A Study in Sable

''Sir Ebermund was savagely attacked while visiting Sable Manor, ancestral home of Lord Sable. It's up to you to discover who or what is behind the assault.'' {{Quest | name            = A Study in Sable | epic            = 26 | duration        = long | ecasual         = 13194 | enormal         = 22629 | ehard           = 23267 | eelite          = 23905 | loc             = Sable Manor | npc             = Winne Harker | zone            = Eveningstar | patron          = Purple Dragon Knights | favor           = 9 | free            = Yes | extreme         = No  | mappic           = Sable manor ground floor wm.png | maplegend       = no  | othermap         = yes | mappic2         = Sable manor second floor wm.png | thirdmap        = yes | mappic3         = Sable manor attic wm.png | fourthmap       = yes | mappic4         = Sable manor basement wm.png | fifthmap        = | mappic5         = | loadingpic      = Questloading AStudyInSable.jpg | overview        = Sir Ebermund Harker was brutally attacked the first night of his stay at Sable Manor. Help the Purple Dragon Knight find out what lied behind his attack!

Talk to Ebermund's niece, Winne Harker near the Lonesome Tankard Inn in Eveningstar.

See also Dev Diary: A Study In "A Study In Sable" | objective_1     = Speak with Sir Ebermund | objective_2     = Try to determine the vampire's current thrall (4 times, once for each guest/day) | objective_3     = Explore the hedge maze | objective_4     = Explore the wine cellar | objective_5     = Explore the attic | objective_6     = Explore the west chambers | optional_1      = Save one of the guests | opt_percent_1   = 5 | optional_2      = Save two of the guests | opt_percent_2   = 10 | optional_3      = Save three of the guests | opt_percent_3   = 15 | optional_4      = Save all four of the guests | opt_percent_4   = 20 | optional_5      = Defeat Willem the Werewolf | opt_percent_5   = 11 | optional_6      = Defeat Wollstonecraft the Flesh Golem | opt_percent_6   = 11 | optional_7      = Read all of Lucille's journals | opt_percent_7   = 12 | traps           = Trap DCs Summoning glyphs in West Chambers | neutralization  = 3 | observance      = 1 | mischief        = 40 | vandal          = 51 | ransack         = 63 | misc            = :
 * Pressure plate(s) on the roof near Wollstonecraft
 * Spell Ward in the Cellar


 * This quest can be somewhat long, but it revolves around only a few key steps to complete all the objectives: Find the 4 guest items, each day/night find the Area item then save a guest (4 times total), then fight the final boss.
 * Acid resist is useful to have for the cellar region, and shield/nightshield for magic missile immunity is useful through the whole adventure. Dimension door is useful to return quickly from each zone.
 * Before talking to Ebermund the first time, search the mansion for each of the four guest items (possible locations in the guest list below; note that the amulet might be behind the secret door in the library)
 * The guest items are items that will distract a specific guest enough to break a possible enthrallment. If you uncover a thrall, then by showing them the distracting item, you can neutralize them.
 * The guest items can all be found without opening any of the 4 areas (wing/attic/maze/cellar). If you searched the mansion and haven't found them all, keep searching.
 * The items can't be traded, but you can give them to another character by dropping them on the floor (drag and drop out of inventory). Caution: Do not drop an item on a sloped surface such as stairs or on the upper floors or the item may end up inside the surface and unreachable.
 * Head to the conservatory in the northeast and talk to Ebermund, (this will advance the quest to day and open a random area out of four possible ones: the attic, the hedge maze, the west chambers or the wine cellar, with a brief initial message mentioning sounds coming from the area in question to indicate which one opened).
 * Head to the new area and kill the new pack of vampires. Find the area item and the optional journal in each place. The locations, items and common enemies are noted by area below.
 * The area items are items that can be used to detect vampire thralls in general. The Gem of Revelation reveals the true nature of a thrall. Scrap's Chew Toy will summon Scrap the dog and the thrall will show its teeth in response. The Orb of Sunlight will make the vampire thrall show signs of pain. The captured rat will make the thrall eat it.
 * After identifying the thrall, do not try to convince them to leave the vampire without using the guest item as they will immediately run away and you will not be able to use the guest item to save them
 * Once you use an area item, you can't use it again. If the guest you used it on was not a thrall, you wasted the item. Even if you know someone is a vampire (when night of day 2 – or 4th period – arrives everyone is), without an area item you cannot prove it and thus cannot prevent the thrall from joining its master.
 * With each new area opened, one of four NPCs will randomly become the thrall of Lord Sable. To complete the optional 'save the guests' objective (with an extra end chest if you save all four), you must first determine who the new thrall is (by looking at each guest's initial dialogue and comparing it to their current dialogue; only the thrall's dialogue should have changed), show them the area item you just found, and then show them their specific guest item that you collected earlier. This information and each day and night location is found below for each guest.
 * Any guest you do not correctly free will be an enemy you have to face in the final boss battle.
 * After you show a guest any area item/guest item (whether or not the guest is the correct thrall for that day), return to Ebermund to advance the quest to night. A new random area will open up and a new guest will become a thrall.
 * If you didn't find the previous thrall, the guest that was previously a thrall will remain a thrall in addition to the new thrall. So your chances of identifying at least one thrall are 100% since at the 4th period (night of day 2) everyone will be a thrall.
 * As before, retrieve the area item, identify the new thrall, show him the new area item you just found (through dialogue), and give him his guest item.
 * When you have completed this for all four areas/thralls (day and night alternates), head to the crypt by the hedge shrine for the final boss fight.
 * The werewolf optional is at the shack in the hedge maze. The werewolf appears only during the night (2nd and 4th period). Even if the maze opens during the day, you can come back later or just before you jump down for the boss fight.
 * The final battle is against the vampire Lord Sable (silver/metalline suggested). He will be accompanied by other vampires, as well as any guest thralls you didn't save earlier; he also at one point will summon a small group of vampiric rats to fight you.
 * Watch out for his AOE force damage spell which has a knockdown. It seems to be a trip attack, using the best of your STR/DEX to save. Note he has a quick tell before doing this attack: he will grip the pommel of his sword with both hands immediately prior to executing it. If you are blocking, he cannot knock you down.
 * Several times on every difficulty, when you get Lord Sable close to death he will cast Dark Discorporation but of a form that will be immune to damage, and he will then reappear with a notable portion of his health restored (slightly less after each regeneration).
 * Destroying any of the pillars inside the room creates a ray of light. Fighting Lord Sable inside the ray weakens him, greatly speeding up the fight and most importantly BLOCKS his ability to transform into bats and regenerate. To ensure most of the room is covered in this regeneration-blocking light you should aim to destroy all three pillars; this is pretty much mandatory to be able to actually kill him.

{{/Areas and guests}}

Locations of Lucille's journals (optional)
| collectable1     = First Adventurer's Pack in the hedge maze | collectable2     = Second Adventurer's Pack in the hedge maze | collectable3     = Rubble in the west chambers | collectable4     = Cabinet in the west chambers | collectable5     = Reagents Cabinet in Attic | collectable6     = Adventurer's Pack by Wollstonecraft | collectable7     = Fungus in wine cellar | collectable8     = Bones in wine cellar | npcreward      = Standard | chest          = | unique         = yes
 * 1) On top of bookcase in the library
 * 2) On table in northwest bedroom on second floor
 * 3) In the master bedroom (room on second floor with the shrine)
 * 4) In the crypt by the hedge maze shrine
 * 5) On a table along any of the hallways on the second floor
 * 6) West chambers (random location)
 * 7) Hedge maze (random; usually west side)
 * 8) Cellar (random location)
 * 9) Attic (random location)
 * 10) Outside door to final boss at bottom of crypt
 * 1 optional for defeating Willem the Werewolf
 * 1 optional for defeating Wollstonecraft the Flesh Golem
 * 1 optional for saving all four of the guests
 * 1 for defeating Lord Sable

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