The Chronoscope

From the Morgrave University archives -- "... the Chronoscope was build on a convergence line with the Outer Planes. It represents the height of Giant civilization, or at least a decent example of their borrowing from Argonnessen influences." {{Quest
 * name=The Chronoscope
 * level=6
 * duration=long
 * xp={{xpcolors|normal=4,240|hard=4,516|elite=4,792|epic=9,484}}
 * loc=The Chronoscope
 * npc=Nolan Gann
 * zone=The Marketplace
 * patron=The Coin Lords
 * favor=5
 * mappic=M_chronoscope.png
 * maplegend=yes
 * loadingpic=Questloading_TheChrnoscope.jpg
 * free=no
 * epic=yes
 * overview=Nolan Gann has asked you to protect his daughter, Nell Gann, on her quest to find her brother. You can reach Nell Gann by taking an Airship to the Chronoscope Excavation from Falconer's Spire in the Marketplace.

This quest is based on the story of Module 6.1 Devil Invasion Live Event and the fate of Nat Gann.

Flagging

 * No flagging is required for this raid.
 * obj=
 * Introduce yourself to Nelle Gann
 * Speak with Tremas to start the ritual
 * Observe the ritual
 * Dispatch Bazdor and his Tieflings
 * Speak with Caratrix the Mind Flayer
 * Search for Nelle Gann
 * Find someone who can direct you to Nelle
 * Gain access to the Marketplace by speaking with Delvarrion Iravati
 * Negotiate with Tremas for Nelle's release
 * Ransom demand: Retrieve the Gann's deposit box key from the Lordsmarch Bank
 * Defeat Blood Plate
 * Ransom demand: Return the deposit box key to Tremas in the Phoenix Tavern
 * Speak with Nelle
 * Destroy the Sliver of Time to reverse Nelle's aging
 * Return through the Dimension Door in the Rusty Nail and seek Veheer's help
 * Enter the Steam Tunnels and find a way to the Market tent
 * Defeat Razor Arm
 * Defeat Tremas' Abishai henchmen
 * Escape the tent and report to Veheer
 * (Optional) Reduce the Devil ground legions (Kill 40) (25% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Reduce the Devil air legions (Kill 8) (35% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Rescue Stormreach Defenders (Rescue 15) (35% of base XP)
 * (Optional) Turn the tide of battle against the Devil incursion. (Kill 60) (35% of base XP)
 * expect=
 * Spawning/respawning monsters
 * Randomly placed NPCs (optional: 15 Stormreach Defenders)
 * traps=None
 * misc=
 * There are a couple of vendors inside of the Rusty Nail, that make it possible to buy Flametouched Iron weapons, Spell Components, Ammunition, Resist Energy Potions (CL:7, 20 points) and repair your gear.
 * Useful item effects: Deathblock; Disease Immunity; Proof Against Poison; Resist Energies: Acid, Cold, and Fire. You'll want electric too on elite/epic.
 * Useful buffs: Death Ward; Neutralize Poison; Resist Energies: Acid, Cold, and Fire

Epic Strategy

 * Unless your group is uber and willing to spend some resources, it is common to skip all the unnecessary mob encounters and go straight after the 3 bosses.
 * Once you've entered the Marketplace, drop Mass Invisibility on the group and haste towards the Blood Plate fight. During the battle, casters should always keep crowd control spells up; melees should clean out armorers and hostile casters first before concentrating on the boss. Also drop cloud spells on the boss for the 20% attack miss chance.
 * Use Dimension Door or Mass Invis again and head into the Steam Tunnels. Basic strategy is the same, casters keep mobs at bay with crowd control while melees concentrate on Razor Arm.
 * For the final battle:
 * Have someone kite all the Abishais around the center while the group draw aggro and deal with the Abishais one by one.
 * Once the CAD has appeared, tank it inside the cubbyhole, so your party won't wipe when it spews fire breath. A Monk with Improved Evasion and elemental strikes is a good fit for this job.
 * Whenever the CAD drops some harmful cloud effects, have your casters blow it away using Gust of Wind, Cyclonic Blast, or Break Enchantment.
 * Casters should attempt to keep Displacement, Greater Heroism, Haste & Rage (A.K.A. Hage) etc. going on for the tank all the time.
 * It is also common in epic raids to set healing rotations between the healers beforehand, so they can take breaks and drink pots in turn without jeopardizing the group.
 * Fortunately, this is the only real raid that won't block you from reentering the final boss battle if you take an emergency leave with Dimension Door, so you can make good use of the one shrine inside the Rusty Nail, which can greatly cut your pot usage.
 * All other raids either permanently block reentries to boss fights, are boss fights from starts, or hardly considered a "real" raid at all (Tempest Spine).


 * chest=7 (+ 3 on epic)
 * 1 optional for rescuing the Stormreach Defenders
 * 1 optional for killing 8 Red Abishai Sky Raiders
 * 1 disguised as a mailbox in front of the bank
 * 1 (+ 1 on epic) for killing Blood Plate (Orthon, found inside the bank)
 * 1 inside the Phoenix Tavern after killing Blood Plate
 * 1 (+ 1 on epic) for killing Razor Arm (Orthon, found inside the sewers)
 * 1 (+ 1 on epic) at the end for killing Conjoined Abishai Devastator
 * unique=yes
 * npcreward=End reward will contain several named items from the list below (generally nearly every one), as well as a few randomly-generated items, which will be BTA and no-ML.

Unique Rewards
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 * monsters=
 * Conjoined Abishai Devastator - Purple named final raid boss
 * Blood Plate - Purple named raid boss
 * Razor Arm - Purple named raid boss
 * Bearded Devil Troopers, - Orange named devils - very high hp
 * Flying Red Abishai - Orange named devils - relatively low hp, which regenerates
 * Various Tieflings - Only non colored enemies here