Filro

Filro the Forgotten is a hostile male Drow Wizard located in the Dread Hollow area of the Underdark.

Involvement

Filro can be encountered near the Sussur Tree in the Underdark. He is hostile toward the party from the start and fights alongside the Hook Horrors, that patrol around the Sussur Tree. Filro holds the Icy Crystal, one of the three pieces required to rebuild the powerful Mourning Frost.

He can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

History

Xargrim, Filro, and Dhourn were trying to find the Adamantine Forge somewhere within the Underdark. Filro was tasked with learning about any defense mechanisms within the forge and learned of a guardian of the forge that could be injured while it was in magma, and that was vulnerable to a "hot hammer".

Abandoned by his companions after they turned on each other, Filro was found by a pack of Hook Horrors who took him in and cared for him.

Speak with Dead

Party member: Who are you?

• Filro: Filro... forgotten... forsaken...

Party member: You lived among these creatures?

• Filro: My pack... found me... fed me... gnome flesh...

Party member: How did you come to be here?

• Filro: Chasing... mystery... riddle... lie... the Adamantine Forge...
  • Party member: The Adamantine Forge - what is that?
    • Filro: Workshop... of great Silouv... Yali...
    • Filro: Artefacts... beyond price...
  • Party member: Where would I find this forge?
    • Filro: Location... was Dhourn's task... I learned... of the Guardian...
      • Party member: What's the 'Guardian'?
        • Filro: Protector... of the Adamantine Forge...
        • Filro: Born... from hellish heat... in hellish heat... destroyed...
  • Party member: Who is this Dhourn your records mention?
    • Filro: Friend... enemy... like Xargrim

Party member: The glowing tree - what is it?

• Filro: It... stills the Weave... protects me from... the others...
  • Party member: What others?
    • Filro: Xargrim... Dhourn...
    • Filro: Three seek... Adamantine Forge... only one of us... may find...

If the party killed the nearby Hook Horrors, the party member must pass a check first before Filro will answer any questions:

• [DECEPTION] You're confused. I would never harm something as beautiful as your beloved. (DC 20)
• [PALADIN OF KELEMVOR] [CLERIC OF KELEMVOR] [PERSUASION] If you wish to see your beloved in the afterlife, I can smooth the way. (DC 10)
• [BERSERKER] [INTIMIDATION] ANSWER ME! (DC 15 )
• [WARLOCK] [SORCERER] [INTIMIDATION] You are in my power. I do not ask, I command. (DC 15)

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Feather Fall ()

You and nearby allies gain Immunity to Falling damage.

 Range: Self

AoE: 9 m / 30 ft (Radius)

 Fire Bolt ()

1d10 (1~10) Fire

Hurl a mote of fire.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Hypnotic Pattern ()

 Hypnotise creatures that can see the pattern. They cannot attack you. They cannot move nor act.

This spell can be cast while you are  Silenced.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 9 m / 30 ft (Radius)

 Mirror Image ()

Create 3 illusory duplicates of yourself to distract attackers. Each duplicate increases your  Armour Class by 3.

Whenever you successfully evade an attack, one of the duplicates disappears.

 Range: Self

 Misty Step ()

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Shield ()

When you are about to be hit by an enemy, use your Reaction to increase your  Armour Class by 5. You also take no damage from  Magic Missile. These effects last until the start of your next turn.

 Range: Self

 Sleep ()

Put creatures into a magical slumber. Select targets up to a combined 24 Hit Points.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Tasha's Hideous Laughter ()

Leave a creature  Prone with laughter, without the ability to get up.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Thunderwave ()

2d8 (2~16) Thunder

Release a wave of thunderous force that pushes away all creatures and objects in an area, while also dealing Thunder damage.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Cube)

Allies

• Hook Horror - 3x

Encounter details

Filro will use the the height advantage he has among the cliffs and roots to throw down debilitating spells onto intruders for the monstrosities to pick off. He favors casting  Tasha's Hideous Laughter to make his enemies fall  Prone, leaving them open for a Hook Horror's deadly  Multiattack (Hook Horror). Grouping up near him on the high ground can also lead to a lethal outcome if he uses his  Thunderwave to shove party members off the cliff.

If the Bulette is still alive when the party begins the fight with Filro and the Hook Horrors, then it has a chance of burrowing out of the ground to join the combat. Its  Territorial passive leads to it attacking the Hook Horrors before going after the party.

Tactics

Filro has low Wisdom and Charisma, making him weak to spells with such Saving Throws. A well aimed  Shove can also instantly kill him via fall damage or by knocking him into a chasm, though in the latter case the Icy Crystal he carries would be lost.

The party can also consider not fighting the Bulette until it makes its appearance during this fight. The Bulette and Hook Horrors will deal good damage to each other, potentially weakening all of them enough for the party to kill them.

Also, if Sovereign Glut is an Attached Follower, he can use his Animating Spores ability to revive a Hook Horror as a "Spore Servant", letting you use their powerful natural abilities against the other Horrors and the insane wizard.

Loot

• Icy Crystal
• Quarterstaff
• Scribbled Notes
• Simple Robe

Related literature

• Tattered Scroll

Related quests

•  The Adamantine Forge

Notes

• If killing Filro before encountering Dhourn, the party can tell Dhourn that they killed Filro instead of discussing the Adamantine Forge. If successfully deceiving Dhourn that Filro had nothing of note, combat with Dhourn can be avoided entirely.
• Filro can be heard singing a song to himself before he is approached and triggers combat. The lyrics are: "The Bitch Queen shan't take me, my joy, ahoy / Bellows and swallows, my joy, ahoy / Melinda, my true love, my true love, my true... / Where have you got to, my darling, my joy"

External links

• Filro on the Forgotten Realms Wiki