLA_ZhentarimTrader_Extra

Item		Quantity	Chance
Dagger +1		1	Always
Giantbreaker		1	Always
Gloves of Hail of Thorns		1	Always
Gloves of Thievery		1	Always
Longbow +1		1	Always
Magic Armour Trader Table		1	Always
Martial Melee Weapon Subtable +1		2	Always
Potion of Invisibility		2-3	Always
Rupturing Blade		1	Always
The Jolty Vest		1	Always
Titanstring Bow		1	Always

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Dagger

Damage: 4~7

1d4 + 3⁠Piercing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Ranged Attack ()   –  Hand Crossbow

Damage: 4~9

1d6 + 3⁠Piercing

Make a ranged attack with your equipped weapon.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

Related literature

• Toxin Recipe

Related quests

• ⁠Free the Artist

Idle banter

Brem will occassionally chat with Garias about their prisoner:

• Garias

  What's wrong with the artist?

• Brem

  Besides the bleedin' obvious? He misses the sun.

• Garias

  He what?

• Brem

  Needs light to work, he says. We had a chat - turns out he needs his eyes more.

• Garias

  Did that artist really paint all those things?

• Brem

  Says he did, yeah.

• Garias

  Why?

• Brem

  Says his muse made him do it.

• Garias

  Who's that, then?

• Brem

  Gods, little brother - read a bleedin' book.

• Garias

  Here, make your fella draw me something.

• Brem

  You got coin?

• Garias

  Yeah, all right, fine. Who are you, his muse?

• Brem

  Don't pretend you know what that means. What kind of drawin' you want?

• Garias

  Birds.

• Brem

  Like, any kind of birds, or...

• Garias

  Pretty ones. With colours and stuff.

If the party freed Oskar:

• Garias

  I miss watching your artist paint.

• Brem

  I made a bucket of coins off him. When we get back to the gate, I'll take you to a museum.

• Garias

  They got paintings in those?

• Brem

  A few, yeah.

• Brem

  Did I see you drawing something earlier?

• Garias

  So? Can do a better job than that ponce you sold.

• Brem

  Huh. Keep it up, little brother - might be I can sell yousome day.

• Garias

  Aw.

• Brem

  Like ma always wanted.

Notes

• Despite being a ranger and having 3 spell slots, Brem does not have any ranger abilities or spells to make use of.

External links

• ⁠Brem on the Forgotten Realms Wiki