Akabi

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Destroyer of Planes
Akabi
Stats
Level 8
STR 22 (+6) DEX 13 (+1) CON 24 (+7) INT 16 (+3) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 16 (+3)
Race	[[Elemental|Elemental]]
Type	Elemental
HP	183
AC	17
Size	Medium
Weight	100kg / 200lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+1
Passive features
Opportunity Attack
Resistances
Character information
Location	Rivington

Akabi is an NPC encountered in Baldur's Gate 3 during Chapter Three. He is a performer at the Circus of the Last Days in Rivington, located at X: -68 Y: -75 where he can be found hosting a Spin the Wheel game.

When approached, Akabi will invite the player to participate and Spin the Wheel for 500 gold, loudly promoting the allure of winning the jackpot. Players that participate will only ever get one of the 16 largely useless consolation prizes, however.

Winning the Jackpot

A successful DC 20 Perception check will reveal that Akabi is cheating, manipulating the wheel to ensure no one wins the jackpot.

He will deny any accusations, offering the player to simply spin again instead. If provoked, Akabi will shapeshift the player into a cheese wheel for 20 turns. Akabi will refuse to let anyone play who has been transformed by him in this way, but other characters can still participate.

Instead, Akabi will need to be pickpocketed (or traded) for his Djinni Ring, without which he cannot rig the game. However, doing this will permanently lock the player out of winning future consolation prizes.

After, paying 500 gold to play will result in the player winning the jackpot. Akabi will be enraged at the player having cheated, and transport the contestant far to the Jungle, in the distant land of Chult. If the player can survive, they'll find the legendary trident Nyrulna in a locked chest near the portal back to the circus.

There is also a Band of the Mystic Scoundrel hidden in the cave to the west of the portal, high above behind a large fallen tree.

Consolation Prizes

There are 16 possible consolation prizes from Akabi. Some have utility, but most are either useless or even harmful.

• The +1 Breastplate is just a normal Breastplate. The description text reveals it is simply named "+1 Breastplate."
• Bag of Moulding turns all inserted food into moldy and rotten versions.
  • These can still be used as camp supplies and can be stacked with each other if the supply value is the same.
  • Drinks are immune to this effect.
• Boots of Very Fast Blinking grants a per turn free casting of  Misty Step, a very powerful item, except the character will be stripped naked down to their underwear on every usage, the stripped articles of clothing will be left on the spot the user teleported from.
  • The inventory, equipped accessories, weapons, and the Boots of Very Fast Blinking themselves are not affected, and will stay with the user.
• Comeback Handaxe, despite its description, does not return to the user at all when thrown. It is simply a Handaxe with a +1 enchantment.
• Eternal Carafe of Wine (Or Sometimes Acid) will inflict the Caustic Brine condition on its user, dealing damage.
• Reverse Rain Cloak makes the wearer Wet. This permanent condition causes them to be immune to Burning, resistant to fire damage, but vulnerable to cold and lightning damage.
  • The wearer will also have their accumulated blood and dirt washed away upon equipping due to the Wet condition.
  • Wavemother's Cloak is a lesser version of this item, giving an analogous set of elemental resistances only until damage is taken on a turn.
• Staff of a Mumbling Wizard, when equipped, gives the user a 100% hit chance  Fire Bolt cantrip. But it has a 10% chance of spawning a  Fireball centered on the caster with every use of the cantrip. Pairs well with the Reverse Rain Cloak.
• Unlucky Thief's Gloves provides a +2 bonus to Sleight of Hand checks, and adds a piece of Charcoal to the wearer's inventory for each item they steal.
  • While the description of this item intends for the charcoal to be a punishment, the player can sell them for a small profit.
  • There is a chance for a charcoal brisket to be added instead, burning the wearer and possibly forcing pickpocket to end.

The other possible prizes are all useless:

• Akabi's Old Lamp
• Definitely a Broom of Flying
• Gem of Restitution
• Lonely Left Boot of Elvenkind
• Magical Walnut
• Mirror of Ageing
• Sharess' Caress Voucher
• The Other Hand of Vecna

Notes

• Bards need not even steal or trade for the ring: with a successful check, they can distract Akabi with either a joke or a well-timed fart and win the jackpot. Akabi will accuse the player of cheating anyway.
• Akabi will permanently close down the game if the player attempts to play normally the 17th time. In order to obtain everything, including the jackpot, one must have 8,500 gold in hand, spin the wheel normally 15 times, and on the 16th win the jackpot.
• A book within Akabi's tent reveals that he has an interest in "Cheesomancy," the "Wild Art of Cheese Magic." If the player accuses him of cheating but doesn't pickpocket him, he polymorph them into a wheel of cheese for 20 rounds.
• The spent gold can be pickpocketed back, with a DC 30 Sleight of Hand check.