Save the Grymforge Gnomes: Difference between revisions

[[File:Save the Grymforge Gnomes Quest.jpg|thumb|The Ironhand gnomes have been captured by duergar.]]

''Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.''

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Free the deep gnomes.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Check on the survivors.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Defeat the cultists.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Defeat the Duergar.</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Talk to the deep gnomes</div>

<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Quest Complete</div>

In order to get to Grymforge, the party needs to take a boat docked at the [[Decrepit Village]] near the Underdark Beach Waypoint. If the party hasn't undertaken [[Defeat the Duergar Intruders]], [[Avenge Glut's Circle]], or [[Find the Missing Boots]], then they are stopped by [[Gekh Coal]]. Immediately upon entering Coal's proximity, he confronts the party, calling them "sun-scum" who are too loud. He says he plans to "hush" the party before they draw in something hungry with their noise and draws his axe. Depending on the race of the player character, Coal can be made to stand down:

* [INTIMIDATION] I'm a rabid dirty dog, and I bite. (DC 10) ''Dark Urge Only''

* [INTIMIDATION] Take your hand off that axe before you lose it (DC 15)

* [RELIGION] Stand down - I'm a follower of the Absolute, just like you. (DC 15)

* [PERSUASION] I can be discreet. No need for bloodshed. (DC 15)

* [DUERGAR] I'm a duergar, idiot - we're practically kin.

* [DETECT THOUGHTS] ''Read the duergar's thoughts.'' (DC 15)

* I follow the Absolute. Take your hand off that weapon. (If mind was read)

However, Coal never stands down if the player character is a Deep Gnome, as he believes they are another runaway slave. Drow have an easier time convincing Coal to stand down (DC 10 vs 15), as he assumes they are a [[True Soul]]. Additionally, if the party recruited [[Glut]] as part of [[Avenge Glut's Circle]], then Coal attacks on sight. He is joined by a group of duergar, and a few undead minions.

If the party manages to stop Coal from attacking, then he tells them not to get in the way of his hunt. If asked what he's doing down here, Coal responds that a runaway slave stole his superior, [[Thrinn|Sergeant Thrinn's]] boots. The slave is hiding amongst the Myconid Circle and he's waiting for her to eventually make a break for it. The party can offer to help Coal track down the missing boots, or tell him it's not their problem, in which case he attacks.

During the trip over, a group of duergars on another boat led by [[Corsair Greymon]] questions the party on what they're doing on Coal's boat:

* [DECEPTION] I saw a body left by the myconids - your 'Gekh' must be dead. (DC 10)

* I work on Gekh's behalf. I'm after his sergeant's stolen boots.

* I seek the sergeant - I believe she's keen to get these boots back.

* [INTIMIDATION] In the name of the Absolute - you will let me pass. (DC 10)

Succeed the check and Corsair stands down, telling the party to speak with the sergeant. Once docked, another duergar, [[Morghul]] tries to extort money from the party. Tell her "I’m not giving you a single coin" and she backs off immediately. Follow the path south to come across a cave-in, where a group of enslaved gnomes are being forced to chip away at the rocks {{coords|-635|311}}.

If the party didn't speak with Thulla, it's also possible to learn about the gnomes by speaking to [[Barcus Wroot]] near the cave-in, if he was saved during [[Rescue the Gnome]]. He explains that he went to the [[Underdark]] looking for his friend, [[Wulbren]], but was captured after unexpectedly encountering cultists in what was supposed to be an abandoned ruin. Lastly, eavesdropping on [[Lunkbug]] and [[Laridda]] (Perception DC 10) has Lunkbug reveal that several gnomes are trapped in a cave-in with a True Soul named [[Nere]]. They need to clear out the cave-in, but the only explosives they had were taken by an escaped gnome named [[Philomeen]]. This starts [[Find the Explosives]].

In order to free the trapped gnomes, [[Free True Soul Nere]] must be completed. Throw the explosives on the cave-in, or use spells, and Nere arrives. He is furious at being trapped and immediately takes it out on [[Meerna]] whom he throws into the lava.

If the party choose to say nothing or "Finish the slaves, True Soul. For the Absolute," then Nere massacres all the gnomes. If the party tells Nere not to kill innocents, Nere tells [[Thrinn]] to rip out their hearts and feed it to the rothé. At this point, if the party made a deal with [[Brithvar]] to kill Nere, he interjects and says Nere owes the duergar money and he's going to get it from his corpse. Nere says he's changed his mind - he'll spare the party if they defeat [[Brithvar]] and the other mutineers.  

If the party sides with Nere, they'll need to fight Brithvar, [[Kur]], Corsair Greymon, Morghal, Stone Guard [[Orgarth]], [[Danna]], and [[Thudd]]. If the party sides with Brithvar, they'll fight Nere, Thrinn, Corsair Greymon, [[Dalthar]], [[Drar]], Mind Master [[Fonmara]], and Mind Master [[Dunnol]].

The gnomes can be saved either way. After the battle, choose "Enter Nere's mind. The gnomes must be set free" (Wisdom DC 15). Nere sets the gnomes free and gives the party a task - to inform the General that the temple can't be entered from Grymforge. If Brithvar is sided with, then select "And the slaves? What about them?" and either Intimidate or Persuade (DC 10) Brithvar to let the gnomes go.

=== Failing the quest ===

Speak with [[Beldron]] after the fight to resolve the quest. He mentions that their leader, Wulbren, has been kidnapped and sent to [[Moonrise Towers]], which starts [[Rescue Wulbren]]. If Barcus is alive, speak to him to learn he intends to pursue Wulbren. He can also be invited to camp, where he stays briefly before moving on.

* It is not possible to save Meerna. Even if the player enters turn-based mode at kills Nere before the cinematic, Meerna simply disappears after the fight is over.