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The Deal and the Demon

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The Deal and the Demon is the 2nd quest in the Menace of the Underdark: The Queen of the Demonweb story arcIcon tooltip.pngStory arcs  are chains of quests that make up a story line.
Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.
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These quests can be completed in any order.
Trial by Fury • The Deal and the Demon • Reclaiming the Rift


Yugoloth mercenaries are found throughout the fiendish planes and other dark corners of the multiverse. They are notorious for serving whichever side suits their purposes - often, the highest bidder.

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DDO Point icon.png Requires access to adventure pack: Menace of the Underdark
The Deal and the Demon
Heroic level: None
Epic level: 23
Duration: Long
Heroic XP: N/A
Epic XP:  ♣9,006Solo/Casual ♦15,484Normal ♥15,959Hard ♠16,434Elite
Takes place in: The Realm of Ruin
Bestowed by: Ymris
NPC contact: Ymris
Quest acquired in: Eveningstar
Patron: Purple Dragon Knights
Base favor: 8
Purchase: Menace of the Underdark
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

Ymris the Yugoloth has proposed a deal: help him and his mercenaries assassinate the demon Kishnaurac, and he will help you retrieve the Orb that Kishnaurac is guarding for Lolth. If you can retrieve the Orb, it will bring you one step closer to freeing the Thread of the Weave.

Go to the Realm of Ruin inside the Demonweb and meet Ymris there. You can reach the Demonweb via Eveningstar Cavern.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Talk to Ymris the yugoloth
  • Remove the Sign of Binding
  • Remove the Sign of Shielding
  • Remove the Sign of Vigilance
  • Disable the Orb
  • (Optional) Let Ymris summon mercenaries — Bonus (15%): Epic( ♣1,351 ♦2,323 ♥2,394 ♠2,465 )

Known Traps

Trap DCs

  • Spell Wards that do substantial damage, all can be disabled.

Tips and Misc

  • The geography is similar to Trial by Fury, with islands of stone connected by web-bridges, but less complicated and more intuitive.
  • Graal'zerub can teleport off of the edge and fall. If this happens he may end up back towards the beginning of the quest. You will have to backtrack to kill him and complete the quest. This can be done after defeating Kishnarac.
  • The Signs can either be touched to disable, which triggers a spell ward, or can be inspected closer to allow a check to be made to disable it without any problems. Binding (Touch and disable it.) has a UMD check. Shielding (Knock and shatter.) has a Strength check. Vigilance (Sweep it away.) has a Concentration check; if failed it summons a Hezrou.
    • NOTE: If you want the tamper XP (Disarming traps bonus), you need to intentionally fail the first 2 Signs to generate the spell wards to disable.
  • As of April 2020 the optional mercenaries do nothing to help you at all. They are inactive for the spider fight, but turn on you for the boss fight at the end.
    • The chest which may contain the Spider-spun Caparison has been moved to the end of the quest and linked to allowing Ymris to summon his mercenaries with U17.
  • Can be run solo in under 5 minutes making it a very fast loot and XP run. You can do the quest for loot over and over without returning to Eveningstar as long as you leave the orb alone.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 24 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
  • Tamper bonus: 2 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
  • Mischief bonus: 16 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
  • Vandal bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )
  • Ransack bonus: 25 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣−0 ♦−0 ♥−0 ♠−0 )

Loot

  • Chests: 2
    • 1 end chest for defeating Kishnaurac
    • 1 optional chest for allowing Ymris to summon his mercenaries and defeating them
  • Collectables: 3
    • Adventurer's Pack — below the first SignIcon tooltip.pngAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionString of Prayer BeadsSmall Wooden IdolIcon of KhyberPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperZygomycota FungusStone FetishWarehouse LedgerEncoded CommuniqueMystical FormulaSlime MoldGlowmoss SporesBlister BeetleScarlet CryptmossGlowmoss ClumpOceanic SphereMortar and PestleFractured FemurPrismatic DustSmoldering Ember
    • Bones — below, south west of the second SignIcon tooltip.pngGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSweet WhitecapZygomycota FungusDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperGlowmoss Clump
    • Bones — just east of Graal'zerubIcon tooltip.pngGlowmoss SporesScarlet CryptmossSlime MoldBlister BeetleSweet WhitecapZygomycota FungusDeadly FeverblanchPale CreeperGlowmoss Clump

NPC end rewards

Standard items, Potion of Major Mnemonic.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
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  • 8 months and 1 day
  • BugTime
Terrorweb Chitin Breastplate
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Breastplate  22 Bound to Character on EquipIcon tooltip.pngBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip The Deal and the Demon, Yugoloth Mercenaries chest
Spider-spun Caparison
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Outfit  22 Bound to Character on EquipIcon tooltip.pngBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip The Deal and the Demon, Mercenary Chest
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  • 7 months and 7 days
  • BugTime
Planar Focus of Prowess
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Trinket  22 Bound to Character on EquipIcon tooltip.pngBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip or Bound to Character on AcquireIcon tooltip.pngBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire The Deal and the Demon, end chest; Menace of the Underdark: The Queen of the Demonweb, quest chain end reward
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Based on [[Category:The Deal and the Demon loot]] ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Arith'narac( view
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 ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠27Epic Elite Magical Beast Spider
Chosen of Lolth( view
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 ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠28Epic Elite Elf Drow Elf
Demonweb Terror( view
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 ♦23Epic Normal ♥27Epic Hard ♠26Epic Elite Magical Beast Spider
Graal'zerub( view
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 ♦25Epic Normal ♥29Epic Hard ♠28Epic Elite Evil Outsider Demon
Kishnaurac( view
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 ♦26Epic Normal ♥30Epic Hard ♠29Epic Elite Evil Outsider Demon
Planewalker Drow( view
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 ♦24Epic Normal ♥28Epic Hard ♠27Epic Elite Elf Drow Elf
Yugoloth Mercenary( view
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 ♦23Epic Normal ♥27Epic Hard ♠26Epic Elite Evil Outsider Yugoloth

DC for Signs

Skill Quest Difficulty Skill Total Suspected DC range
Sign of Binding (Use Magical Device roll) Normal 33:Fail; 50:Success 34-47
Hard 42:Fail; 47:Success 43-47
Elite 55:Success 43-55
Sign of Shielding (Strength check) Normal 24:Success ?-24
Hard 24:Success ?-24
Elite 24:Success ?-24
Sign of Vigilance (Concentration roll) Normal 43:Fail; 46:Success 44-46
Hard 49:Fail; 52:Success 50-52
Elite 56:Success 50-56
Convince Ymris to not call his mercenaries (Intimidate roll) Normal 43:Fail 44-50
Hard 49:Fail; 50:Success 50
Elite 68:Success 50-68