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| va =  
| va =  
| family = [[Lanpos Biggs]] ''(husband)''
| family = [[Lanpos Biggs]] ''(husband)''<br>[[Hastar Biggs]] ''(son)''<br>[[Grindo Biggs]] ''(son)''
| race = [[Rock gnome]]
| race = [[Rock gnome]]
| role =  
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| cha = 12
| cha = 12
| passives = Darkvision, Gnome Cunning, Opportunity Attack, Shortened Stride
| passives = Darkvision, Gnome Cunning, Opportunity Attack, Shortened Stride
| athletics = -1
| acrobatics = 2
| perception = 0
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'''Manser Biggs''' is a [[rock gnome]] member of the [[Church of Gond]], found enslaved in the [[Steel Watch Foundry]].
'''Manser Biggs''' is a [[rock gnome]] member of the [[Church of Gond]], found enslaved in the [[Steel Watch Foundry]].
{{DiQ|Gond's bollocks, I thought I was dead. Hoped I was, to be honest.|Manser Biggs}}


==Involvement==
==Involvement==
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If the party manages to save him as part of the quest [[Save the Gondians]], he will run out of the lab and gather with the rest of the Gondians outside of the foundry.
If the party manages to save him as part of the quest [[Save the Gondians]], he will run out of the lab and gather with the rest of the Gondians outside of the foundry.
If killed, {{SAI|Speak with Dead}} may be cast on him in which he reveals he was forced to kill his husband {{CharLink|Lanpos Biggs}} when the latter discovered where their sons {{CharLink|Grindo Biggs|Grindo}} and {{CharLink|Hastar Biggs|Hastar}} were being held captive.


== Combat ==
== Combat ==
=== Attacks and abilities ===
=== Attacks and abilities ===
{{Feature box|Melf's Acid Arrow}}
{{Feature box|Acid Splash}}
{{Feature box|Acid Splash}}
{{Feature box|Grease}}
{{Feature box|Grease}}
{{Feature box|Melf's Acid Arrow}}
{{Feature box|Misty Step}}
{{Feature box|Misty Step}}


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* {{MdRarityItem|Light Hammer}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Light Hammer}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Poem for Lanpos}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Poem for Lanpos}}
== Idle conversation ==
Anouk will occasionally taunt {{CharLink|Manser Biggs}}:
{{Dialogue start}}
'''Fist of Bane Anouk:''' Your hand shakes, Gondian. Tell me, what was your friend's name?
* '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' My husband's name was Lanpos, ma'am.
** '''Fist of Bane Anouk:''' Lanpos deserved to die - tell me why.
*** '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' My husband was eavesdropping, ma'am. He - he needed to be beaten.
**** '''Fist of Bane Anouk:''' Very good, little Gondian.
{{Dialogue end}}
== Speak with Dead ==
{{Dialogue start}}
'''Party member:''' Who are you?
*'''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' Manser Biggs... husband of Lanpos... father to Grindo and Hastar...
'''Party member:''' What do you do in the Foundry?
*'''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' Used to prep brains for... parasitic insertion. Now I... create optic relays...
'''Party member:''' What is going on here?
* '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' The Banites collared us... forced us to build the Steel Watchers... made me... made me...
**'''Party member:''' What did the Banites make you do?
*** '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' Kill my... husband...
****'''Party member:''' Why did they make you kill your husband?
***** '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' Because he found out where... they're holding our sons... captive...
'''Party member:''' Where is your husband's body?
* '''Gondian Manser Biggs:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
{{Dialogue end}}


== Related quests ==
== Related quests ==
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[[Category:Characters in Act Three]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Three]]
[[Category:Members of the Church of Gond]]
[[Category:Members of the Church of Gond]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]

Latest revision as of 07:57, 11 November 2024

Manser Biggs is a rock gnome member of the Church of Gond, found enslaved in the Steel Watch Foundry.

Portrait Manser Biggs.png
Gond's bollocks, I thought I was dead. Hoped I was, to be honest.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

The party first finds him battling Black Gauntlet of Banes and Steel Watchers in the main floor of the foundry. Around his neck is a Kill Collar, which must be disabled by activating a Motivator held by one of the Black Gauntlets.

If the party manages to save him as part of the quest Save the Gondians, he will run out of the lab and gather with the rest of the Gondians outside of the foundry.

If killed, Speak with Dead Speak with Dead may be cast on him in which he reveals he was forced to kill his husband Lanpos Biggs Lanpos Biggs when the latter discovered where their sons Grindo Biggs Grindo and Hastar Biggs Hastar were being held captive.

Combat[edit | edit source]

Attacks and abilities[edit | edit source]

Acid Splash.webp
Acid Splash Acid Splash ()
D6 Acid.png 1d6 (1~6) Damage TypesAcid

Throw a bubble of acid that damages each creature it hits.

DEX Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Radius)
Grease.webp
Grease Grease ()
Cover the ground in flammable grease. It becomes Difficult Terrain and creatures within can fall Prone Prone.
DEX Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Melf's Acid Arrow.webp
Melf's Acid Arrow Melf's Acid Arrow ()
D4 Acid.png 4d4 (4~16) Damage TypesAcid

Shoot a green arrow that bursts in a spray of acid. Deals 4d4Damage TypesAcid damage immediately and 2d4Damage TypesAcid damage at the end of the target's next turn.

If the spell misses, the target still takes half the initial damage, but no damage at the end of its next turn.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Misty Step.webp
Misty Step Misty Step ()
Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Notable loot[edit | edit source]

Idle conversation[edit | edit source]

Anouk will occasionally taunt Manser Biggs Manser Biggs:

Fist of Bane Anouk: Your hand shakes, Gondian. Tell me, what was your friend's name?

  • Gondian Manser Biggs: My husband's name was Lanpos, ma'am.
    • Fist of Bane Anouk: Lanpos deserved to die - tell me why.
      • Gondian Manser Biggs: My husband was eavesdropping, ma'am. He - he needed to be beaten.
        • Fist of Bane Anouk: Very good, little Gondian.

Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]

Party member: Who are you?

  • Gondian Manser Biggs: Manser Biggs... husband of Lanpos... father to Grindo and Hastar...

Party member: What do you do in the Foundry?

  • Gondian Manser Biggs: Used to prep brains for... parasitic insertion. Now I... create optic relays...

Party member: What is going on here?

  • Gondian Manser Biggs: The Banites collared us... forced us to build the Steel Watchers... made me... made me...
    • Party member: What did the Banites make you do?
      • Gondian Manser Biggs: Kill my... husband...
        • Party member: Why did they make you kill your husband?
          • Gondian Manser Biggs: Because he found out where... they're holding our sons... captive...

Party member: Where is your husband's body?

  • Gondian Manser Biggs: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*

Related quests[edit | edit source]