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== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Goblin Camp === | === Goblin Camp === | ||
Abdirak resides inside the [[Shattered Sanctum]] next to the torture room. He offers the player peace and serenity through pain. If accepted, Abdirak will strike the player several times. If he is pleased with their performance, he will bless them with the [[Permanent bonuses|permanent bonus]] {{Cond|Loviatar's Love}}. In order to gain this bonus, the player will need to be hit three times and pass each | Abdirak resides inside the [[Shattered Sanctum]] next to the torture room. He offers the player peace and serenity through pain. If accepted, Abdirak will strike the player several times. If he is pleased with their performance, he will bless them with the [[Permanent bonuses|permanent bonus]] {{Cond|Loviatar's Love}}. In order to gain this bonus, the player will need to be hit three times and pass each performance roll three times, each intimidation roll three times, or fail each constitution roll three times. | ||
If attempting to fail the Constitution rolls, you can easily inflict [[Poisoned (Condition)|Poisoned]] on yourself by eating some of the rotten food found in the room next door. | |||
==== Fail to hold back the pain ==== | |||
Must be failed all three times. | |||
* {{Dialogue option|''Try to hold back your cries.''|roll=Constitution|dc=10}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|''Take a deep breath and close your eyes.''|roll=Constitution|dc=10}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|''Grit your teeth and keep still.''|roll=Constitution|dc=10|disadvantage=y}} | |||
==== Cry out for mercy ==== | |||
* {{Dialogue option|''Yelp loudly and dramatically beg for mercy.''|roll=Performance|dc=5}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|''Writhe in exaggerated agony and cry out.''|roll=Performance|dc=10}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|Ah, mercy! I can't take it... it's too much!|roll=Performance|dc=10|advantage=y}} | |||
==== Telling him to hit harder ==== | |||
* {{Dialogue option|Come on. A child can hit harder than that.|roll=Intimidation|dc=10}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|You look tired. Should I take over?|roll=Intimidation|dc=10|advantage=y}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|Hit me as hard as you can - or I'll return the favour.|roll=Intimidation|dc=5}} | |||
* {{Dialogue option|More.|tags=Barbarian|roll=Intimidation|dc=10|advantage=y}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|MORE.|tags=Barbarian|roll=Intimidation|dc=10|advantage=y}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|'''MORE!'''|tags=Barbarian|roll=Intimidation|dc=5|advantage=y}} | |||
==== Use monk training ==== | |||
Always results in failure, as the party member does not react to the pain like Abdirak desires. | |||
* {{Dialogue option|''Slow your breathing to attain silence, inside and out.''|tags=Monk}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|''Slow your heart and sink deeper into the stillness.''|tags=Monk}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|''Let the world recede. You neither hear the priest nor feel the blow.''|tags=Monk}} | |||
==== Using bard skills ==== | |||
Requires no checks, automatically succeeds. | |||
* {{Dialogue option|''Make a show of screaming at the top of your lungs.''|tags=Bard}} | |||
** {{Dialogue option|''Howl at the PAIN, the AGONY of it all.''|tags=Bard}} | |||
*** {{Dialogue option|''Sing out in pain and pleasure. You've never felt so ALIVE.''|tags=Bard}} | |||
If the player reads ''[[On Receiving Her Grace]]'', found on the nearby table, they will unlock the dialogue option "I saw your book. Let me try some of those techniques". This will allow them to choose which tool {{-}} mace, knife, or axe {{-}} Abdirak uses, and thus changes the damage type inflicted to {{DamageType|Bludgeoning}}, {{DamageType|Piercing}}, or {{DamageType|Slashing}} respectively. This can be used to the player's advantage by planning ahead to reduce damage taken. For example, selecting the axe option and casting [[Blade Ward]] or equipping the [[Amulet of the Unworthy]]{{note|Found on one of the [[Minotaur]]s in the [[Underdark]], easiest access is via the [[Zhentarim Basement]].}} to gain Slashing resistance. If all three ritual weapons are taken away, he will cast Bone Chill instead. | If the player reads ''[[On Receiving Her Grace]]'', found on the nearby table, they will unlock the dialogue option "I saw your book. Let me try some of those techniques". This will allow them to choose which tool {{-}} mace, knife, or axe {{-}} Abdirak uses, and thus changes the damage type inflicted to {{DamageType|Bludgeoning}}, {{DamageType|Piercing}}, or {{DamageType|Slashing}} respectively. This can be used to the player's advantage by planning ahead to reduce damage taken. For example, selecting the axe option and casting [[Blade Ward]] or equipping the [[Amulet of the Unworthy]]{{note|Found on one of the [[Minotaur]]s in the [[Underdark]], easiest access is via the [[Zhentarim Basement]].}} to gain Slashing resistance. If all three ritual weapons are taken away, he will cast Bone Chill instead. |
Revision as of 09:15, 19 November 2024
“Let the sting of pain wash away your pain!„
Involvement
Goblin Camp
Abdirak resides inside the Shattered Sanctum next to the torture room. He offers the player peace and serenity through pain. If accepted, Abdirak will strike the player several times. If he is pleased with their performance, he will bless them with the permanent bonus . In order to gain this bonus, the player will need to be hit three times and pass each performance roll three times, each intimidation roll three times, or fail each constitution roll three times.
If attempting to fail the Constitution rolls, you can easily inflict Poisoned on yourself by eating some of the rotten food found in the room next door.
Fail to hold back the pain
Must be failed all three times.
- [CONSTITUTION] Try to hold back your cries. (DC 10)
- [CONSTITUTION] Take a deep breath and close your eyes. (DC 10)
- [CONSTITUTION] Grit your teeth and keep still. (DC 10 )
- [CONSTITUTION] Take a deep breath and close your eyes. (DC 10)
Cry out for mercy
- [PERFORMANCE] Yelp loudly and dramatically beg for mercy. (DC 5)
- [PERFORMANCE] Writhe in exaggerated agony and cry out. (DC 10)
- [PERFORMANCE] Ah, mercy! I can't take it... it's too much! (DC 10 )
- [PERFORMANCE] Writhe in exaggerated agony and cry out. (DC 10)
Telling him to hit harder
- [INTIMIDATION] Come on. A child can hit harder than that. (DC 10)
- [INTIMIDATION] You look tired. Should I take over? (DC 10 )
- [INTIMIDATION] Hit me as hard as you can - or I'll return the favour. (DC 5)
- [INTIMIDATION] You look tired. Should I take over? (DC 10 )
- [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] More. (DC 10 )
- [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] MORE. (DC 10 )
- [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] MORE! (DC 5 )
- [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] MORE. (DC 10 )
Use monk training
Always results in failure, as the party member does not react to the pain like Abdirak desires.
- [MONK] Slow your breathing to attain silence, inside and out.
- [MONK] Slow your heart and sink deeper into the stillness.
- [MONK] Let the world recede. You neither hear the priest nor feel the blow.
- [MONK] Slow your heart and sink deeper into the stillness.
Using bard skills
Requires no checks, automatically succeeds.
- [BARD] Make a show of screaming at the top of your lungs.
- [BARD] Howl at the PAIN, the AGONY of it all.
- [BARD] Sing out in pain and pleasure. You've never felt so ALIVE.
- [BARD] Howl at the PAIN, the AGONY of it all.
If the player reads On Receiving Her Grace, found on the nearby table, they will unlock the dialogue option "I saw your book. Let me try some of those techniques". This will allow them to choose which tool – mace, knife, or axe – Abdirak uses, and thus changes the damage type inflicted to Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing respectively. This can be used to the player's advantage by planning ahead to reduce damage taken. For example, selecting the axe option and casting Blade Ward or equipping the Amulet of the Unworthy[note 1] to gain Slashing resistance. If all three ritual weapons are taken away, he will cast Bone Chill instead.
If the interacting party member has removed their armour before letting Abdirak hit them, it will grant them - a temporary condition that gives a +4 bonus to Performance and Intimidation checks.
Defeat the goblins
Abdirak will leave the sanctum if the goblin leaders are killed. He can be found during the fight standing in front of a burrow contemplating that he is too big to fit to escape. He will be carrying the Ritual Dagger and Ritual Axe on him from the Bloodied Shrine.
Companion approval
Combat
Abdirak can cast heal to himself even though he is or .
Notable loot
Gallery
Related literature
- On Receiving Her Grace, on the nearby table
Footnotes
- ↑ Found on one of the Minotaurs in the Underdark, easiest access is via the Zhentarim Basement.
External links
- Abdirak on the Forgotten Realms Wiki