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===Act Three === | ===Act Three === | ||
If blood was donated in [[Act Two]], Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three]]. On approaching her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions | If blood was donated in [[Act Two]], Araj can be found again in the [[Lower City]] of Baldur's Gate in [[Act Three]]. On approaching her shop, Crimson Draughts, just east of [[The Blushing Mermaid]], a series of explosions trigger and while Araj runs out on fire, she is nevertheless thrilled. She praises the character, as their blood has given her a breakthrough of such magnitude she expects the drow Grand Matriach will restore her disgraced house, House Oblodra. Specifically, their blood proved able to attach to even "the trickiest of substances," unlike anything she has encountered before.{{ref|Act Three, Crimson Draughts basement. "A Breakthrough at Last" | ||
The sample of blood that adventurer gave me was a rare find! It is hot, ready, unyielding. After spinning it for an hour, it didn't separate. | The sample of blood that adventurer gave me was a rare find! It is hot, ready, unyielding. After spinning it for an hour, it didn't separate. | ||
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I think its droplets will be willing to attach themselves to even the trickiest of substances... | I think its droplets will be willing to attach themselves to even the trickiest of substances... | ||
Liquid gold, sal, sulphur and mercury, hair, chalk, and clay. It will make a special brew, able to adapt to any elemental quality. But which to choose? | Liquid gold, sal, sulphur and mercury, hair, chalk, and clay. It will make a special brew, able to adapt to any elemental quality. But which to choose?}} | ||
If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she flirtatiously attempts to offer it once more. However, Astarion has now steeled his resolve and | If Astarion did not bite Araj in Act 2, she flirtatiously attempts to offer it once more. However, Astarion has now steeled his resolve and forcefully refuses. | ||
Araj is a trader in Act Three as well, primarily retaining her inventory from Act Two. | Araj is a trader in Act Three as well, primarily retaining her inventory from Act Two. | ||
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Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} deals 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire}} surfaces. | Drinking the offered {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Potion}} deals 1d4 [[Slashing]] damage to the character and triggers a small explosion around them. The character then gains the permanent {{Passive inline|Unstable Blood}} feature, causing them to bleed out {{Area|Unstable Blood}} surfaces when hurt. When these surfaces are exposed to flame, they explode, and turn into {{Area|Fire}} surfaces. | ||
When spoken | When spoken with next, Araj is pleased to see the character did not die, and is excited at the results. She giddily deems the character the world's first ''detonative exsanguinator''. In parting, and with no qualms at having risked the character's life, she offers to provide another explosive in exchange for a nominal fee: another blood donation. | ||
Agreeing to donate blood again | Agreeing to donate blood again causes the character to take 2 damage, but gain a {{SmRarityItem|Sanguine Explosive}}. As with previous refusals, she becomes hostile if denied her request to donate more blood. | ||
Thereafter, Araj accepts blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time. | Thereafter, Araj accepts blood donations once per long rest, gaining two Sanguine Explosives in her trader inventory each time. | ||
====Crimson Draughts==== | ====Crimson Draughts==== | ||
Araj's shop [[Crimson Draughts]] is her apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, | Araj's shop [[Crimson Draughts]] is her apothecary in Lower City – seemingly for some time before the events of the game. Araj has been operating what appears to be a legitimate business selling potions to infirm citizens. However, {{SmRarityItem|HELP|a note found inside}} Crimson Draughts' mailbox reveals the drow alchemist has been swapping some orders with her own tinctures, causing horrific injuries. | ||
Downstairs, untouched by the explosions, {{SmRarityItem|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} reveals the true purpose of her research: she intends to resurrect an army of the dead and reinstate the defunct House Oblodra. And, if rebuffed, to use explosives to kill all in the Drow city of {{FRWiki|Menzoberranzan}} and rule as queen over an undead populace. | Downstairs, untouched by the explosions, {{SmRarityItem|Glory to the House of Oblodra}} reveals the true purpose of her research: she intends to resurrect an army of the dead and reinstate the defunct House Oblodra. And, if rebuffed, to use explosives to kill all in the Drow city of {{FRWiki|Menzoberranzan}} and rule as queen over an undead populace. |