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== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Act One === | === Act One === | ||
The player can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the Society of Brilliance, who will bring Omeluum to help the player. | The player can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the [[Society of Brilliance]], who will bring Omeluum to help the player. | ||
The player has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. | The player has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. Still, if the player listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the [[Elder Brain]] of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of creatures of the Underdark 'that oppose the Society's goals', and wishes to help others of his kind by discovering a brain-free diet. | ||
Should the player accept the [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] quest | Should the player accept the [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] quest, Omeluum will ask the party to find some rare mushrooms to prepare the special tinkture to do it. The recipe includes [[Tongue of Madness]] and [[Timmask Spores]], which both supposedly can be found in the Underdark. However, [[Blurg]] will interject and suggest that the player might very conveniently look them up in the [[Arcane tower]] of a local cleric, [[Lenore de Hurst]]. | ||
Unable to bring the issue to a close, Omeluum will then offer the player the [[Ring of Mind-Shielding]], which can limit the powers of the | After the player brings Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion [[Survival Instinct]]). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service. | ||
Unable to bring the tadpole issue to a close, Omeluum will then offer the player the [[Ring of Mind-Shielding]], which can limit the powers of the larva. The player can either buy this ring or convince Omeluum to give it to them in several variants: by Persuasion check (DC 15, a githyanki Tav will have an unique dialogue line), Intimidation check (DC 20), or proposing to describe the inner structure of a [[Nautiloid]]. The latter demands either an Intelligence check (DC 10) and has an [[Advantage]] if the player has read a relevant [[Rune Slate]] while being on the ship in the Prologue, or a Performance check (also DC 10). | |||
After passing the ring to the player (by any available way), the quest [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] will be complete, and Omeluum becomes open for trading with the party. He has several unique items in stock (see below). | After passing the ring to the player (by any available way), the quest [[Help Omeluum investigate the parasite]] will be complete, and Omeluum becomes open for trading with the party. He has several unique items in stock (see below). | ||