Hold for Reinforcements

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Hold for Reinforcements
Level:	10
Duration:	Short
Base XP:	784 820 855
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
Hold for Reinforcements map (legend)

Overview

Part 3 of The Eastern Excavation (Threnal East 3).

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

• Respawning monsters
• Timed quest (15 minutes)
• Quest failure (if Coyle dies)
• Protect an NPC (mandatory)

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. 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 involves stopping him trying to kill everything as well as himself. Otto's Sphere of Dancing is a useful crowd control spell; Cloudkill helps a lot to draw aggro to the party instead of Coyle and Solid Fog helps to slow down the mobs and increase their chance to miss.

Useful buffs:

• Acid
• Cold
• Fire

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 on top of him when he's down.

Loot

• Chests: None

• NPC rewards: Random item

Unique Loot

• Cinder's Dance -Ring: Lesser Swiftness, Tumble +11Tumble +11: Provides a +11 competence bonus to the wearer's Tumble skill., Lesser Fire GuardLesser Fire Guard: This armor burns those that attack the wearer, causing 1d4 Fire damage on a successful melee attack. (End Chest)
• Ral's Wrath - +2 Kama: Absolute Law, Greater Cold ResistanceGreater Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of Cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.

Monsters

Gargoyle, Rust Monster, Fire mephit, Ice mephit, Air mephit, Thaarak hound, Iron golem, Basthuul (named Fire Reaver), xxx (named Ice Flenser)