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|location = [[Moonrise Towers]] | |location = [[Moonrise Towers]], [[Lower City]] | ||
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'''Araj Oblodra''' is a Drow trader in [[Moonrise Towers]]. Other than the items she sells, she also asks to speak with [[Astarion]], and offers you a potion in exchange for a sample of your blood. | '''Araj Oblodra''' is a Drow trader and blood-focused alchemist who can be found in [[Moonrise Towers]] and the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate. Other than the items she sells, she also asks to speak with [[Astarion]], and offers you a potion in exchange for a sample of your blood. | ||
== Speaking with Astarion == | == Speaking with Astarion == | ||
When you bring Astarion to speak with her, she asks him to bite her so that she may study the effects of vampire bites up close. She offers a {{SmIconLink|Potion of Animal Speaking Icon.png|Potion of Everlasting Vigour}} in exchange, which permanently increases the [[Strength]] of the one drinking it by 2. Astarion | When you bring Astarion to speak with her, she asks him to bite her so that she may study the effects of vampire bites up close. She offers a {{SmIconLink|Potion of Animal Speaking Icon.png|Potion of Everlasting Vigour}} in exchange, which permanently increases the [[Strength]] of the one drinking it by 2. Astarion is reluctant to do so, sensing there is something wrong with Araj's blood, but he will comply if you ask him to, no ability check required (although he does disapprove). | ||
== Blood for Potions == | == Blood for Potions == | ||
Araj offers potions in exchange for True Soul blood. With a DC 14 [[Intelligence]] ([[History]]) check, you can determine that she wants [[Illithid]] blood rather than [[True Soul]] blood specifically, and if you reveal what you know of her intentions she'll up her offer to 200 gold along with each potion. | Araj offers potions in exchange for True Soul blood. With a DC 14 [[Intelligence]] ([[History]]) check, you can determine that she wants [[Illithid]] blood rather than [[True Soul]] blood specifically, and if you reveal what you know of her intentions she'll up her offer to 200 gold along with each potion. | ||
Each character may give blood once, taking a small amount of damage. The potion you receive depends on the race of the character giving the blood. As with standard elixirs, the effects | Each character may give blood once, taking a small amount of damage. The potion you receive depends on the race of the character giving the blood. As with standard elixirs, the effects last until a long rest, excepting the "Elixir of Half-Elven Healing" which is simply a single-use consumable. | ||
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|[[Gnome]]|| Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity || [[Sleight of Hand]] [[proficiency]], cast [[Knock]] once | |[[Gnome]]|| Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity || [[Sleight of Hand]] [[proficiency]], cast [[Knock]] once | ||
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|[[Half-Elf]]|| Elixir of Half-Elven Healing || You and surrounding allies regain hit points equal to | |[[Half-Elf]]|| Elixir of Half-Elven Healing || You and surrounding allies regain hit points equal to your [[Constitution]] score | ||
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|[[Half-Orc]]||Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury || When you are [[Downed (Condition)|Downed]] before your next [[Long Rest]], you instead drop to 1 hit point thanks to the relentless will roiling in your veins. | |[[Half-Orc]]||Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury || When you are [[Downed (Condition)|Downed]] before your next [[Long Rest]], you instead drop to 1 hit point thanks to the relentless will roiling in your veins. | ||
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== Unstable Blood == | == Unstable Blood == | ||
You can find Araj again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in Act 3. | You can find Araj again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in Act 3. As the player approaches her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions will begin and Araj will come running out, on fire and thrilled. She'll offer the player a potion, the newest results of her research. | ||
This "Mysterious Potion" causes a small explosion when drunk, and imbues the consuming character with the permanent {{SmIconLink|Generic Blood Icon.png|Unstable Blood}} passive feature, turning their blood into a flammable explosive. | |||
In the locked basement of her shop, you can discover the butchered remains of several less-voluntary participants in Araj's research. Her journal also reveals the true purpose of her research, to find a way to restore House Oblodra to its former glory, or failing that, to exact explosive vengeance for the fallen house. | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||