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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Omeluum was born with a propensity for arcane magic, giving it the strength to resist the elder brain and defect. Following its ambitions to better the world, Omeluum joined the Society of Brilliance, and now conducts research with its friend and fellow member, | Omeluum was born with a propensity for arcane magic, giving it the strength to resist the elder brain and defect. Following its ambitions to better the world, Omeluum joined the Society of Brilliance, and now conducts research with its friend and fellow member, Blurg. Currently, they are working to improve living conditions in the Underdark. | ||
== Involvement == | == Involvement == | ||
=== Act One === | === Act One === | ||
The party can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the | The party can first meet Omeluum after talking to the Hobgoblin trader Blurg at the Myconid Colony. Blurg is a fellow scholar of the Society of Brilliance, who will bring Omeluum to help the party. | ||
The party has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. Still, if the party listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the [[Elder Brain]] of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of creatures of the Underdark 'that oppose the Society's goals', and wishes to help others of his kind by discovering a brain-free diet. | The party has several opportunities to attack Omeluum during dialogue, and some [[Companions]] might actually suggest it. Still, if the party listens to Omeluum they will learn that it is a rogue member of its society who was born with special powers that allow it to resist the control of the [[Elder Brain]] of its colony. Omeluum feeds on the brains of creatures of the Underdark 'that oppose the Society's goals', and wishes to help others of his kind by discovering a brain-free diet. | ||
Should the party accept the {{Quest|Help Omeluum investigate the parasite}} quest, Omeluum will ask the party to find some rare mushrooms to prepare its special decoct. The recipe includes {{SmRarityItem|Tongue of Madness}} and {{SmRarityItem|Timmask Spores (Ingredient)|Timmask Spores}}, which both supposedly can be found in the Underdark. However, | Should the party accept the {{Quest|Help Omeluum investigate the parasite}} quest, Omeluum will ask the party to find some rare mushrooms to prepare its special decoct. The recipe includes {{SmRarityItem|Tongue of Madness}} and {{SmRarityItem|Timmask Spores (Ingredient)|Timmask Spores}}, which both supposedly can be found in the Underdark. However, Blurg will interject and suggest that the party might very conveniently look them up in the [[Arcane Tower]] of a local cleric, [[Lenore De Hurst]]. | ||
Once the party brings Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion [[Survival Instinct]]). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service. | Once the party brings Omeluum the required ingredients, it will attempt to remove the tadpole. Omeluum will not only fail, but also make the tadpole more powerful (granting whomever drank the potion [[Survival Instinct]]). The Mindflayer will be surprised and worried about the power of the tadpole, and will apologize for not being of service. | ||
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=== Act Three === | === Act Three === | ||
If {{Quest|Steal a Githyanki Egg}} was resolved without {{CharLink|Esther|Lady Esther}} receiving the {{SmRarityItem|Githyanki Egg}}, the party will meet Omeluum's companion | If {{Quest|Steal a Githyanki Egg}} was resolved without {{CharLink|Esther|Lady Esther}} receiving the {{SmRarityItem|Githyanki Egg}}, the party will meet Omeluum's companion Blurg at the [[Society of Brilliance Lodge]]. Blurg informs that they both returned to Baldur's Gate to report to the Society of Brilliance their findings about the party's condition. However, shortly afterwards Omeluum decided to investigate the situation on its own… and disappeared. Blurg tells that his friend believed the problem to be connected to the [[Cult of the Absolute]]. He seems not to be overly concerned with Omeluum's whereabouts, but shall agree if the party proposes to track the illithid down. | ||
This starts the {{Quest|Retrieve Omeluum}} quest. | This starts the {{Quest|Retrieve Omeluum}} quest. | ||
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There are no clear hints as to where to start searching, apart from Blurg's vague assumptions. However, if the party decides to help {{CharLink|Zanner Toobin}} and/or servants of {{CharLink|Umberlee}} (quests {{Quest|Save the Gondians}} and {{Quest|Avenge the Drowned}} respectively), Omeluum will connect to the party telepathically upon docking at the [[Iron Throne]]. It will altruistically prompt the party to save {{CharLink|Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard}}, who is also held in the underwater prison, and bide the party not to be concerned with its own fate. Nonetheless, it is possible to save the rogue illithid along with Ravengard and some (or all) [[Gond|Gondian]] captives. | There are no clear hints as to where to start searching, apart from Blurg's vague assumptions. However, if the party decides to help {{CharLink|Zanner Toobin}} and/or servants of {{CharLink|Umberlee}} (quests {{Quest|Save the Gondians}} and {{Quest|Avenge the Drowned}} respectively), Omeluum will connect to the party telepathically upon docking at the [[Iron Throne]]. It will altruistically prompt the party to save {{CharLink|Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard}}, who is also held in the underwater prison, and bide the party not to be concerned with its own fate. Nonetheless, it is possible to save the rogue illithid along with Ravengard and some (or all) [[Gond|Gondian]] captives. | ||
Omeluum is held in a separate cell in the south-west corner of the | Omeluum is held in a separate cell in the south-west corner of the Iron Throne, restrained to a surgical bed. It will become a temporary companion with the ability to {{SAI|Teleport to Submersible}}. | ||
Once rescued, Omeluum teleports to the Lodge. Unlike Blurg, it cannot be traded with, although it can be pickpocketed. To finish | Once rescued, Omeluum teleports to the Lodge. Unlike Blurg, it cannot be traded with, although it can be pickpocketed. To finish Retrieve Omeluum, the party needs to talk to the illithid once more. Omeluum will tell that the Society won't actively help the party in its further battles, but provides the party with several items selected from the Society' vaults, in gratitude for saving its tentacles. | ||
== Shop == | == Shop == | ||
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{{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}} | {{Feature box|Mind Flayer Domination}} | ||
{{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}} | {{Feature box|Levitate (Illithid Power)}} | ||
{{Feature box|Teleport to Submersible}} (Only while in the | {{Feature box|Teleport to Submersible}} (Only while in the Iron Throne) | ||
== Related Quests == | == Related Quests == | ||
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* As an illithid, Omeluum is addressed using the "it" pronoun. | * As an illithid, Omeluum is addressed using the "it" pronoun. | ||
* Omeluum's origins are remarkably similar to {{FRWiki|Grazilaxx}}, another illithid appearing within the Fifth Edition module, ''Out of the Abyss''. Both of them previously worked with a lich before working with the Society of Brilliance. | * Omeluum's origins are remarkably similar to {{FRWiki|Grazilaxx}}, another illithid appearing within the Fifth Edition module, ''Out of the Abyss''. Both of them previously worked with a lich before working with the Society of Brilliance. | ||
** Omeluum is specifically differentiated as not being the same character, as the text of | ** Omeluum is specifically differentiated as not being the same character, as the text of {{SmRaritryItem|'An History of the Society of Brilliance as Told by Its Members'}} mentions both Omeluum and Grazilaxx as separate colleagues in the society, having founded it together with Blurg and several others. | ||
** As Blurg was initially mentioned as an Orog in ''Out of the Abyss'', with some remnant dialogue that seems to make reference to this idea, it is possible that both of them underwent changes in development; with Omeluum originally intended to be Grazilaxx. | ** As Blurg was initially mentioned as an Orog in ''Out of the Abyss'', with some remnant dialogue that seems to make reference to this idea, it is possible that both of them underwent changes in development; with Omeluum originally intended to be Grazilaxx. | ||
* Omeluum will teleport away after repeated pickpocket attempts. | * Omeluum will teleport away after repeated pickpocket attempts. | ||