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Kind of a Big Deal | |
Heroic level: | 6 |
Epic level: | 21 |
Duration: | medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣1,723Solo/Casual ♦3,070Normal ♥3,268Hard ♠3,466Elite |
Epic XP: | ♣9,989Solo/Casual ♦17,214Normal ♥17,778Hard ♠18,342Elite |
Takes place in: | Mondo Valley |
Bestowed by: | Nymue Elethiel |
NPC contact: | Nymue Elethiel |
Quest acquired in: | The Twelve |
Patron: | The Twelve |
Base favor: | 4 |
Purchase: | White Plume Mountain and Other Tales or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
The wizard Nymue Elethiel has lost a magical artifact and requests that you come to her tower to discuss the matter.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Speak to Nymue
- Seek out Mortigon
- Enter the nearby Kobold warren
- Defeat the Kobold patrols
- Defeat the gargantuan spider
- Explore deeper into the warren
- Gather the party near the Artifact
- Locate Mektek
- Defeat Mektek and retrieve artifact
- Speak to Nymue
- (Optional) Explore the source of the squeaks — Bonus (16%): Heroic( ♣276 ♦491 ♥523 ♠555 ) Epic( ♣1,598 ♦2,754 ♥2,844 ♠2,935 )
What to Expect
Known Traps
Trap DCs (Heroic); Trap DCs (Epic)
- 2 Blade Traps before 2nd door. Each trap Control panel is right after blade.
- Many Dart Traps at pool. 1 trap Control panel at center on a small raised rock, but only it disables the traps upon that rock.
- Rolling boulders (4 of them) released by a kobold high above on a steep rock, just after the dart room when you pass through a narrow crack. It can be avoided by sending one person in first who stays hard to the right-hand wall.
- After the "Oversized" effects are applied, all those traps – even if previously disabled – will reactivate and function again (and cannot be disarmed). However, they do very little damage at this point; a fact which is called out by the DM voiceover.
Tips and Misc
- You will be under the effects of a Dimensional Anchor after you seek out Mortigon, you will not be able to Dimension Door out of the Kobold warren, nor will you be able to summon creatures via summoning spells.
- A web will bar your passage into the cave if you do not complete the "Defeat the Kobold patrols" objective. Go back and look for stealthy wolves hiding toward the middle of the clearing near the gate.
- You can use the second (North-east) shrine twice, even when on Hard or Elite, once coming in when you are small, and then again going out, after using the artifact, when you are large.
- If you are doing the "Explore the source of the squeaks" (Ratcher) optional, you must complete it before approaching and using the artifact.
- During this part, when you come to a door that will not open, use blast or hack to bust the wall / door down.
- Latecomers who want the end chest must run to the very end (South-east room), use the artifact, then double back on the "alternate" tunnel to the chest. This tunnel partly overlaps the one that led you here.
- By observing the path of latecomers on the in-game map, you can see that the "oversized" effect is achieved by teleporting to a completely different section of the map, consisting of a scaled-down copy of the passages you've already been through. The traps and shrines are not actually reactivated – they are different traps and shrines altogether.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 114–115 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣172 ♦307 ♥327 ♠347 )
- Tamper bonus: 1 or more trap disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣172 ♦307 ♥327 ♠347 )
- Neutralization bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣345 ♦614 ♥654 ♠693 )
- Mischief bonus: 14 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣138 ♦246 ♥261 ♠277 )
- Vandal bonus: 18 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣172 ♦307 ♥327 ♠347 )
- Ransack bonus: 22 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣258 ♦461 ♥490 ♠520 )
Loot
- Chests: 3
- 1 for Gargantuan Crawler
- 1 for Ratcher
- 1 for End Chest
- Collectables: 5
- Adventurer's Pack in the valley leading to the kobold warren
- Adventurer's Pack just before the first door
- Fungus just before the third door
- Fungus under the water past the third door
- Adventurer's Pack near first shrine in the warren
- NPC rewards:
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
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Sapphire Studded Buckles (edit) | Belt |
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6 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End Chest |
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Muck's Devastation (edit) | Great Club |
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6 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Cursed Shard (edit) | Dagger |
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6 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Shadowstrike (edit) | Long Bow |
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6 | Bound to Account![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Steelweave Shinguards (edit) | Boots |
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6 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End Chest |
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Leather Gloves of the Snake (edit) | Gloves |
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6 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Epic Leather Gloves of the Snake (edit) | Gloves |
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21 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Epic Sapphire Studded Buckles (edit) | Belt |
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21 | Bound to Account on Acquire, Exclusive![]() This is an Exclusive item. You may only carry one at a time. |
Kind of a Big Deal, End Chest |
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Muck's Obliteration (edit) | Great Club |
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21 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Epic Cursed Shard (edit) | Dagger |
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21 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End chest |
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Epic Shadowstrike (edit) | Long Bow |
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21 | Bound to Account![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End Chest |
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Epic Steelweave Shinguards (edit) | Boots |
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21 | Bound to Account on Acquire![]() |
Kind of a Big Deal, End Chest |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Boulder ( view • edit ) | ♦8Normal ♠11Elite | Construct | Inanimate Object |
Bruiser ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Humanoid | Kobold |
Gargantuan Crawler ( view • edit ) | ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♦24Epic Normal ●♥28Epic Hard ●♠56Epic Elite | Vermin | Spider |
Giant Bruiser ( view • edit ) | ♥8/10Hard ♠13Elite ●♥27Epic Hard | Humanoid | Kobold |
Giant Skitterer ( view • edit ) | ♥8/10Hard ♠13Elite ●♥27Epic Hard | Animal | Rat |
Giant Slinger ( view • edit ) | ♥8/10Hard ♠13Elite ●♥27Epic Hard | Humanoid | Kobold |
Giant Wolf Marauder ( view • edit ) | ♥8/10Hard ♠13Elite ●♥27Epic Hard | Animal | Wolf |
Mektek ( view • edit ) | ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Humanoid | Kobold |
Ratcher ( view • edit ) | ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♥28Epic Hard | Humanoid | Kobold |
Scorcher ( view • edit ) | ♠11Elite | Fire Outsider | Mephit |
Shaman ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Humanoid | Kobold |
Skitterer ( view • edit ) | ♥8Hard ♠11Elite | Animal | Rat |
Slinger ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Humanoid | Kobold |
Tiny Bruiser ( view • edit ) | ♥8Hard ♠11Elite | Reptilian | Kobold |
Wolf Marauder ( view • edit ) | ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ●♦21Epic Normal ●♥25Epic Hard ●♠48Epic Elite | Animal | Wolf |
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