Gekh Coal

Gekh Coal is a Duergar slaver in the Underdark. He leads a group of other Duergar slavers in the Decrepit Village.

Involvement

Gekh is hiding via invisibility inside the Decrepit Village along with his fellow Duergar Lurgan, Holvik, and Novice Garmor. If the party approaches from the high ground, then one of his hidden companions will reveal themselves and tell Gekh that "someone is sneaking up on them". If the party approaches from the beach, then Gekh will immediately address them himself.

Gekh threatens to kill the party but will relent if they succeed a DC 15 Persuasion check, succeed a DC 15 Intimidation check, succeed a DC 15 Religion check, use a Duergar exclusive dialogue option, use a Fighter exclusive dialogue option, successfully read his mind, or display the Brand of the Absolute. Drow and the Dark Urge have a reduced difficulty DC 10 roll instead.

Gekh then explains that his group is searching for the Boots of Speed belonging to Sergeant Thrinn. These boots were stolen by a Deep Gnome, Thulla, who was last seen near the Ebonlake Grotto. The party can either offer to help him recover the boots or refuse. If they refuse then Gekh and the other Duergar will become hostile and attack. If the party agrees to help and successfully takes the boots from Thulla (whether through stealing them or as a reward for healing her), then Gekh will congratulate them and allow them to use his raft to travel to the Adamantine Forge.

If the player character is a Deep Gnome or the party is accompanied by Glut, then Gekh and the other Duergar will immediately turn hostile.

Combat

Gekh Coal will usually cast Animate Dead immediately on the nearby shattered Duergar corpses, reviving them as Reanimated Corpses.

Attacks and abilities

 Animate Dead ()

Animate a pile of bones or a corpse to serve you.

 Range: 22 m / 73 ft

AoE: 8 m / 26 ft (Radius)

 Blindness ()

Limit a foe's sight range. It is easier to hit, and the creature will miss more often. Attack rolls against it have Advantage and the foe attacks with Disadvantage.

CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Counterspell ()

Try to stop a spell being cast.

If it is higher level than the spell slot you used to Counterspell, you must make a check using your spellcasting ability^{[See Notes]} to prevent it. The check's difficulty is equal to 10 plus the level of the spell you are trying to counter.

 Enlarge ()

Grow in size to become stronger

You gain Advantage on Ability Checks and Saving Throws using Strength, and weapon attacks deal an additional 1d4 damage.

 Range: Self

 Invisibility ()

Become Invisible.

 Range: Self

Recharge: Per battle

 Ray of Sickness ()

2d8 (2~16) Poison

Possibly  Poisons the target.

CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Notable loot

• Duergar Antidote
• Exterminator's Axe

Related Quests

•  Defeat the Duergar Intruders
•  Find the Missing Boots

External links

• Gekh Coal on the Forgotten Realms Wiki