Ettvard Needle

Editor in chief for the Baldur's Mouth Gazette

Full Name

Ettvard Needle

Hometown

Baldur's Gate

Stats

Race

Human

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

1

HP

4

AC

11

Initiative

0

Proficiency

+2

Movement

9 m (30 ft)

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)	10 (0)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
0	0	0	0	0	0

Features

Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Ettvard Needle is the human editor in chief for the Baldur's Mouth Gazette, found in their main building; the Baldur's Mouth, Lower City.

Overview

He claims to be close with Lord Gortash and abuses his position of power in journalism to print propaganda for him.

Involvement

Talking to Ettvard will start the quest Stop the Presses if the party hadn't already started it elsewhere. After conversing with him, Ettvard will call the guards to evict the party from the Baldur's Mouth, which will make the entire building a restricted area, making it harder to complete the quest. The quest will also ONLY become time sensitive after the party has spoken to Ettvard.

If Gortash is dead, Ettvard will lose interest in the party and will exclusively publish articles about Gortash's death, which makes the quest Stop the Presses unavailable. Ettvard will even call the party "old news" and shoo them away (this does not make the building a restricted area).

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