Auntie Ethel

Trader of Quirks and Sundries Sister of the Seeing Pearl
Auntie Ethel
Stats
Level 5
STR 18 (+4) DEX 14 (+2) CON 16 (+3) INT 13 (+1) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 18 (+4)
Race	[[Fey|Fey]]
Type	Fey
HP	112
AC	17
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	75kg / 150lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+2
Passive features
Alert  Darkvision  Opportunity Attack Fey Life (from item)
Character information
Location	The Hollow, Riverside Teahouse
Model

Auntie Ethel is a fussy trader of potions, lotions, quirks, and sundries who can be first encountered in The Hollow of the Emerald Grove. Later, she will return to her home at the Riverside Teahouse in the Sunlit Wetlands.

If killed, her body can be spoken to using Speak with Dead.

Shop

Notable Items Sold

• Corellon's Grace

The following items are restocked after a long rest:

• Elixir of Hill Giant Strength
• Potion of Invisibility
• Potion of Healing
• Elixir of Fire Resistance

Auntie Ethel's shop contains the following items:

Standard stock

Auntie Ethel always has these items to sell, sweetcheeks.

Item		Quantity	Chance
Potion of Invisibility		1	Always
Potion of Healing		4	Always
Potion of Greater Healing		1	Always
Water		5	Always
Elixir of Hill Giant Strength		3	Always
Corellon's Grace		1	Always
Gold		200 - 1350	Always

Alchemy table

Auntie Ethel will roll five or six times on this table.

Item		Quantity	Chance
Autumncrocus		1	1/8
Balsam		1	1/8
Belladonna		1	1/8
Daggerroot		1	1/8
Mergrass		1	1/8
Mugwort		1	1/8
Weavemoss		1	1/8
Wispweed		1	1/8

Mushroom table

Rolls 2-5 times on the Rare Mushroom Table. The average roll on the Rare Mushroom Supply Table is 3.4 mushrooms.

Quantity	2	3	4	5
Chance	1/5	2/5	1/5	1/5

Item		Quantity	Chance
Level 1 - 5
Acorn Truffle		1	Always
Level 6+
Acorn Truffle		1	1/4
Nightlight Frond		1	1/4
Swarming Toadstool		1	1/4
Tongue of Madness		1	1/4

Supplies table

Rolls one or two times on the Tiny Trader Table. Worth 5.0 Camp Supplies on average.

Quantity	1	2
Chance	3/5	2/5

Item		Quantity	Chance
Food Supply Table 2		1	1/5
Food Supply Table 3		1	2/5
Food Supply Table 4		1	2/5

Act One

In the Druid Grove

Auntie Ethel can be found in the The Hollow in the Emerald Grove, peddling "Potions and Lotions" to the Tiefling refugees. She's able to spot that something is off with the party and invites them to visit her at her home, the Riverside Teahouse.

• While in the Emerald Grove she is also a trader. If the party reaches the Sunlit Wetlands, Auntie Ethel moves from the Emerald and will appear in the Wetlands, and then eventually at the Teahouse.
• If successfully pickpocketed while in the Emerald Grove she will exclaim "Blast it all! I'm going home." and leave the area; presumably to her home at the Riverside Teahouse.

In the Riverside Teahouse

When the party arrives at this location, Auntie Ethel can be found forcing Mayrina to eat. If the party takes Ethel up on her offer for help, she will attempt to remove the Tadpole before stopping and declaring the Tadpole modified by ancient Netherese magic. The price for her help is to give up an eye to her, which she refuses to reverse despite failing to cure you.

Allowing Auntie Ethel to take your eye changes the appearance of one eye of your choice and gives you Paid the Price (Condition). You cannot take this deal if Volo has already replaced one of your eyes.

If the party takes her up on her offer, initiates combat, or attempts to infiltrate down into her lair, the Overgrown Tunnel, Auntie Ethel will reveal her true form: that of a Hag.

Speak with Dead

Ethel is quite unique in that her Speak with Dead dialogue changes depending on whether she still has the Tarnished Charm on her corpse when talking to her. Unlike most corpses, she will be willing (if angry) to speak to her killer.

With Tarnished Charm

*A charm on the hag's body flashes a faint glow.*

• Auntie Ethel: ARGH. You knuckle-dragging gobshite.

Auntie Ethel: You will bleed - you will choke on your own guts for this. (if the caster is Ethel's killer)

• Auntie Ethel: ARGH. Where is the knuckle-dragging gobshite that killed me? (if the caster is not Ethel's killer)

• Player: You're quite lively for a corpse.

• Auntie Ethel: I'm a hag, you little snot - you think I didn't plan for this? Death and I are old friends.

Auntie Ethel: But I won't be a corpse forever - that I can bloody promise you.

• Player: Tell me the truth - what did you want with Mayrina?

• Auntie Ethel: I didn't want the girl, sweetie. I wanted her babe.

Auntie Ethel: I would have gobbled it up and given birth to my very own hag daughter.

Auntie Ethel: From my guts she would've come - my blood, my bile. It would have been glorious.

• Player: Does being dead bother you? (if the caster is not Ethel's killer)

• Auntie Ethel: You think this is the first time? I've found my way back before, and I will again.

Auntie Ethel: And then I will make the cretin beg, plead, weep for what will always be denied...

Auntie Ethel: ...The sweet release of death.

• Player: You're dead and I'm not. Deal with it. (if the caster is Ethel's killer)

• Auntie Ethel: For now.

• Player: Why are you so cruel?

• Auntie Ethel: Please. It's you lot who come to me. All you do is want - to be prettier, to be richer, to be loved.

Auntie Ethel: People are their own worst enemies, petal. I just let them see it.

• Player: What deal did you make with Mayrina? (note:

• Auntie Ethel: The brat's husband is dead. So sad.

Auntie Ethel: She wanted me to bring him back to life. Little fool thought it would fix everything.

• Player: Do you have any regrets? (if the caster is not Ethel's killer)

• Auntie Ethel: Only one.

Auntie Ethel: And you'll never know.

• Player: Do you have any regrets? (if the caster is Ethel's killer)

• Auntie Ethel: Only that I don't get to see the flesh melt from your bones, your guts dissolve, and your brain liquefy as you turn into a mind flayer.

Auntie Ethel: You'll weep, you'll beg, you'll plead - anything to make it stop. And once you stand tall, proud and tentacled?

Auntie Ethel: You'll butcher your friends and your loved ones LIKE THE ILLITHID SCUM YOU ARE.

Without Tarnished Charm

Auntie Ethel: Bleed... choke on... your guts... (if the caster is Ethel's killer) Auntie Ethel: Kill them... kill them... all... (if the caster is not Ethel's killer)

• Player: Why did you want Mayrina?

• Auntie Ethel: Didn't want... the girl... wanted her... babe.

Auntie Ethel: ... was going to... eat it... and make a... hag daughter...

• Player: Are you the only hag around here?

• Auntie Ethel: Where there's people... there's... hags.

• Player: Where do you keep your valuables?

• Auntie Ethel: In my... workroom...

• Player: Why are you so cruel?

• Auntie Ethel: Not me... that's cruel. It's... people.

Auntie Ethel: They want... and want... and want. I merely... give.

Related Quests

• Find a Cure
  • Get Help from Auntie Ethel
• Save Mayrina
• Help the Hag Survivors
• Avenge the Hag Survivors
• Save Vanra

Notable Loot

• Tarnished Charm
• Auntie Ethel's Charm