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'''Sarth Baretha:''' Forgiveness, Kith'rak. | '''Sarth Baretha:''' Forgiveness, Kith'rak. | ||
'''Kith'rak Voss:''' And as for you, tell me - why shouldn't I run you through this instant? | |||
*{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|15}} - ''Silently hold his stare and discreetly prepare to attack}} | *{{anchor|beginning}}{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Sleight of Hand|15}} - ''Silently hold his stare and discreetly prepare to attack}} | ||
**{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | **{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Hmm. You make good use of silence. Too many think hot air will save them... | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Hmm. You make good use of silence. Too many think hot air will save them... | ||
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**************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Bring me their heads. Bring me the ''weapon''. If you succeed, the reward will be great. | **************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Bring me their heads. Bring me the ''weapon''. If you succeed, the reward will be great. | ||
**************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Now go. | **************'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Now go. | ||
**************{{anchor|passcase}}[[File:Thaumaturgy.webp|30px]]'''''(Dialogue ends in peace. The party gains experience for each opponent defeated by your words. {{Approval|Gale|+1}}. [[Charlatan]] backgrounds are [[Inspiration|inspired]].)''''' | **************{{anchor|passcase}}[[File:Thaumaturgy.webp|30px]]'''''(Dialogue ends in peace. The party gains experience for each opponent defeated by your words. {{Approval|Gale|+1}}{{Approval|Shadowheart|+1}}. [[Charlatan]] backgrounds are [[Inspiration|inspired]].)''''' | ||
*************{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | *************{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | ||
**************{{anchor|hindrance}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Help? Absurd. You're already a hindrance, wasting my time. | **************{{anchor|hindrance}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Help? Absurd. You're already a hindrance, wasting my time. | ||
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== As Lae'zel == | == As Lae'zel == | ||
Lae'zel's conversation, if she is not the [[Avatar]] and approaches the [[Gith]] as a member of the party, is a direct route to combat. | {{dcond|Lae'zel's conversation, if she is not the [[Avatar]] and approaches the [[Gith]] as a member of the party, is a direct route to combat.}} | ||
*'''Lae'zel:''' Rider - my time is short. Lead me to... | *'''Lae'zel:''' Rider - my time is short. Lead me to... | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Sh-sh-shh. Such a familiar tone. | *'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Sh-sh-shh. Such a familiar tone. | ||
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*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Yet you are not bleeding. For I am ''nothing'' if not merciful. | *'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Yet you are not bleeding. For I am ''nothing'' if not merciful. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Your name, child. | *'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Your name, child. | ||
*'''Lae'zel:''' ...Lae'zel. | **{{dcond|If Lae'zel is not the [[Avatar]] and approached [[Voss]] as a member of the party}} | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' 'Lae'zel.' Proud. Regal, even. | ***'''Lae'zel:''' ...Lae'zel. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will call me ''Jhe'stil Kith'rak.'' | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' 'Lae'zel.' Proud. Regal, even. | ||
*'''Lae'zel:''' Voss, Knight Supreme. The queen's silver, the queen's sword. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will call me ''Jhe'stil Kith'rak.'' | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I am who you say. | ***'''Lae'zel:''' Voss, Knight Supreme. The queen's silver, the queen's sword. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' A ''ghaik'' vessel has fallen from the sky, Lae'zel. Thieves aboard have taken a weapon most precious. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I am who you say. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Take word to your creche. You are to join our search. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' A ''ghaik'' vessel has fallen from the sky, Lae'zel. Thieves aboard have taken a weapon most precious. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Speak up, child. Affirm your mandate. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Take word to your creche. You are to join our search. | ||
*'''Lae'zel:''' My mandate, ''Jhe'stil Kith'rak'', is to locate this creche. I was infected aboard a ''ghaik'' ship and need to be purified. Your mandate is to aid me. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Speak up, child. Affirm your mandate. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Purified? Oh, Lae'zel - why must the truth be so bitter? Soon, your skin will go grey, and your blood will run silver. You will shed your skin to become ''ghaik.'' | ***{{anchor|mandate}}'''Lae'zel:''' My mandate, ''Jhe'stil Kith'rak'', is to locate this creche. I was infected aboard a ''ghaik'' ship and need to be purified. Your mandate is to aid me. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Only in ''death'' are the infected cleansed. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Purified? Oh, Lae'zel - why must the truth be so bitter? Soon, your skin will go grey, and your blood will run silver. You will shed your skin to become ''ghaik.'' | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will give us the weapon. Then you will bend your head for the sword. | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Only in ''death'' are the infected cleansed. | ||
*'''Lae'zel:''' Stand down, knight. I do not have what you seek! | ***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will give us the weapon. Then you will bend your head for the sword. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Our queen's word binds me. | ***'''Lae'zel:''' Stand down, knight. I do not have what you seek! | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Baretha, see that her skull is split and the tadpole crushed. Then examine her corpse. I will take word to the [[Vlaakith|Undying Queen]]. | ***{{anchor|bound}}'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Our queen's word binds me. | ||
*'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Qudenos - to the sky! | **'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Baretha, see that her skull is split and the tadpole crushed. Then examine her corpse. I will take word to the [[Vlaakith|Undying Queen]]. | ||
***'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Qudenos - to the sky! | |||
****'''''[[File:Poisoned Condition Icon.webp|30px|none]](Dialogue ends, resulting in combat)''''' | |||
**{{dcond|If Lae'zel is not the [[Avatar]] and left the party, running ahead to approach [[Voss]]}} | |||
***{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Nod to Lae'zel'' Go ahead.}} {{Approval|Karlach|+1}}{{Approval|Lae'zel|+10}} | |||
****'''Lae'zel:''' ...Lae'zel. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' 'Lae'zel.' Proud. Regal, even. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will call me ''Jhe'stil Kith'rak.'' | |||
****'''Lae'zel:''' Voss, Knight Supreme. The queen's silver, the queen's sword. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I am who you say. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' A ''ghaik'' vessel has fallen from the sky, Lae'zel. Thieves aboard have taken a weapon most precious. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Take word to your creche. You are to join our search. | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Speak up, child. Affirm your mandate. | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Mouth a silent command to Lae'zel: 'truth'.}} | |||
******{{dact|seeabove|mandate}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' {{Ability check|Persuasion|10}} ''Mouth a silent command to Lae'zel: 'play along'.}} | |||
******{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | |||
*******'''Lae'zel:''' You honour me with this duty, Kith'rak. I shall alert my caretaker with haste. | |||
*******{{dcond|The player avatar rolls a passive {{Ability check|Deception|12}}}} | |||
********{{dcond|If you pass the check}} | |||
*********'''Narrator:''' *The Kith'rak nods, content with Lae'zel's answer.* | |||
*********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You serve your queen well, child. Take your slaves, and hunt those who escaped the ''ghaik'' ship. They ''must'' carry the weapon. | |||
*********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' I fly now to Vlaakith, our Undying Queen. She will see your faith rewarded in this plane and ours. | |||
*********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Qudenos - to the sky! | |||
*********{{dact|seeabove|passcase}} | |||
*******{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Lae'zel. Child. Your lies sting. Has Vlaakith not demanded better? | |||
********'''Lae'zel:''' Vlaakith demands my purity, Kith'rak. I was infected aboard a ''ghaik'' ship. ''By protocol you'' must aid me. | |||
********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You were on the nautiloid? Then you are a ''ghaik'' wearing githyanki skin. | |||
********'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Bend your head for the sword. | |||
********'''Lae'zel:''' I have done no wrong, Kith'rak. | |||
********{{dact|seeabove|bound}} | |||
******{{dcond|If you fail the check}} | |||
*******{{dact|seeabove|mandate}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' ''Produce the odd artefact.'' You're looking for this, I take it?}} | |||
******'''Kith'rak Voss:''' Our thieves come forth, Baretha. Did you imagine such fortune? | |||
******'''Lae'zel:''' Half-wit! {{Approval|Lae'zel|-4}} | |||
******'''Kith'rak Voss:''' You will give us the weapon. Then you will bend your head for the sword. | |||
******'''Lae'zel:''' I have done no wrong. Vlaakith demands my purity, Kith'rak. I was infected aboard the ''ghaik'' ship. By protocol you must aid me. | |||
******{{dact|seeabove|bound}} | |||
*****{{dopt|'''Player:''' I have my own mandate. Time to die, gith.}} | |||
******{{dact|You chose violence.|failcase}} | |||
***{{dopt|'''Player:''' I will be speaking on her behalf, gith.}} | |||
****'''Lae-zel:''' Imbecile! Stay back! {{Approval|Karlach|-1}} {{Approval|Shadowheart|+1}} {{Approval|Lae'zel|-5}} | |||
****'''Kith'rak Voss''': Now, now, child - your pet means to speak. Tell me, pet: why shouldn't I run you through this instant? | |||
****{{dact|seeabove|beginning}} | |||
== Githyanki character == | == Githyanki character == | ||
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== Trivial changes == | == Trivial changes == | ||
*If [[Shadowheart]] is in the party, she will appear to become nervous at points. These changes do not change any outcomes. | *If [[Shadowheart]] is in the party, she will appear to become nervous at points. These changes do not change any outcomes. | ||
*A passive [[Perception]] check is made when Voss flies away and Lae'zel is present. It doesn't change any outcomes, but {{Spoilerblur|insinuates that he was lying about returning to Vlaakith, hinting at his true allegiances}}. | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||