Steps Obliss/Dialogue Tree

Step's dialog requires 13 days of interactions

Day 1

Hey. The name's Steps. I run the Reliquary here, for better or worse.

If you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

Subsequent day 1 visits

Oh hey, it's you again.

If you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

Day 2

Hello again. You must really like trading in weapons or something.

If you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

Day 3

You keep coming back! i'm going to start trying to guess your name. It's... Sledward? No, Stabrietta. Tormund?

Anyway, if you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

Day 4

Okay. I asked around campus, and I think I've figured out your name. It's <name>, right? I AM right, aren't I?

Well, <name>, you know the drill: If you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

• You could have just asked my name, you know.

That... never occurred to me.

Well, for that matter, you could have told me!

Day 5

Hey, it's <name>! How's today treatin' ya?

You know the drill: If you've got Shining Reliquary weapons you don't want, I can trade 'em for ones you do want.

Though at this point, it's startin' to feel like you're mostly coming here to talk to me!

Day 6

Hey, it's <name>! Good to see ya!

Listen, you don't need me to keep repeating the other part, right? Gets boring after a while, and I know you know what I do! Let's talk about something different!

• like what?

I'm an open book! Ask me anything.

• What's the story behind your name?

What's wrong with Steps Obliss?

I'd tell you it's the name my parents gave me, but we'd both know that wasn't true. Sometimes, an old name isn't working out any more and you can't go back.

Steps is the name I've got now, and I quite like it. Steps forward and all that, you know?

• Why are you working here?

I like relics! Got a long history of findin 'em, for better or worse. These days, I'm enjoying the quiet life of managing the University's Reliquary. These weapons aren't the only thing we keep, just the ones I'm allowed to trade out.

You seem something of a relic hunter yourself, you know.

• What's your... favorite book?

Can I pick something I haven't even read yet? There's this book I'm obsessed with finding... It divulges the kind of magic used by really despicable types to keep their truly foul objects hidden. Dark stuff. Compelling, right?

Day 7

Good to see ya, <name>!

Hey, I heard a weird rumor about the Shining Reliquary weapons we've been keeping here.

Someone over at the tavern said they spotted one that looked... weird. I've seen a lot of these, they all look the same. It's probably nothing, right?

Day 8

I keep thinking about that rumor, <name>. I mean, I'm a relic hunter at heart, right?

The Shining Reliquary weapons appeared sometime during the Last War, some say in the hands of the Archons and the Thrane forces they led. Many weapons have been built off their design since, like the Syranian weapons you may have seen elsewhere in the city... maybe this was one of those?

Day 9

I'm completely sure this is something new now, <name>. A Paladin friend of mine saw someone walking around with a Shining Reliquary weapon that looked WRONG. And said they felt some kind of weird evil comin' off of it. The owner gave them the slip.

So that's no much to go off of, but that's gotta be somethin' right? Paladin senses are rarely off.

Day 10

Exciting news! Brick tracked down that guy with the weird weapon!

Brick's my Paladin pal. Pal-adin. You get it. They were headin' home from the Tavern again last night and spotted him slippin' into the shadows.

Anyways, this time Brick decided to shoot first and ask questions later, and nailed him.

• Did they find out anything?

He was one of those Hidden Hand cultist creeps! They've been a headache around here lately for sure.

He didn't have the weapon on him, but Brick told me he said somethin' about "Even if you could see what was hidden, you'd never dare defile these relics!"

Gonna do some thinkin' about what he could have meant by that.

Day 11

I'm thinkin' about the second part of what the cultist said today. Somethin' about defiling relics.

The Shining Reliquary weapons are the only weapons in that shape I know of that're truly Relics... Do you reckon they're made from the the Shining Reliquary weapons? If they are, maybe we could make them ourselves!

• You want to try and make them?

Yes! Look, I feel like you're a little like me. You're intrigued, and aren't going to let a few morals get in the way of finding somethin' brilliant.

I've got a past. It's messy. I try to do right by people, but sometimes that means ruffling more than a few Owlbear feathers, y'know?

I feel like we could make something truly interesting here.

Alternate for divine

This may also show for Bladeforged or Sun Elf Morninglord if they've TR'd out of their divine class

...Look. I get that you have more than a passing connection to the Divine, <name>. But me? I've got a past. It's messy. I try to do right by people, but sometimes that means ruffling more than a few Owlbear feathers, y'know?

I'd still love your help. Maybe we can put them to a good use.

Alternate for good

Yes! Look, maybe I'm reading you wrong, but you seem like a Good person.

As for me? I've got a past. It's messy. I try to do right by people, but sometimes that means ruffling more than a few Owlbear feathers, y'know?

I would still love your help. Maybe we can put whatever we make to good use.

Day 12

Alright, alright. Now I'm thinking about the first part of what the cultist said. "Even if you could see what was hidden" or somethin' like that. It's making me think of... somethin'. But I can't put my finger on it. It can't be as obvious as a True Seein' spell, right?

There's somethin' here. Let me stew on it for a day and get back to you.

Day 13

I'm havin' a breakthrough here, <name>!

It's that book I was tryin' to tell you about way back, the one I can't seem to find! It's called "Seeing The Impossible: Behind the Dark Curtain".

I'm stuck here working behind the desk, but if you find that book I bet it'll tell us exactly what we're missing!

• Where should I look for it?

That's the thing, I'm not sure! It's a scholarly book, but it's not a common one. I'm afraid that part's up to you now, but let me know if you find it!

Return visit

(To trigger this dialogue you must have Seeing the Impossible: Behind the Dark Curtain in your inventory.)

By the thirteen planes, <name>! You found the book!

Can I have it? I bet I can find what the Hand's been hiding from us?!

• Give Steps the book (this will remove it from your inventory).

Thanks!

...Oh, this looks perfect! Listen, I'm a fast read, but even I need a little time. Come on back tomorrow, and hopefully I'll have something for us to work with!

Day 14

Oh good, you're here!

I finished the book! It was incredible! And I really think this is going to help us find whatever the Hidden Hand is using to change the Shining Reliquary weapons!

I stayed up all night, but I made you something!

• What did you make?

This pair of goggles! I'm calling them... oh, what to call them...

Just a minute, naming items is really difficult...

Let's go with... Goggles of Perception!

• I'm afraid that name's already taken.

Really? Alright, can't be havin' that... let's go with...

Shadowsight! Because they let you see dark cultist things.

• That's also taken.

Dusk Lenses?

• Taken as well, I'm afraid.

Aw, COME ON!

Fine, these are called Steps' Lenses of Seein' Hidden Hand Secrets, alright? Is THAT one taken?

• As far as I know, that one's free.

Fantastic. Here's the goggles.

I'm afraid that's as far as I go for now though. I've gotta hold down the fort here, you're my best customer but not my only one. Use the goggles, see if you can figure out what to do with them.

And... let me just say, I've really liked getting to know you. Thanks.

• The feeling's mutual, Steps. (Take the googles)

Visits after receiving goggles

Hey, <name>! Always good to see you. Hoping you find some secrets soon with those Goggles!

Do you need another set? Or maybe to exchange some weapons?

• I need another set of Goggles.

You can only get one set of goggles per day. But generally these goggles are not exclusive. Otherwise...

Oh, I already gave you some goggles today. Come back tomorrow, I'll have another pair worked up.

Epilogue

To trigger this dialogue you must speak to Steps after completing the dialogue tree while holding a weapon upgraded at the Unholy Defiler of the Hidden Hand. The item cannot be in your inventory, you must have it equipped.

Is that... Wait, did you actually manage to find what the Hand was using to defile items? And use it?

• I did. Take a look!

That's incredible! I need to write this down. I'm so excited, tell me everything!

• (Tell Steps where everything you found is.)

No kiddin'. Well. I hope what we found serves you well in whatever adventurin' you're up to next, and whenever I get a break from this desk I'm gonna need to check that out for myself!

I can't thank you enough, <name>!

• Be well, Steps.

Once you've triggered this dialogue at least once, a new dialogue option will appear in Steps's standard dialogue:

Hey, <name>!

Up to any great adventures lately? What can I do for you?

• What's next for you, Steps?

I'm workin' on gettin' out of my desk and puttin' together my own little adventuring squad! First we're gonna go find some of those Dusts usin' the list you gave me, then outfit our crew! After that, the crew and I will investigate more hidden relics like these!

...Well, first I'll need to find said crew. I can probably get Brick on board. It's a work in progress!

• Be well, Steps.

Source

sourced from this Hidden Secrets from Vecna Unleashed and this google doc. Validated against ingame dialog boxes.