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== Advance to Ketheric Thorm == | == Advance to Ketheric Thorm == | ||
{{main|Defeat Ketheric Thorm}} | {{main|Defeat Ketheric Thorm}} | ||
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A cutscene will then play, wherein the party will watch | To the east is a lift. Before descending down the lift the party can use the Restoration Pod to the right of the lift to receive the benefits of a [[Long Rest]]. | ||
A cutscene will then play, wherein the party will watch {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm}}, {{CharLink|Enver Gortash}} and {{CharLink|Orin|Orin the Red}}, learn of their plans, and see the [[Netherbrain]], thus discovering the true identity of the [[Absolute]]. If {{CharLink|Gale}} is in the party, there will be the option to allow him to explode the Netherese Orb; this will kill the Netherbrain, all three Chosen, and the whole party, resulting in a very early endgame. If this action is not taken and the party remains unexploded, this cutscene continues with the Elder Brain infecting {{CharLink|Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard}} with a Tadpole, before the Chosen of the [[Dead Three]] unleash their assault on Baldur's Gate. | |||
=== Fight with Ketheric === | === Fight with Ketheric === | ||
If the party passes multiple Persuasion and/or Intimidation checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, asking him to repent, the first half of his fight in the Mind Flayer Colony will be skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | If the party passes multiple Persuasion and/or Intimidation checks both atop Moonrise Towers and in the Mind Flayer Colony, asking him to repent, the first half of his fight in the Mind Flayer Colony will be skipped as Ketheric gives himself to Myrkul. | ||
Otherwise, when the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric will begin by calling on [[Myrkul]] for aid. Ketheric remains invulnerable so long as he has the | Otherwise, when the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric will begin by calling on [[Myrkul]] for aid. Ketheric remains invulnerable so long as he has the {{CharLink|Dame Aylin|Nightsong}} captured. The party's initial goal is to free Nightsong with the Help action, as she is trapped inside a soul cage by Ketheric. | ||
See [[Ketheric Thorm/Combat]] for details of this battle. | See [[Ketheric Thorm/Combat]] for details of this battle. |