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* Time to kill?
* Time to kill?
* Time for a little death?
* Time for a little death?
* Keep your blade close.
* Keep your blades close.
* Let's have some fun.
* Let's have some fun.
* Hello, you.
* Hello, you.
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== Location Remarks ==
== Location Remarks ==
=== Prologue ===
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==== [[Nautiloid#Nursery|Nursery]] and [[Nautiloid#Surgery_room|Surgery]] ====
* ''(Climbed out from the [[Mind Flayer Pod]]):'' “What's happening? Where am I?” ''(also serves as a Responding remark here)''
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Wherever we are, I don't like it.”
* ''(Interacted with his own pod, 1):'' “Damnable cage.”
** ''(Interacted with his own pod, 2):'' “It doesn't look any better from the outside.”
* ''(Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 1):'' “We had a lucky escape, it seems.”
** ''(Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 2):'' “Empty. Good.”
** ''(Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 3):'' “Someone else escaped, too.”
** ''(Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 4):'' “Damnable things.”
* ''(Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 1):'' “Not everyone made it out, it seems.”
** ''(Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 2):'' “Burned to a crisp. Seems I got lucky.”
** ''(Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 3):'' “A char-grilled corpse.”
* ''(Looked out from the hull breach):'' "It can't be. We're in the Hells..."
* ''(Looted a dead [[Mind Flayer]]):'' “Wretched thing. You got what you deserved.”
* ''(Used the [[Restoration]]):'' “Curious. I feel good - rejuvenated.”
* ''(After the first fight with the [[Lesser Imp]]s):'' “Vile beasts. Now to get out of here.” ''(triggers only if [[Lae'zel]] or [[Losiir]]{{ref|The githyanki [[Losiir]] appears only in case when one of the players has chosen [[Lae'zel]] as a character origin}} are not in the party, otherwise their line will be played)''
* ''(Saw a dragon on the way to upper deck):'' “This ship can only take so much. We have to push on, before those dragons bring us down!”
* ''(Interacting with the [[Tentacle Aquarium]] for the first time):'' “Are they - yes. Brains.”
** ''(After the first time):'' “They're almost cute. Almost...”
* ''(Interacting with [[Cerebral Aquarium]] for the first time):'' “What in the Hells - are they plants?”
* ''(After the first time):'' “I never knew mind flayers had such green fingers.”
==== [[Nautiloid#Ceremorphosis_chambers|Ceremorphosis Chamber]] ====
* ''(Upon entering the chamber, saw the control panel):'' “Strange machinery. It could do anything.” ''(played only if Lae'zel hasn't entered the room with the avatar, otherwise her line will be played)''
* ''(Failed [[Arcana]] checks while reading the control sigils):''
** ''(Central sigil):'' “Completely indecipherable.”
** ''(Left sigil):'' “Gibberish.”
** ''(Right sigil):'' “It could say anything.”
* ''(Used ‘Unleash’ button):'' “Too late. They're dead.”
* ''(Used ‘Aggression’ button):'' “Pulling that lever may have been a mistake.”
* ''(Try to open the [[Elaborate Reliquary]] without a key):'' “Locked. Pity.”
** ''(Found the [[Gold Key]]):'' “A key? Now to find the lock.”
** ''(Found the key, already tried to open the chest):'' “A key. About the right size for that chest.”
* ''(Found a socket in [[Shadowheart|Shadowheart’s]] pod):'' “I can't turn it on - not without whatever fits in that socket.”
** ''(Found the [[Eldritch Rune]]):'' “Curious. Looks like it might fit into that machine by the pod.”
** ''(Found the Eldritch Rune, hasn’t spoken to Shadowheart):'' “Well, well. What do you open?”
* ''(Saw dozens of pods in the Transformation room):'' “So. We weren't the only ones.” ''(played only if Lae'zel hasn't entered the room with the avatar, otherwise her line will be played)''
* ''(Sat in one of the chairs surrounding the pod in Transformation room):'' “What are those voices? Hello?”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “There's no one else here - it's just us.”
** ''(In [[Multiplayer]], responding remark 2):'' “It must be the chair, connecting to ship. And its mind flayers.”
** ''(In [[Multiplayer]], responding remark 3):'' “We should go, before we attract unwanted attention.”
* ''(Trying to read the button in Transformation room, Arcana failed):'' “I hope it means 'escape'. Unlikely, though.”
* ''(Saw the woman in the pod transformed):'' “Gah! Is there a lever with our names on it somewhere?”
* ''(Picked up either [[Slave Mind]] or [[Dark Mind]]):'' “A brain. How delightful.”
** ''(Picked up the second one of these two):'' “Are you a pet or a snack?”
==== [[Nautiloid#Helm|The Helm]] ====
* ''(In [[Multiplayer]], if another player has entered the Helm, while avatar hasn’t yet):'' “It's coming apart - I need to get to the helm!”
* ''(On the third turn of the fight in the Helm):'' “She's going down. Get out!”
* ''(On the fifth turn of the fight in the Helm):'' “We're going down. Brace!”
* ''(Mind Flayer turns on the party after killing [[Zhalk|Commander Zhalk]]):'' “Treacherous bloody mind flayers! I need to get to that transponder.”
* ''(Mind Flayer died in the fight with cambions):'' “The beast is dead! Now to get out of here...”
* ''(Mind Flayer and cambions dead, avatar reminds themselves of the transponder):'' “Now if I can just get to the transponder.”
* ''(Interacting with [[Nautiloid Tank]] 1):'' “Strange thing. I wonder what it's for.”
** ''(Nautiloid Tank, 2):'' “Another of those tanks.”
** ''(Nautiloid Tank, 3):'' “Such curiously grotesque things.”
* *''(Nautiloid Tank, 4):'' “Another container, same as the others.”
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=== Act One ===  
=== Act One ===  
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* ''(Approaching the dying mind flayer in the Nautiloid Wreck):'' "I'd rather it be hurt than me. Do be careful."
* ''(Approaching the dying mind flayer in the Nautiloid Wreck):'' "I'd rather it be hurt than me. Do be careful."
* ''(Approaching unstable rune - the point of [[Gale|Gale’s]] recruitment):'' “Is that sigil all right? It doesn't look all right.”
* ''(Approaching unstable rune - the point of [[Gale|Gale’s]] recruitment):'' “Is that sigil all right? It doesn't look all right.”
* ''(Saw the corpse of the gith guide):'' “Oh dear - rather a graceless landing from our githyanki guide.”{{ref|The githyanki [[Losiir]] appears only in case when the player (or one of the players) has chosen [[Lae'zel]] as a character origin}}
* ''(Saw [[Losiir|Losiir's]] dead body):'' “Oh dear - rather a graceless landing from our githyanki guide.”


==== [[Overgrown Ruins]] and the [[Dank Crypt]] ====
==== [[Overgrown Ruins]] and the [[Dank Crypt]] ====
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* ''(Reacting to the sight of Lae’zel’s dead body):'' “What a waste. She was a powerful specimen.”
* ''(Reacting to the sight of Lae’zel’s dead body):'' “What a waste. She was a powerful specimen.”


==== [[Rosymorn Monastery]] ====
'''Walking down the [[Rosymorn Monastery Trail]]:'''
* ''(Looking at the valley vista from the viewpoint {{coords|-30|-100}}):'' “Monasteries - as gaudy as any noble's palace.”
* ''(Looking at the monastery ruins from afar):'' “I was expecting a gith crèche to look a little less... shit?”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Yes, it does look a little - how can I put it? Shit?”
* ''(Recognizing [[Lathander]] depiction in the statue at {{coords|-63|-133}}, [[Religion]] check successful):'' “Ah, Lathander - god of dawn's sun. Not exactly favoured by my kind.”
* ''(Tried to use the cable car, [[Strength]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Well that didn't want to move. How long was it stranded there?”
** ''(Failed):'' “It's stuck fast. How long has this been sitting here?”
* ''(Came up to a broken bridge at {{coords|-106|-184}}):'' “Yes, it's quite broken. We'll need another way across.”
'''Exploring the ruined monastery:'''
* ''(Came up to the body of a [[Corliss Undertump|cultist]] killed by the [[Add'ath|gith guard]]):'' “Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? Or do the gith only have enemies?”
* ''(Approaching the statue of Lathander at {{coords|73|4}}):'' “Undead crushed underfoot. I'll try not to take it personally.”
* ''(Heard the warning from speaking bust, [[Arcana]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “A Magic Mouth{{ref|An [[Illusion School|illusion]] spell that allows to transfer a voice message to anyone who activates a certain trigger. It is not available to cast or learn within the game. Apart from the monastery, active spells can also be found in the [[Thorm Mausoleum]] and in the [[Undercity Ruins]], on the path to the [[Bhaal Temple]]. More on it at {{FRWiki|Magic mouth|long}}}} spell - whoever owned that voice, they must be long dead.”
** ''(Failed):'' “At least the statues just talk. With my luck, I was sure they'd attack.”
* ''(Found the corpse with a longsword in the chest, [[History]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Skewered on a gith blade. At least they made it quick.”
** ''(Failed):'' “Skewered like a hog. They probably died like one too.”
* ''(Found active [[Guardian of Faith]] spell):'' “A Guardian of Faith spell. Who knew faith lasted so long?”
* ''(In the [[Rosymorn_Monastery#Dawnmasters_memorial|Ceremonial room]], removed the weapon from the altar):'' “Ah, it's lost its glow. That's... unfortunate? I think?”
* ''(Placed a non-Ceremonial weapon on altar):'' “It seems any old weapon will do, if it's the right type.”
* ''(Heard [[Gremishka]] meowlings):'' “What is that wailing? A child?”
* ''(Recognized Gremishkas, ? check successful):'' “Gremishkas? Those little pussy cats are allergic to magic - better watch my spells.”
* ''(Used magic close to a Gremishka):'' “Perhaps we're better off without magic this time?”
* ''(Entered a combat with drunk [[Kobold]]s):'' “This place reeks of alcohol - best watch my fire. Or not...”
* ''(Pass by an inactive Lathander's Lance on the roof, knows where the crèche is):'' “What a majestic weapon. Even the gith would cower at you.”
** ''(Doesn’t know the crèche location):'' “Well look at you. I bet you were a ''powerful'' weapon in your day.”
* ''(Found a githyanki skeleton at {{coords|45|19}}, has been to the crèche):'' “Nothing left of the original raiding party but bones. Shame.”
** ''(Hasn’t found the crèche yet):'' “Nothing but githyanki bones left in this armour. Shame.”
* ''(The [[Giant Eagle]] calling for help in combat):'' “Call all the friends you want, bird. It won't save you.”


==== [[Crèche Y'llek]] ====
==== [[Crèche Y'llek]] ====
* ''(Entered the [[Crèche_Y'llek#Infirmary_and_Dormitory|Dormitory]]):'' “I imagined the gith slept on slabs of stone and nails - not ''beds''.”
* ''(Read the parchment with the rules on the dormitory wall):'' “Rules, rules, rules - life must be a real bore.”
* ''(Set Gremishka loose from the [[Zel'i|gith kids’]] chest):'' “What in the hells -”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “''That's'' what those little brats were tormenting?”
* ''(Looking at the devices in [[Stornugoss|Stornugoss’]] laboratory):'' “Quite the selection of strange little gadgets.”
* ''(Breathed in the [[Strange Gas]] in the [[Crèche_Y'llek#Hatchery|Hatchery]]):'' “That smell is ''rank''. Positively enfeebling.”
* ''(Looking around in the Hatchery):'' “A far cry from the Upper City hot baths, I must say.”
* ''(Saw anatomical diagrams in the [[Crèche_Y'llek#Classroom|Classroom]]):'' “Is that a... ''Ugh.'' These mind flayer diagrams are too detailed.”
* ''(Hit a training dummy in the Classroom):'' “The only doll in a githyanki crèche is an illithid practice dummy. ''Shock.''”
* ''(Started a fight with [[Kethk|sa'varsh Kethk]] and his students):'' “He's guiding his students. They look sharper now - hungry for blood.”
* ''(Opened the apple crate in the corridor):'' “No banquets in sight with this pantry, that's for sure.”
* ''(Read the map in [[Crèche_Y'llek#Captain's_Quarters|Captain’s Quarters]]):'' “These gith have mapped half of bloody Faerûn. To what end, I wonder?”
* ''(Killed [[Therezzyn]], reminding themselves about the Inquisitor):'' “Well, that's one grunt down, but someone else is calling the shots around here.”
* ''(Interacted with the deactivated barrier):'' “Looks like the barrier's already down. How lovely.”
* ''(Walking the bridge that leads to [[Crèche_Y'llek#Inquisitor's_Chamber|Inquisitor’s Chamber]]):'' “Just when you think a place can't get any more ominous. Charming.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “It's unnerving. This place makes my skin crawl.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “I'm more worried about this 'Inquisitor'. Do you really think he'll help us?”
** ''(Responding remark 3):'' “We do have a history of things going badly. But I'm sure ''this time'' will be different.”
* ''(Try to use an inactive Planecaster, before speaking to [[W'wargaz]]):'' “I was hoping for a beep or a clank or ''something''.”
'''Searching and obtaining the [[Blood of Lathander]]:'''
* ''(Found empty altar for the fake Blood of Lathander {{coords|74|67}}):'' “They kept the 'Blood of Lathander' here? Please, it was begging to be stolen.”
* ''(Read the note in the Dawnmaster’s secret stash):'' “The 'Blood of Lathander'? They probably don't mean it literally, unfortunately.”
* ''(Picked up the [[Strange Chunk of Amber|fake Blood of Lathander]]):'' “This is an ancient holy relic? It doesn't feel that ancient. Or holy.”
* ''(Noticed the statues in Inquisitor’s Chamber, Perception check successful):'' “Scuff marks on the floor. Are these statues more mobile than they look?”
** ''(If the party has read [[Old Maintenance Records]] at {{coords|102|26}}):'' “Statues to Lathander, just as the book said. Although it also said they moved.”
* ''(Failed to rotate the statue in Inquisitor’s Chamber):'' “Bloody thing - it's jammed shut.”
* ''(Hit the stuck statue weakly):'' “AH! I was sure I had it that time.”
* ''(Solved the statue puzzle in Inquisitor’s Chamber):'' “Well well, look what you've been hiding.”
* ''(Upon entering the Dawnbreak Gate):'' “Incredible - completely untouched. It looks frozen in time.”
* ''(Took the Blood of Lathander, using [[Dawnmaster's Crest]]):'' “I understand the need for security, but really. That seemed excessive.”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “The better the protection, the better the prize. The monks must have treasured this.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “Hardly surprising - it looks ''powerful''.”
* ''(Managed to stop the armed Lance):'' “That was altogether too close.”
** ''(Responding remark 1):'' “That would have taken out the monastery, the crèche, and ''most definitely'' us.”
** ''(Responding remark 2):'' “We'll be more cautious in future. Probably. Maybe...”
* ''(Managed to stop the armed Lance, answering to [[Lae'zel]]):'' “We may have caused all that, but we also stopped it. You're welcome.”
* ''(Near the armed Lance on the roof):'' “That machine's ready to blow - let's not hang about.”
* ''(Took the Blood of Lathander and got trapped):'' “Well don't just stand there gawping - get me out of here!”
** ''(Responding remark, avatar is trapped (not him)):'' “Don't worry your pretty little head, I'm sure there's a way out of this.”
** ''(Responding remark, a party member is trapped (not him)):'' “I'll get them free - you find a way out of here!”
** ''(Took the mace after destroying the barrier’s source):'' “Hells, it's all coming down!”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Run, before it buries us here!”
* ''(Got through the portal on the roof):'' “This is better, but I'm still getting the hells out of here.”
* ''(Ran to the right roof):'' “There's no time - I need to get off this damned roof!”
* ''(Ran to the left balcony):'' “Almost clear - just a little further.”
* ''(Jumped to the left roof 1):'' “There's not much time - I have to get out of here ''now''.”
* ''(Jumped to the left roof 2):'' “Enough gallivanting - I need to get down from here!”
* ''(Destroyed the crèche with the Lance):'' “It's gone - the entire place is just... gone.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Well, you don't see power like that every day.”
'''In the [[Astral Plane]]:'''
* ''(The avatar returned from the [[Discover_the_Artefact's_Secrets#Facing_the_prism_inhabitant|Beckoning Cave]]):'' “Well - did you kill it? And what was it, anyway?”


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** ''(Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave):'' “Something scuttled through here. Where was it off to?”
** ''(Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave):'' “Something scuttled through here. Where was it off to?”
** ''(Found animal’s burrow down the ledge):'' “Hello. What's that hiding in the dirt?”
** ''(Found animal’s burrow down the ledge):'' “Hello. What's that hiding in the dirt?”
** ''(Saw an animal killed by the Shadow Curse):'' “Consumed by that blasted curse... Greedy.”
** ''(Saw a boar killed by the Shadow Curse at {{coords|92|159}}):'' “Consumed by that blasted curse... Greedy.”
* ''(Saw the dead grove tieflings, [[Investigation]] check):''
* ''(Saw the dead grove tieflings, [[Investigation]] check):''
** ''(Successful):'' “Signs of a struggle. For all the good it did them.”
** ''(Successful):'' “Signs of a struggle. For all the good it did them.”
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* ''(Approaching Tollhouse):'' “A tollhouse? And people call vampires parasites.”
* ''(Approaching Tollhouse):'' “A tollhouse? And people call vampires parasites.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Let's hope whoever abandoned it left their valuables behind.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Let's hope whoever abandoned it left their valuables behind.”
* ''(Approaching Tollhouse, saw [[Harpers|Harpers’]] prayers on the wall):'' “Charms and prayers, scribbled by Harpers before they went into battle.”
* ''(Approaching Tollhouse, saw [[Harpers|Harpers’]] prayers on the wall at {{coords|-81|-67}}):'' “Charms and prayers, scribbled by Harpers before they went into battle.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Ah yes, the gods - famously compassionate and concerned with mortal lives.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “Ah yes, the gods - famously compassionate and concerned with mortal lives.”
* ''(Opened Cormyte Shipment Box):'' “Silks from Cormyr? Ah. No. Just cobwebs.”
* ''(Opened Cormyte Shipment Box):'' “Silks from Cormyr? Ah. No. Just cobwebs.”
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==== [[Moonrise Towers]] ====
==== [[Moonrise Towers]] ====
* ''([[Perception|Noticed]] mucus dripping from the wall in the kitchen {{coords|-129|-174}}):'' "Urgh, it's full of dripping... goo? Slime? Whatever it is, it's coming from higher up the tower."
* ''(Read Melodia’s [[Letter to Ketheric]]):'' “Why that's almost beautiful. Imagine what she'd think if she saw him now.”
* ''(Read Melodia’s [[Letter to Ketheric]]):'' “Why that's almost beautiful. Imagine what she'd think if she saw him now.”
* ''(Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon LR after using [[Araj Oblodra|Araj Oblodra’s]] unique potion):'' “Gods damn it. What was in that potion?”
* ''(Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon LR after using [[Araj Oblodra|Araj Oblodra’s]] unique potion):'' “Gods damn it. What was in that potion?”
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** ''(Responding remark):'' “There was barely anything of the man left, even before we finished him.”
** ''(Responding remark):'' “There was barely anything of the man left, even before we finished him.”
* ''(Took Ketheric’s [[Netherstone]] after killing him as [[Apostle of Myrkul]]):'' “It's not every day you get to kill the Chosen of a god.”
* ''(Took Ketheric’s [[Netherstone]] after killing him as [[Apostle of Myrkul]]):'' “It's not every day you get to kill the Chosen of a god.”
==== The [[Astral Plane]] ====
* ''(Saw the corpses of the Orpheus’s Royal Guard):'' “Those figures were just githyanki? I was so sure I saw demons.”
* ''(Tried to attack [[Orpheus]]):'' “I can't hurt him. How disappointing.”
* ''(Observing the rocks that Orpheus is chained to):'' “Those rocks look ancient - they won't be cracked open by force.”
* ''(Returned to the camp after meeting the [[Emperor]]):'' “Gods, I need to rest. Maybe the world will feel less insane in the morning.”


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