Sazza

Sazza
Level 2
Role	Temporary companion
Voiced by	Holly-Marie Michael
Information
Title	Follower of the Absolute
Race	Goblin
Hometown	Goblin Camp
Stats
Size	Small
Type	Humanoid
Armour Class	13
Hit points	9 (Balanced) 11 (Tactician)
Movement speed	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	35 kg (70 lb)
Initiative	+1
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 10 (0) 13 (+1) 10 (0) 10 (0) 8 (-1) 8 (-1)
Proficiency bonus	+2
Saving throws	Str 0 Dex +1 Con 0 Int 0 Wis -1 Cha -1
Features
Darkvision	Can see in the dark up to 12m.
Fury of the Small Tactician	Once per combat, deal +1d6 physical to a creature larger than you.
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Sazza is a goblin follower of the Absolute. She is first found held prisoner in the Makeshift Prison in Emerald Grove. If the player helps her, she becomes a temporary companion.

Involvement

Act One

Players who first approach the Makeshift Prison through the Emerald Grove gateway will find Sazza held at crossbow point by Arka, who seeks vengeance for her dead brother Kanon. Arka's friend, Memnos, is attempting to dissuade her from the senseless act of violence. The player can choose to either help Sazza by interfering with Arka's plans to shoot her, or let Sazza die by Arka's hands.

If the player chooses to help Sazza and then speaks with her, she will offer to introduce you to True Soul Priestess Gut, who has powerful healing abilities. Players who choose to help her will gain her as a temporary companion with 9HP and must escort her out of the Grove safely. Doing the Save the Goblin Sazza quest in her favor, she promises to put in a good word for you with her tribe, helping bypass the checkpoints at the Goblin Camp and Shattered Sanctum. When meeting Minthara, she will try to present your group as captives to cover her failures in the raid, but be called out on the fact you are a True Soul. With the threat of punishment looming, you can decide her fate which can lead to her death or reimprisonment.

• If the player speaks to Sazza after she is spared a second time when asked by Minthara, she can be persuaded with a DC check to give up information. Upon successful roll, she will inform the player of a secret cache behind the waterfall near the bridge X: -133 Y: 398 .
• If the player does not free Sazza, then the Save the Goblin Sazza quest will resolve with her death, and her corpse may be looted through the cage.
• If the player does free Sazza but kills all three goblin leaders later to save the Grove, she will die instantly upon the third goblin leader's death.

Act Two

If kept alive during Act 1, Sazza can once again be encountered in the audience chamber at Moonrise Towers, being judged along with other goblins for their failure to secure the Artifact. Their fate is given to the player to determine, and she can once again be set free (which will award an achievement) or can be executed with varying degrees of cruelty.

If freed, Sazza and the other goblins immediately flee from Moonrise and cannot be spoken to again. This leaves her ultimate fate unknown, though it is noted by the player themselves in a dialogue option that she and the other goblin likely fell prey to the Shadow Curse on account of them not having a Moonlantern.

Companion approval

Act 1

Dealing with captive Sazza in the Emerald Grove prison:

• Allow Arka to shoot Sazza:  +1 +1

• Stand between Arka's crossbow and Sazza:  +1

• Successfully stop Arka from shooting Sazza (successful intimidation or persuasion DC roll):  +1 -1 +1 -1 +1

Talking to Sazza while she is in the cage: "Deal. I'll get you out of there."  +1  -1 -1

Talking to Sazza after freeing her from her cage:

• "It's a deal, signed and struck":  -1  -1  -1

In the Goblin camp:

• Stand up for Sazza before Minthara:  +1  +1  -1  -1  -1

Act 2

Choosing to free or execute Sazza and the other goblins:

• "Spill your guts on the floor. I want to see you bleed." +1

• "Not another word. In fact - not another breath, from any of you." +1

• "I'll give you a fair chance. Fight me - you either die, or you kill me and you're free to go." -1  +1

• "Guards. Release them." -1  -1

Speak with Dead

Sazza can be spoken to with Speak with Dead.

Player: Who are you?

• Sazza: ... Sazza... toughest in... the tribe...

Player: How did they capture you?

• Sazza: ... scoutin' ... snoopin'...
• Sazza: ... tieflin's... don't fight... fair...

Player: who leads your tribe?

• ... Boss Ragzlin... and the drow...

Player: Can anyone in your tribe heal?

• Sazza: ... priestess Gut... powerful...
  • Player: Where can i find this priestess Gut?
  • Sazza: ... West... temple ruins...

Player: Who or what is the Absolute?

• Sazza: ... everything... all of us...

Player: Your tribe must have some valuable loot. Where do they hide it?

• Sazza: ... Ragzlin... waterfall... bridge...

Achievement

She Cannot Be Caged!
Rescue Sazza from the Emerald Grove, Goblin Camp and Moonrise Towers in one playthrough.

Gallery

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  Sazza's model.

External links

Sazza on the Forgotten Realms Wiki