Necrotic Laboratory: Difference between revisions

To the west of the hexagram is located a small study with a desk and the [[Mind-Archive Interface]] nearby({{coords|699|-117}}). This device allows player to talk to brains in green jars found scattered across the colony, through the [[Slack-Skinned Head]] installed on it. Journal with [[Balthazar]]'s notes left on the desk tells that the Interface is an invention of [[Enver Gortash]].

Of all those, the only truly useful is the [[Waking Mind]]. If spoken to, it occurs to be a brain of a [[Githzerai]] [[Monk]], preserved by mind flayers long ago as a trophy and a delicacy. It can grant to the party member who spoke to it a permanent buff: [[Githzerai Mind Barrier]], in exchange for player's promise to purge it afterwards.

All other brains will only give dialogue, though some cast a bit of light upon [[Balthazar]] and [[Gortash]]'s cooperative experiments in creating magically enhanced tadpoles and honing their impact on infested victims.

Also on the desk lay Mol's [[Eyepatch]] and [[Resonance Stone]]. Picking up the Eyepatch updates the [[Find Mol]] quest. The Resonance Stone radiates magical energy that provides all characters within 9 meters with Steeped in Bliss condition (see Resonance Stone article). A [[Prayer for Forgiveness|scroll]] laying nearby gives some hints concerning the history of the [[Dark Urge]] origin.

The last notable items on the desk are two [[Rune Slate]]s, each requires a {{Ability check|Arcana|14}} to be read. Unlike slates found on the Nautiloid, here the inscribed text appears not as a Narrator line, but written on a grey-coloured paper list (similar to a book layout). '''As per current state of the game''', the text appears without any regard to success on said check (''possible bug?''{{verify}}), though banter lines of different characters befit the roll results. Both slates tell about the fall of the Illithid Empire and the fate of the Elder Brain managing the colony.