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Hold for Reinforcements
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 Requires access to adventure pack: Ruins of Threnal
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Now is the time for valor in the face of overwhelming evil. You must protect Coyle until Deneith's reinforcements can secure the Library of Threnal.
| Hold for Reinforcements | |
| Heroic level: | 10 |
| Epic level: | None |
| Duration: | Short |
| Heroic XP: | ♣448 Solo/Casual Normal Hard Elite |
| Epic XP: | N/A |
| Takes place in: | The Library of Threnal |
| NPC contact: | Sal Danel |
| Quest acquired in: | Ruins of Threnal |
| Patron: | House Phiarlan |
| Base favor: | 3 |
| Free to Play: | No |
| Extreme Challenge: | No |
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Overview
Coyle has sent an urgent request for help. The fire reaver Basthuul is rallying his minions in a last-ditch attempt to overrun the library and slaughter House Deneith's exploratory team. You must defend Coyle until his magical beacon is fully activated.
- Part 3 of The Eastern Excavation (Threnal East 3).
- The Library of Threnal
- Escort the Expedition
- Hold for Reinforcements
Spoiler Warning: Information below this point can be considered spoiler material!
Objectives
- Defend the library for 15 minutes
- Slay Basthuul
- Coyle Lovell must not be slain.
What to Expect
- Timed quest (15 minutes)
- Quest failure (if Coyle dies)
- Protect an NPC (mandatory)
- Spawning/respawning monsters
Known Traps
None
Tips and Misc
- The 15 minute timer starts as soon as the first person enters the quest and it doesn't take long before mobs start spawning, so try and enter together. Buff Coyle Lovell as soon as you get in with the buffs listed below and more. He thinks he's a bit of a hero and he tries to "help" in the fight, which gets him a lot of aggro. Making sure he doesn't get slain often involves stopping him trying to kill everything as well as himself.
- If you're running this at level, a full balanced group is recommended. A caster with heightened web can be very useful on this quest to ensure all non-fire monsters are quickly controlled before they can harm Coyle. Cloudkill helps a lot to draw aggro to the party as well, and given its long duration, can be maintained throughout the quest with careful spell point usage.
- Otto's Sphere of Dancing is another useful crowd control spell if you're running this above level.
- Useful buffs:
- Resists: Acid, Cold, Fire
- Heroism/Greater Heroism
- Aid/Mass Aid (extra temporary HP is always good!)
- Rage for more HP
- Possibly Bear's Endurance
- Blur/Displacement
- Stoneskin
- Deathward (Stops Tharaak Hounds' dance of death, Renders' inflict wounds)
- You can hit Coyle Lovell on the head using bluff to stop him running into his death, it's useful to put an AoE CC spell such as Otto's Sphere of Dancing or Web on top of him when he's down. He'll wake up when damaged, however, so keep a close eye on him.
- This quest is extremely difficult to solo at level. For some classes, it may be flat out impossible. Coyle's HP does not scale and he is easily one-shot by a mephit's fire-breath. It's highly recommended to run this quest with a group if you want to avoid multiple failures.
- If you're just after completion for end rewards or looking for a mystical goblet, it is easily soloable on casual with a cleric (or hireling) to spam blade barriers around the poor knocked out Coyle
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 72 monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣45 ♦78 ♥82 ♠86 )
Loot
- Chests: One Endchest, May contain the unique loot listed below
- NPC rewards: Random item
Named Loot
- Cinder's Dance - Ring: Dodge Bonus 2%, Tumble +11Tumble +11: Provides a +11 competence bonus to the wearer's Tumble which is a Passive Dexterity based skill which allows you to tumble and roll away from attacking enemies. Tumbling can be accomplished by blocking and using a movement key. A skill rating > 30 allows you to dive to the side and do backflips instead of rolling., Lesser Fire GuardLesser fire: This item burns those that attack the wearer, causing 1d4 fire damage on a successful melee attack.
- Ral's Wrath - +2 Kama: Absolute LawAbsolute Law: This weapon is infused with the ultimate power of law. It does an additional 2d6 damage to non-lawful targets and can only be wielded by lawful aligned characters., Greater Cold ResistanceGreater Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
Monsters
- Brown Spider Princes
- Flesh Renders
- Glass Spider Queens
- Granite Gargoyles
- Huge Rust Monsters
- Ice Flenser
- Iron Golems
- Mephit of Fernia
- Mephit of Lamannia
- Mephit of Risia
- Thaarak Hounds
Named Monsters:
- Basthuul - Red-named fire reaver; end boss
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