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Misery's Peak... the very name dampens resolve and bodes ill of things to come. What few return from this place are broken, twisted, deranged slaves of the Devourer. Will that be your fate?
Overview
Lars Heyton has a plan to rid Korthos Island of the ice dragon that's been besieging it. You are to meet Amalgam at Misery's Peak, the snowy mountain deep in the Korthos Island wilderness outside of the village.
Spoiler Warning: Information below this point can be considered spoiler material!
Objectives
- Learn Heyton's plan
- Find the Quori Mindsunder artifact
- Find a way to breach the barrier
- Activate the Signal Crystal control levers
- Wait for an opportunity to strike
- Destroy the Quori Mindsunder
- Gather the entire party where Heyton awaits
- Speak with Lars Heyton
- Use Heyton's magical portal
- (Optional) Slay Frostbite, the spider queen (35% of base XP)
What to Expect
- Respawning monsters (in the first cavern)
Known Traps
None
Tips and Misc
- You only get a reward the first time you finish this quest. Choose carefully, as this is the only time you can get the remaining set item to go with the rewards from Sacrifices.
- This adventure is easier than most of this level.
- Throughout the mission are runes on the floor. You need to kill the zombies (often in the form of frozen statues) around them to lower the shields, and then step on them to activate them.
- Aussircaex is the name of the white dragon being controlled. Drastix Aschtand is the name of the mindflayer controlling the dragon. Neither of them can be attacked or interacted with.
- The mission is picked up from Amalgam in Korthos Island, but Rinar d'Thuranni in Korthos Village is where you turn it in for a reward.
- Frostbite will be found in the large spider-filled cavern, in the southern shrine room, opened by the rune in the center of the room.
- You have to have your entire party gather at the end, and the all must be alive. Make sure no one goes afk after they die.
- Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 113 monsters killed
- Onslaught bonus: 147 monsters killed
- Conquest bonus: 180 monsters killed
- Mischief bonus: 22 breakables smashed
- Vandal bonus: 28 breakables smashed
- Ransack bonus: 35 breakables smashed
- Map notes:
- 1 - Pressure plates
- 2 - Crystal
Loot
- NPC rewards: These are the reward items for The Salvation of Korthos quest flag. Misery's Peak is a repeatable quest but The Salvation of Korthos cannot be repeated. Thus, the following items are mutually exclusive: CHOOSE CAREFULLY, once a Necklace is chosen as quest reward, the other Necklaces will be unobtainable for that character.
- Anger's Gift - Necklace: Strength +1 Strength +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Strength., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [To-Hit Bonus +2]
- Arcane Necklace - Necklace: Intelligence +1Intelligence +1 : Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Intelligence., Charisma +1Charisma +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Charisma., Set Bonus [15% improvement to 1st level spells]
- Archivist's Necklace - Necklace: Minor Mnemonic Enhancer (doesn't cure Feeblemind), Set Bonus [Spell Points +20]
- Devoted Necklace - Necklace: Wisdom +1Wisdom +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Wisdom., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [+20% Healing to 1st Level spells]
- Nimble Brooch - Necklace: Dexterity +1 Dexterity +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Dexterity., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [To-Hit Bonus +1, +2 Damage to Sneak Attacks]
- Pathfinder's Necklace - Necklace: Dexterity +1 Dexterity +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Dexterity., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [To-Hit Bonus +2]
- Protector's Brooch - Necklace: Strength +1 Strength +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Strength., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [Light Fortification, Insight AC Bonus +1]
- Troubleshooter's Necklace - Necklace: Dexterity +1 Dexterity +1: Grants +1 enhancement bonus to Dexterity., Resistance +1Resistance +1: This item offers a magical protection in the form of +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws., Set Bonus [AC +1, Open Lock +3, Disable Device +3]
Monsters
- Zombies - CR 0.25 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Elf Zombies - CR 0.25 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Dwarf Zombies - CR 0.25 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Wights - CR 1 (normal), 3 (hard), 5 (elite)
- Ghouls - CR 0.5 (normal), 2 (hard), 4 (elite)
- Ice Spiders - CR 0.5 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Devourer Acolytes - CR 0.5 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Devourer Disciples - CR 0.5 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Devourer Minions - CR 0.25 (normal), 1 (hard), 3 (elite)
- Ice Flenser - Red named Ice Flenser - CR 3 (normal), 5 (hard), 7 (elite)
- Frostbite - Optional orange named Ice Spider - CR 2 (normal), 4 (hard), 7 (elite)
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