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'''Stop the Presses''' is a [[quest]] in [[Chapter Three]] of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with [[Estra Stir]] in the [[Lower City]].
'''Stop the Presses''' is a [[quest]] in [[Act Three]] of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with [[Estra Stir]] in the [[Lower City]].


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==Objectives==
==Objectives==
 
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* Talk to the editor of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette.
<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Talk to the editor of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette.</div>
** We met a journalist, Estra Stir, who told us we're set to star in the next edition of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette. We should find out why.
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* Stop the Baldur's Mouth Gazette printing slander.
* We met a journalist, Estra Stir, who told us we're set to star in the next edition of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette. We should find out why.
** [[Ettvard Needle]] has written an article for the next Baldur's Mouth edition that will ruin our reputation. We must stop it from printing.
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** We found a test printing of tomorrow's article about us - it'll be disastrous for our reputation. We need to stop it printing.
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** We found the Baldur's Mouth printing press and it looks like we can change which headline article is printed in tomorrow's edition. To save our reputation, we should do just that.
<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Stop the Baldur's Mouth Gazette printing slander.</div>
** We befriended [[Jelliwig]], a fey creature within the Baldur's Mouth printing press, who'll swap tomorrow's headline article for us. We just need to find a replacement article.
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** A discarded article in the Baldur's Mouth building reflects positively on us. If we find the printing press, perhaps we can get it published in place of the planned hit-piece.
* Ettvard Needle has written an article for the next Baldur's Mouth edition that will ruin our reputation. We must stop it from printing.
* Print a puff piece in the next broadsheet.
* We found a test printing of tomorrow's article about us - it'll be disastrous for our reputation. We need to stop it printing.
** We found a positive headline about us to load into the printer - we just need to figure out how.
* We found the Baldur's Mouth printing press and it looks like we can change which headline article is printed in tomorrow's edition. To save our reputation, we should do just that.
** We found a positive headline about us for Jelliwig to load into tomorrow's edition before it prints.
* We befriended Jelliwig, a fey creature within the Baldur's Mouth printing press, who'll swap tomorrow's headline article for us. We just need to find a replacement article.
* Check the next edition of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette.
* A discarded article in the Baldur's Mouth building reflects positively on us. If we find the printing press, perhaps we can get it published in place of the planned hit-piece.
** We swapped out the negative headline with a different one we found in the Baldur's Mouth building. Tomorrow's paper should no longer damage our reputation.
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* Quest Complete
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** We didn't stop the negative headline printing - and our reputation around the city is in tatters.
<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Print a puff piece in the next broadsheet.</div>
** We destroyed the Baldur's Mouth printing press - preventing the negative headline about us from being printed.
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** Ettvard threatened to ruin our reputation, so we ruined him. Today's paper should instead cover his demise.
* We found a positive headline about us to load into the printer - we just need to figure out how.
** The Baldur's Mouth headlines should be singing our praises - we should see if the city's populace noticed.
* We found a positive headline about us for Jelliwig to load into tomorrow's edition before it prints.
** The Baldur's Mouth headlines won't be mentioning us at all now - leaving our reputation intact.
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<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Check the next edition of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette.</div>
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* We swapped out the negative headline with a different one we found in the Baldur's Mouth building. Tomorrow's paper should no longer damage our reputation.
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<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Quest Complete</div>
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* We didn't stop the negative headline printing - and our reputation around the city is in tatters.
* We destroyed the Baldur's Mouth printing press - preventing the negative headline about us from being printed.
* Ettvard threatened to ruin our reputation, so we ruined him. Today's paper should instead cover his demise.
* The Baldur's Mouth headlines should be singing our praises - we should see if the city's populace noticed.
* The Baldur's Mouth headlines won't be mentioning us at all now - leaving our reputation intact.
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== Walkthrough ==
== Walkthrough ==
=== Estra Stir and the Baldur's Mouth Gazette ===
=== Estra Stir and the Baldur's Mouth Gazette ===
Speaking to Estra Stir, just south of the Basilisk Gate in the [[Lower City]] (X:122, Y:-66), reveals that the party is the subject of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette's next issue - the juiciest one to date. Estra refuses to elaborate on what the piece intends to be about, nor hear any arguments about the party's consent to be written about. However, her statements start the quest, to investigate Baldur's Mouth by speaking to the editor.  
Speaking to Estra Stir, just south of the Basilisk Gate in the [[Lower City]] (X:122, Y:-66), reveals that the party is the subject of the Baldur's Mouth Gazette's next issue - the juiciest one to date. Estra refuses to elaborate on what the piece intends to be about, nor hear any arguments about the party's consent to be written about. However, her statements start the quest, to investigate Baldur's Mouth by speaking to the editor.  
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Once inside, there are two Steel Watchers who are patrolling the halls. [[Invisibility]] is incredibly useful in sneaking past them without initiating combat. In between the two halls is an iron gate, which can be lockpicked. Otherwise, entering the side rooms to the north - there are barricades that can be destroyed to cross freely between the two rooms. After getting past the gate, move south to the printing press.
Once inside, there are two Steel Watchers who are patrolling the halls. [[Invisibility]] is incredibly useful in sneaking past them without initiating combat. In between the two halls is an iron gate, which can be lockpicked. Otherwise, entering the side rooms to the north - there are barricades that can be destroyed to cross freely between the two rooms. After getting past the gate, move south to the printing press.


Once the party arrives in the printing room, they are able to interact with the printing press, which starts a conversation.  
Once the party arrives in the printing room, they are able to interact with the printing press, [[Jelliwig]], which starts a conversation.  


If the fairy [[Dolly Dolly Dolly]] was freed from the [[Moonlantern]] in [[Chapter Two]], the press recognizes the party, and offer to help immediately. Otherwise, it has to be persuaded through dialogue choices and skill checks.  
If the fairy [[Dolly Dolly Dolly]] was freed from the [[Moonlantern]] in [[Chapter Two]], the press recognizes the party, and offer to help immediately. Otherwise, it has to be persuaded through dialogue choices and skill checks.  
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