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Shovel
Shovel
Role	Familiar
Voiced by	Ellie Heydon
Information
Race	Quasit
Stats
Size	Small
Type	Fiend
Armour Class	13
Hit points	7
Initiative	+3
Ability scores
STR
STR	STR
Proficiency bonus	+2
Saving throws	Str -3; Dex +3; Con 0; Int -2; Wis 0; Cha 0;
Features
Darkvision;	Can see in the dark up to 12m.
Opportunity Attack;	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Revision as of 12:25, 28 January 2024

Shovel is a unique quasit and summonable familiar that can be summoned via the Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel has unique dialogue, and can be interacted with after summoning her.^{[note 1]}^{[url 1]}

Her name can be changed to Fork or Basket through dialogue.

“	Shovel is bored! Shovel wants to murderise!	„
	— Shovel

Overview

Shovel is a carefree and upbeat fiend that finds joy in murder, arson and eating babies. She is impatient, and very easily gets bored. In spite of her irreverent demeanour, Shovel can be deeply loyal, even when denied the many pleasures of violence.

Summoning Shovel

There are two ways of summoning Shovel:

Temporarily via the Scroll of Summon Quasit found in the Apothecary's Cellar.
- The scroll can also be scribed by wizards, allowing them to permanently acquire the spell in the wizard tab in the spellbook.
Permanently by speaking to Shovel with a Warlock, Wizard or Sorcerer. This spell is not lost on respeccing. See #Permanently acquiring Shovel.

Permanently acquiring Shovel

Warlocks and wizards, as well as sorcerers (Draconic Bloodline subclass is recommended due to potential bugs.), can gain the spell permanently in their common tab. After summoning Shovel either by using the Scroll of Summon Quasit found in the Apothecary's Cellar, or by a Wizard that scribed the scroll, that character will automatically initiate dialogue with her. Here you have to do the right dialogue options^{[note 2]}, and choosing the first one every time will work. After finishing that dialogue go to the character you want shovel on and start a new dialogue. If that character is a Warlock, Wizard of Sorcerer, Shovel will call them a "spell shite" and the spell will be added permanently to that characters common tab. Respeccing does not remove the spell. This does not work if you are disguised.

By scribing the scroll on a Wizard, and talking to shovel with another character you can learn the spell on two characters.

History

Shovel was owned by the necromancer Ilyn Toth, who was a cruel and neglectful master. He would often verbally and physically abuse her, and often forgot to feed her. In spite of this, Shovel enjoyed working with her former master.^[act1 a]

Attacks and abilities

Similar to other Find Familiar summons, Shovel excels at providing chip damage and harassment in battle. Defensively, her fragile body is at best a distraction against most enemies. Her Invisibility skill is particularly useful for scouting out enemy positions and initiating fights via Surprise attacks.

Claws
- Attack roll +5
Invisibility
- Duration: Until Long rest
Scare
- DC 10 Wisdom saving throw

Unlike ordinarily summoned quasits, Shovel has her own unique lines when using her actions.

Footnotes

↑ Shovel is referred to as she in the description of the Steam achievement Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude: Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?
↑ You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn.

References

↑ Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in Apothecary's Cellar.

↑ Patch notes: Baldur's Gate 3 website. Larian Studios. Retrieved 12:08, 2023-11-22.

External links

Ilyn Toth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[1] Shovel is referred to as she in the description of the Steam achievement Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude: Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?

[3] You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn.

[4] Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in Apothecary's Cellar.

[2] Patch notes: Baldur's Gate 3 website. Larian Studios. Retrieved 12:08, 2023-11-22.

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 There are two ways of summoning Shovel:
 * Temporarily via the {{RarityItem|Scroll of Summon Quasit}} found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]].
-** The scroll can also be scribed by [[Wizard|wizards]], allowing them to permanently acquire the spell and cast it once per [[Short Rest|short rest]].
+** The scroll can also be scribed by [[Wizard|wizards]], allowing them to permanently acquire the spell in the wizard tab in the spellbook.
-* Permanently via a missable dialogue, unlocking an action to summon her, located in the Common tab. This spell is not lost on resetting the caster's levels through [[Withers]].
+* Permanently by speaking to Shovel with a Warlock, Wizard or Sorcerer. This spell is not lost on respeccing. See [[#Permanently acquiring Shovel]].
 ==== Permanently acquiring Shovel ====
-[[Warlock|Warlocks]] and [[Wizard|wizards]], as well as [[Sorcerer|sorcerers]] with the [[Draconic Bloodline]] subclass,  can gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after using the scroll to summon her in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]].{{note|That only sorcerers with the Draconic Bloodline subclass can acquire Shovel this way may be unintended behaviour, since there is no apparent reason for this behavior.}} During the conversation, the player must first inquire on why her name is Shovel, and then react with "Shovel is fine". Afterwards the answer given to her, when she's making plan to murder and rob, should be similar.
+[[Warlock|Warlocks]] and [[Wizard|wizards]], as well as [[Sorcerer|sorcerers]] ([[Draconic Bloodline]] subclass is recommended due to potential bugs.), can gain the spell permanently in their common tab. After summoning Shovel either by using the [[Scroll of Summon Quasit]] found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]], or by a Wizard that scribed the scroll, that character will automatically initiate dialogue with her. Here you have to do the right dialogue options{{note|You cannot change Shovel's name, and you cannot ask about her former master Illyn.}}, and choosing the first one every time will work. After finishing that dialogue go to the character you want shovel on and start a new dialogue. If that character is a Warlock, Wizard of Sorcerer, Shovel will call them a "spell shite" and the spell will be added permanently to that characters common tab. Respeccing does not remove the spell. This does not work if you are disguised.
-The caster must then get past the [[Ornate Mirror]] in the same location, and must then {{em|immediately}} talk to Shovel. When done correctly, she will then tell her new master that they can call her when "the fisting starts". This does not work if you are disguised.
+By scribing the scroll on a Wizard, and talking to shovel with another character you can learn the spell on two characters.
-Other characters who meet the requirements may also speak to shovel to learn the spell, potentially allowing for multiple Shovels at once.
-If the caster proceeds too far into the room on the other side of the mirror,{{verify}} Shovel will instead initiate a dialogue about trust, bypassing the point at which the spell can be permanently unlocked. If this happens, there is no way to permanently acquire Shovel as a familiar.
 == History ==