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Shovel
	Stats ;
Race	Quasit
Type	Fiend
HP	7
AC	13
Size	Small

Revision as of 13:09, 22 November 2023

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.^{[url 1]}^[1]

“	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.
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 acquiring Shovel

Sorcerers, warlocks and wizards can gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after using the scroll to summon her in the Apothecary's Cellar, and then selecting any dialogue option except for '"No. And you'll ..."'.

The caster must then get past the Ornate Mirror in the same location, and must then immediately talk to Shovel again on the other side. When done correctly, she will refer to the caster as a magic user, and her new '"master"'.

If the caster proceeds too far into the room on the other side of the mirror, 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

Shovel was owned by the necromancer 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]

Footnotes

References

↑ 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?

↑ 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.

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

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

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+'''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.{{cite web|work=Patch notes|url=https://baldursgate3.game/news/patch-3-mac-support-magic-mirror-more_93|title=Baldur's Gate 3 website|publisher=Larian Studios|accessdate=12:08, 2023-11-22}}{{ref|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?}}
-'''Shovel''' is a quasit and summonable familiar that can be summoned via the [[Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit]] spell. Unlike regular quasits, Shovel can be interacted with and has unique dialogue.
+__NOTOC__
 {{Q|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.
-== Personality ==
+=== Summoning Shovel ===
+There are two ways of summoning Shovel:
-Shovel finds joy in murder and arson, and very easily gets bored. She enjoyed working with their former master, necromancer [[Toth]], even though he often forgot to feed her.
+* 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.
-== Acquiring Shovel ==
+* 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]].
-Shovel can be summoned temporarily via the {{RarityItem|Scroll of Summon Quasit}} found in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]].
-Scribing the spell will allows a [[Wizard]] to permanently keep the spell.
-[[Sorcerer]]s, [[Warlock]]s, and [[Wizard]]s can also gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after summoning her in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]]. This process can be a bit finnicky and might fail if done incorrectly. To do this, follow this procedure carefully:
-#Have the character who you want to give the summon spell to be one of the magical classes mentioned above, and that character has to be the one that first uses the scroll to summon Shovel.
+==== Permanently acquiring Shovel ====
-#They must pick the first dialog option except for when it says "No. And you'll...", then go up to the [[Ornate Mirror]] but do not talk to it yet. Save your game to be safe.
+[[Sorcerer|Sorcerers]], [[Warlock|warlocks]] and wizards can gain the spell permanently by talking to Shovel after using the scroll to summon her in the [[Apothecary's Cellar]], and then selecting any dialogue option except for '"No. And you'll ..."'.
-#Successfully get through the mirror, walk through and IMMEDIATELY talk to Shovel again just on the other side of the mirror. Her dialogue should mention noticing you are a magic user and agreeing you're her new master. If you have walked too far into the room past the mirror and her dialogue line is along the lines of "See? Trust me"...the point to get her has been bypassed and you will need to reload the save and re-attempt the process. Once that Trust Me line is spoken Shovel will never go back and mention noticing you as a magic user who can summon her.
-If acquired this way, the spell is located in the Common tab and not lost upon respeccing.
+The caster must then get past the [[Ornate Mirror]] in the same location, and must then {{strong|immediately}} talk to Shovel again on the other side. When done correctly, she will refer to the caster as a magic user, and her new '"master"'.
-If Shovel is summoned by scribing the spell on one character and spoken to with another, the spell can be gained by two separate characters.
+If the caster proceeds too far into the room on the other side of the mirror, 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.
-==Notes==
+== History ==
+Shovel was owned by the necromancer [[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.{{ref|Dialogue with Shovel, when spoken to in [[Apothecary's Cellar]].|act1}}
-*Shovel is fond of eating babies.
+== Footnotes ==
-*Summoning Shovel unlocks a Steam achievement titled "Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude" whose description reads: "Find and summon the quasit Shovel. Or is her name... Fork? Maybe Basket?" This confirms that Shovel is canonically female, which isn't very obvious in-game.
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