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Shovel
	Stats ;
Race	Quasit
Type	Fiend
HP	7
AC	13
Size	Small
	Passive features
	Darkvision Opportunity Attack
Character information
Location	The Apothecary's Cellar

Revision as of 09:43, 6 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 and cast it once per short rest.
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

Warlocks and wizards, as well as 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 2]} and then selecting any dialogue option except for '"No. And you'll ..."'.

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

If the caster gets the mirror to open for them, 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 Illyn 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?
↑ 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.

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] 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.

[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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 ==== 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.}} and then selecting any dialogue option except for '"No. And you'll ..."'.
+[[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.}} 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 {{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"'.
+The caster must then {{strong|immediately}} talk to Shovel again before getting past the [[Ornate Mirror]] in the same location. 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.
+If the caster gets the mirror to open for them, 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.
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