Cordrane

Cordrane the Recent is a duergar wizard who can be found attempting to sell necromantic charms in the Sorcerous Sundries in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate.

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Just think of the possibilities once you have a fresh, high-quality, completely safe zombie at your disposal.

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— Cordrane, in the flesh for cash business

Involvement

Cordrane can be encountered in the necromancy area with Alice Althea, attempting to sell her some necromantic charms to summon a fresh, "completely safe" zombie to perform various menial chores. Upon approaching him the first time, he casts  Animate Dead: Zombie on a nearby corpse as a demonstration. He claims that the summoned Zombie also makes a low-cost bodyguard and is great at food disposal and cleaning.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Blindness ( + )

Limit a foe's sight range. It is easier to hit, and the creature will miss more often. Attack rolls against it have Advantage and the foe attacks with Disadvantage.

CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Bone Chill ()

Damage: 1~8

1d8Necrotic

Prevent the target from healing until your next turn. The target cannot help  Downed characters. An undead target receives Disadvantage on Attack rolls.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Ray of Sickness ( + )

Damage: 2~16

2d8Poison

Possibly  Poisons the target.

CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Loot

• REQUIREMENTS

Idle banter

• Cordrane the Recent

  I can tell you're a discerning customer - you're after nothing but the best.

  • Cordrane the Recent

    And luckily for you, that's exactly what I have - the best necromantic charms in the city or your money back!

    • Cordrane the Recent

      Just think of the possibilities once you have a fresh, high-quality, completely safe zombie at your disposal.

      • Alice Althea

        Gods, but it stinks! And it looks like somebody melted most of its flesh off.

        • Alice Althea

          I'd be a laughing stock with that lumbering 'round after me.

          • Cordrane the Recent

            Now, now - you and I both know that being undead takes a toll on a corpse.

            • Cordrane the Recent

              We also do a range of fetching liveries and complimentary perfume spritzers - all seasonal, of course.

              • Alice Althea

                Complimentary, you say?

• Alice Althea

  So what can it do? I've a lot of domestic tasks that are quite frankly beneath me.

  • Cordrane the Recent

    Oh. they excel at all those humdrum menial chores.

    • Cordrane the Recent

      They're particularly good at cleaning - especially food disposal.

      • Cordrane the Recent

        They'll happily eat anything you put in front of them.

        • Alice Althea

          It is rather a pain to clean up after dinner parties...

          • Cordrane the Recent

            Word of warning, mind: make sure you empty them frequently.

            • Cordrane the Recent

              Otherwise you might have a gut explosion on your hands.

              • Cordrane the Recent

                ...And everywhere else, really.

                • Alice Althea

                  Empty them? How? Oh. You know what - I'm not sure I want to know.

• Cordrane the Recent

  They also make excellent low-cost bodyguards - and you can't be too careful with the way things are going.

  • Alice Althea

    It looks a little fragile to me...

    • Cordrane the Recent

      Nonsense! They're tougher than they look. Plus, even if they lose a limb, they keep on going.

      • Cordrane the Recent

        I sold one to a wonderful old gent for property protection.

        • Cordrane the Recent

          A trespasser chopped its arms off but it still chewed right through their ankles.

          • Cordrane the Recent

            They won't be trespassing anywhere else in a hurry! Or walking at all, for that matter.

            • Alice Althea

              I see...

• Cordrane the Recent

  One more thing: I recommend getting at least a couple of scrolls of Turn Undead just in case.

  • Alice Althea

    Just in case what?

    • Cordrane the Recent

      Just in case you happen to lose control of your shiny new servant.

      • Alice Althea

        Oh. Does that happen very often?

        • Cordrane the Recent

          Not very. But it might.

          • Cordrane the Recent

            It's very much a case of summoner error when it does - not our spellwork.

            • Cordrane the Recent

              Tell you what, I'll throw one in for free with your purchase - limited time offer.

              • Alice Althea

                I... I'll think about it.