Alterdeep is one of the adventures in the campaign Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.
| Find your way out of Extremiton's nefarious trap. | |||
| Requirement(s) | Must have completed "Déjà Vu" | ||
| Objective(s) | |||
| Restriction(s) | |||
| Rewards(?) | Formation |
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Variants[]
Elder Rune Attack[]
The Gargoyle[]
| Find your way out of Extremiton's nefarious trap to recruit a new Champion. | ||||
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| Restriction(s) | Generally only Champions with a magic base attack can be used, but a few extra helping hands tag along as well. In each non-boss area, enemies from a different faction attack. The faction members will not count toward quest progress, nor will they drop gold. Each faction also has a unique boon granted by Halaster which will be active for the entire area. | |||
| Rewards(?) | Formation |
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| Patron: Mirt | ||||
| Patron: Vajra | ||||
| Patron: Strahd | ||||
| Patron: Zariel | ||||
| Patron: Elminster | ||||
| Additional | Faction boons Zhentarim Boon - Spawn: Zhentarim Spy - Champions base attack cooldown is increased by 2 seconds. Xanathar Boon - Spawn: Xanathar Fighter - Enemies deal 300% additional damage. Cassalanters Boon - Spawn: Abyssal Chicken - 5 Abyssal Chickens spawn immediately. Mad Mage Boon - Champion healing is reduced by 50%. In addition to magic-attackers, Jarlaxle, Nayeli, Tyril and Arkhan can be added. Therefore there's an option for every slot and some basic tanking available. | |||
Ulkoria's Escape from Alterdeep[]
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Find your way out of Extremiton's nefarious trap before all your magic using champions are captured! | |||
| Requirement(s) | Must have "Ulkoria" available. | |||
| Objective(s) | ||||
| Restriction(s) | Every 50 areas, the champion with the lowest Intelligence is captured by mind flayers and removed from the formation. They cannot be added back for the duration of the adventure. Ulkoria joins the formation in slot 3. She can be moved, but not removed or swapped out, and she will never be taken away by mind flayers. Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100. | |||
| Rewards(?) | Formation |
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| Patron: Mirt | ||||
| Patron: Vajra | ||||
| Patron: Strahd | ||||
| Patron: Zariel | ||||
| Patron: Elminster | ||||
Waves[]
| Type | Waves | Bosses | Favored By |
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| aberration | 20 | 4 | Imoen, Lae'zel, Zorbu |
| armor-based | 13 | 4 | Binwin, Ezmerelda, Gazrick, Hew Maan, Wulfgar |
| beast | 5 | 1 | Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu |
| construct | 5 | 1 | Kalix, Wyll |
| demon | 5 | 0 | |
| dragon | 1 | 0 | Imoen |
| elemental | 5 | 0 | |
| fey | 2 | 0 | Minsc |
| fiend | 2 | 0 | Brother Uriah, Ezmerelda, Havilar, Jaheira, Reya, Turiel, Wyll |
| flying | 2 | 0 | |
| gith | 11 | 1 | |
| githyanki | 11 | 1 | |
| gnoll | 3 | 0 | |
| grimlock | 2 | 0 | |
| hit-based | 2 | 1 | Binwin, Ezmerelda, Hew Maan |
| humanoid | 25 | 1 | Dynaheir, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Kalix Minsc, Zorbu |
| kobold | 1 | 0 | |
| melee | 44 | 7 | |
| modron | 1 | 0 | |
| monstrosity | 7 | 2 | Ezmerelda, Imoen, Minsc |
| quaggoth | 4 | 0 | |
| ranged | 9 | 3 | |
| static | 2 | 0 |
| Type | Waves | Bosses | Favored By |
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| dummy_value | 0 | 0 | Warning - « dummy_value » should be replaced with a valid monster-type! (click this link for more info) Check the below list of supported monster-types[WL 1] |
Please add all the missing waves definition (with "0 & 0" or no values in case you don’t know them…) based on in-game’s "ENEMY TYPES" data mentionned on adventure’s starting/choice screen, place them between the header & the footer lines (which should remain untouched), and keep the monster-type lines sorted alphabetically. Thanks! (click this link for more info)
- ↑ List of supported monster-types:
aarakocra ; aberration ; apparition ; armor-based ; astral elf ; bandit ; beast ; boss ; buffwolf ; bullywug ; celestial ; construct ; cultist ; darkling ; demon ; derro ; devil ; dinosaur ; dragon ; drow ; dwarf ; elemental ; elf ; fey ; fiend ; flying ; genasi ; giant ; giff ; gith ; githyanki ; glitch ; gnoll ; gnome ; goblin ; goblinoid ; grimlock ; grung ; hag ; half-elf ; half-orc ; halfling ; harengon ; hit-based ; hobgoblin ; human ; humanoid ; item ; kenku ; kobold ; kuo-toa ; lizardfolk ; lycanthrope ; melee ; mind flayer ; modron ; mongrelfolk ; monstrosity ; ogre ; ooze ; orc ; planescape ; plant ; quaggoth ; ranged ; red wizard ; relentless ; saurial ; seaspawn ; shadar-kai ; spawner ; stacked ; static ; summoner ; tabaxi ; tiefling ; troll ; undead ; uthgardt ; vampire ; vecna cultist ; warforged ; winter ; xanathar ; yuan-ti ; zhentarim(some others may be added in the future).
Copy the line with "dummy" as many times as required and replace the "dummy" type with the required one and fill the table with the right number of waves with monsters/bosses of the specified type.
Once done for all the monster-types present in the current adventure, remove the needless "dummy" line.
| Wave | Tags | Monsters | Monster Tags | Image |
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| 1 | Underground | Intellect Devourer | aberration melee |
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| 2 | Underground | Intellect Devourer | aberration melee | |
| 3 | Underground | Intellect Devourer, Githyanki Warrior | aberration githyanki gith humanoid melee | |
| 4 | Underground | Intellect Devourer, Mind Flayer Guard | aberration armor-based melee | |
| 5 | Underground | Intellect Devourer ×7, Mind Flayer Guard x3 | aberration armor-based melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Grell | boss aberration melee | |
| 6 | Underground | Grimlock | grimlock humanoid melee |
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| 7 | Underground | Giant Frog | beast melee | |
| 8 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior | githyanki gith humanoid ranged | |
| 9 | Underground | Grimlock, Giant Frog | beast grimlock humanoid melee | |
| 10 | Underground | Giant Frog ×3, Crocodile Hatchling x7 | beast melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Massive Battle Scarred Crocodile | boss beast melee | |
| 11 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard | aberration armor-based melee |
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| 12 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard, Githyanki Warrior | aberration armor-based githyanki gith humanoid melee | |
| 13 | Underground | Psipod x2, Githyanki Warrior | githyanki gith humanoid hit-based static ranged | |
| 14 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior, Lesser Gibbering Mouther, Mind Flayer Guard | aberration githyanki gith humanoid armor-based melee | |
| 15 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior x7, Mind Flayer Guard x3 | aberration githyanki gith humanoid armor-based melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Mind Flayer Arcanist | boss aberration ranged | |
| 16 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior, Mind Flayer Guard | aberration githyanki gith humanoid armor-based melee |
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| 17 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior, Intellect Devourer | aberration githyanki gith humanoid melee | |
| 18 | Underground | Lesser Gibbering Mouther, Mind Flayer Guard | aberration armor-based melee | |
| 19 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior | githyanki gith humanoid ranged melee | |
| 20 | Underground | Githyanki Warrior x5, Young Red Dragon x5 | dragon githyanki gith humanoid ranged melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Githyanki Gish | boss githyanki gith humanoid melee | |
| 21 | Pixie | fey flying ranged |
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| 22 | Pixie | fey flying ranged | ||
| 23 | Kobold Fighter, Monodrone | construct humanoid kobold modron melee | ||
| 24 | Outdoors | Abyssal Chicken, Axe Beak | beast fiend demon melee | |
| 25 | Outdoors | Abyssal Chicken x4, Axe Beak x6 | beast fiend demon melee | |
| Boss | Outdoors | Orc War Wagon | boss construct armor-based ranged | |
| 26 | Outdoors | Black Earth Guard | human humanoid melee |
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| 27 | Outdoors | Black Earth Guard, Gargoyle | elemental human humanoid melee | |
| 28 | Outdoors | Gargoyle, Lesser Gibbering Mouther | aberration elemental melee | |
| 29 | Outdoors | Black Earth Guard, Gargoyle | elemental human humanoid melee | |
| 30 | Outdoors | Black Earth Guard x10 | human humanoid melee | |
| Boss | Outdoors | Bulette | boss monstrosity armor-based melee | |
| 31 | Outdoors | Snowy Owlbear, Winter Wolf | monstrosity melee |
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| 32 | Outdoors | Snowy Owlbear | monstrosity melee | |
| 33 | Outdoors | Winter Wolf | monstrosity melee | |
| 34 | Outdoors | Snowy Owlbear, Ice Mephit | elemental monstrosity melee | |
| 35 | Outdoors | Snowy Owlbear x3, Winter Wolf x4, Ice Mephit x3 | elemental monstrosity melee | |
| Boss | Outdoors | Abominable Yeti | boss monstrosity melee | |
| 36 | Outdoors | Winter Wolf, Lesser Gibbering Mouther | aberration monstrosity melee |
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| 37 | Outdoors | Winter Wolf, Githyanki Warrior | githyanki gith humanoid monstrosity melee | |
| 38 | Outdoors | Snow Mound, Gnoll, Lesser Gibbering Mouther | aberration demon gnoll humanoid hit-based static melee ranged | |
| 39 | Outdoors | Gnoll, Lesser Gibbering Mouther | aberration demon gnoll humanoid melee ranged | |
| 40 | Outdoors | Gnoll x6, Mind Flayer Guard x4 | aberration demon gnoll humanoid armor-based melee | |
| Boss | Outdoors | Angry Flumph | boss aberration melee | |
| 41 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard | aberration armor-based melee |
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| 42 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard, Stone Golem | construct aberration armor-based melee | |
| 43 | Underground | Stone Golem | construct melee | |
| 44 | Underground | Stone Golem, Quaggoth | construct humanoid quaggoth melee | |
| 45 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard x10 | aberration armor-based melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Doppelganger | boss | |
| 46 | Underground | Stone Golem, Lesser Gibbering Mouther, Quaggoth | aberration construct humanoid quaggoth melee |
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| 47 | Underground | Lesser Gibbering Mouther | aberration melee | |
| 48 | Underground | Mind Flayer Guard | aberration armor-based melee | |
| 49 | Underground | Lesser Gibbering Mouther, Quaggoth | aberration humanoid quaggoth melee | |
| 50 | Underground | Lesser Gibbering Mouther x4, Quaggoth x6 | aberration humanoid quaggoth melee | |
| Boss | Underground | Extremiton, Neothelid | boss aberration armor-based hit-based melee ranged |
Transcript[]
| Find your way out of Extremiton's nefarious trap. | ||||||
| Area | Goal | Quests & Cinematics | ||||
Jarlaxle: |
Gaaahh!!! What am I...? Where's going on...? Wait, that's not quite right... | |||||
Bruenor: |
Ye're talkin' like I'm thinkin', elf. Oi, but me head feels like it's on backwards and upside down. | |||||
Evelyn: |
You're still looking good from any angle, darling. Y'all are seeming like you're back to fighting form. So listen up carefully, because we've got lots to share. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
My friends, Extremiton is behind all this. Both of you, all of us --- we've been trapped in the psipods, with that monster feeding us his illusions of an alternative Waterdeep. | |||||
Nayeli: |
Yes... the fighting in that Alterdeep... Extremiton trying to learn from us what it needs to know about the city's defenses to mount a takeover. I remember now. But you said 'trapped,' as in past tense? Why have we been taken out and placed here? | |||||
Evelyn: |
The mind flayers have converted this repair chamber to some sort of cell. That ulitharid's got their tentacles full trying to control all of us, and the psipods are failing. We need to get out of here and help the rest along. I just wish there were more of us... wait, there are more of us. What's going on? | |||||
Dumpling: |
Psionic energy... overwhelming. But I can channel that power. Shape it. Illusions can fill your ranks. My help to you. I fight with you. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Well, with a flumph scrappin' on our side, how can we lose? Let's go! | |||||
| 1 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A pack of intellect devourers is charged with keeping you in this makeshift prison. Show them the Champions will not be held! | ||||
| 2 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As fast as you knock them down, more intellect devourers surge forth. Push hard! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Almost through! We give these walkin' brains one last push, we'll be outta here! | |||||
Ulkoria: |
Look there! Those pieces of shattered psipod are still alive with magic. We might be able to use it to help get into the pods that are still closed. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
We won't have much time. They're already waiting for us at the doors. Wait, those aren't mind flayers! | |||||
| 3 | Collect 25 Broken Psipod Pieces | The potent psionic magic of these shattered psipod pieces can be put to use -- but a surprise attack by githyanki won't make it easy to claim them! | ||||
| 4 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The githyanki are fleeing -- but mind flayer guards are attempting to surround you! | ||||
| 5 | Defeat the Grell | A dread grell moves to the front of this assault force! Stand fast! | ||||
Bruenor: |
All right, I'm seein' clear finally. And rememberin' what that machine did ta me mind. We gotta shut all this down, and right quick. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
The faster the better. When I left the simulation, Extremiton was barely holding onto control. The harder we can push it, the better the chance of our friends seeing through the Alterdeep illusion. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
Everything we can do to complicate the ulitharid's plan will be worth it. But we need to get back to the psipod chamber to make it happen. Quickly now! | |||||
| 6 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The grimlocks who guarded the Seadeeps dynamo are trying to regroup. Break up this reunion! | ||||
Bruenor: |
All this dynamo machinery is runnin' hotter than ever. Whatever Extremiton is doin', it's pullin' all tha power this place has got. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
And the ulitharid's servants will be working overtime to increase the flow of that power, no doubt. The more chaos we can sow on our way through here, the harder we can make it for them. | |||||
| 7 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Giant frogs are on a rampage! Hit them hard! | ||||
Walnut: |
The frogs are falling back. They love a fight, but they're not keen to die. But we've got more githyanki trouble! | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Archers trying to surround us. With Extremiton distracted, the githyanki are making their move to control Seadeeps! | |||||
| 8 | Collect 25 Githyanki Bows | Another force of githyanki are looking to get into this fight. Seizing their weapons might send these archers on their way! | ||||
| 9 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The giant frogs you drove back have joined forces with the scattered grimlocks for a frenzied assault! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! What's that roarin' sound? | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Water. Every sluice gate leading into the dynamo must be running wide open. | |||||
Evelyn: |
Hey, crazy question. You think there's any chance of that water dragging things in from wherever it's coming from? | |||||
Bruenor: |
What kind o' things is we talkin' about here? | |||||
Evelyn: |
Like that kind! Watch out! | |||||
| 10 | Defeat the Battle Scarred Crocodile | A monstrous crocodile has been drawn in with the fast river flow driving the dynamo! And it's not at all happy about that! | ||||
Ulkoria: |
We're here. I spent more time in the psipod chamber than most of you. I know the layout of the place, but our friends could be anywhere. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Then lead on, Ulkoria, and we'll be right behind ya. Champions, stay close! Look fer tha faces o' friends in them little windows. But full or not, we're tearin' every one o' these pods down! | |||||
| 11 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The psipods that hold your companions must be destroyed! Don't let these mind flayer guards get in your way! | ||||
| 12 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The githyanki return -- and are intent on using your fight with the mind flayers to take you down! | ||||
| 13 | Defeat 2 Psipods | The psipods you've broken are collapsing in heaps as their power systems fail. You need to push past them before these githyanki archers finish you off! | ||||
Nayeli: |
This batch of pods has been empty so far. We're not making any headway. | |||||
Evelyn: |
We'll get there, Nayeli. The more pods we take offline, the more we mess with whatever's going on here. | |||||
Melf: |
It's true. The magic flowing through this place is so strong I can practically touch it. Everything's on the verge of overloading and shutting down. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Then we need ta hasten that along. Everybody keep movin'! | |||||
| 14 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Mind flayers and githyanki assault you from both sides! Don't let them hem you in! | ||||
Jarlaxle: |
The githyanki formation is getting tighter. There! That gish is giving them orders. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Then she's tha one we need ta get ta stand these blighters down. Oi, there! Our fight ain't with ye and yer kind, gish. If ye want ta clear these mind flayers out o' here, ye're fightin' them that can help ye! | |||||
![]() Githyanki Gish: |
Seadeeps has been claimed by the githyanki, dwarf. There will be no challenge made for these halls. There will be no quarter given! | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Well, she's a pleasant one. But we've got something else to worry about! | |||||
| 15 | Defeat the Mind Flayer | As the githyanki assault continues, the arcanist who leads these mind flayer defenders steps forth! Stand fast! | ||||
| 16 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The mind flayers are struggling to regroup -- but these githyanki continue to hinder your attempts to finish the illithids off! | ||||
Ulkoria: |
Still nothing but empty pods through here. We need to focus the search, but these githyanki aren't letting up. | |||||
Evelyn: |
You there! Dumpling! Can you sense anything through that psi-magic you're channeling? Our friends' thoughts? Can you tell where they are? | |||||
Dumpling: |
The Champions thoughts. Yes. Part of the pattern. Let me focus... | |||||
Celeste: |
Champions, listen to me! The breaking down of what we're seeing means I can speak the truth finally. None of this is real! | |||||
Evelyn: |
Celeste! She's back...? | |||||
Dumpling: |
No. Still my illusion. But I feel the connection. Stronger now. This way. This way! | |||||
Nayeli: |
This chamber is endless. We're never going to make it through. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Can't even get ta tha blasted pods now fer all these githyanki. We gotta get these blighters takin' tha hint and headin' home. Hit 'em harder! | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Watch your back! The intellect devourers are on the move! | |||||
| 17 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The githyanki double down on their assault, even as a swarm of the mind flayers' servants runs amok! | ||||
| 18 | Collect 25 Broken Psipod Pieces | These mind flayer guards are hindered by the pulse of psionic power released each time another psipod is destroyed! Take them all out! | ||||
| 19 | Defeat 25 Monsters | With the mind flayers scattered, the githyanki launch a final assault! | ||||
![]() Githyanki Gish: |
I give you one more chance, mercenaries. You found your way into this level, so you can find your way out again. Flee while you can. | |||||
Bruenor: |
I'm gettin' real familiar with tha pattern o' some big boss decidin' they can let us go -- right about tha time they realize there ain't no way they can win tha fight. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
Agreed. So here's a counteroffer, gish. You and yours stand down -- or better yet, help us take these psipods out. This fight has cost us time. There's no reason for it. | |||||
![]() Githyanki Gish: |
Your words ring hollow, dwarf. The githyanki have been betrayed time and again, and we bargain with no one. The mind flayers will be destroyed! As will all who stand between us and them! | |||||
| 20 | Defeat the Githyanki Gish | This githyanki gish refuses to listen to reason -- so it's time to end this conversation the hard way! | ||||
Ulkoria: |
The githyanki are breaking, and just in time. The last of the psipods are ahead -- and the overload of power is tearing them apart! | |||||
Dumpling: |
Champions' thoughts! Champion's fears! There, ahead! Your friends are there! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! There's a face I recognize behind that glass. Celeste! Ye hang on, lass! We're comin' fer ye! | |||||
Celeste: |
What... we were just on the street... oh. Yes. Yes. I see it now. Everyone inside. Quickly now. We need to find the Blackstaff... | |||||
Vajra: |
But I am here, Celeste. Thank you once more for your work in helping to keep Waterdeep safe. | |||||
Celeste: |
Yes... it's been quite the fight so far. But I fear it isn't over yet. | |||||
Vajra: |
Speak more, Celeste. Are there things you know about this strange attack? | |||||
Celeste: |
A few things, Vajra. And I'm figuring out more of them even as we speak. Jarlaxle told me everything I needed to know... about the secrets that keep the city safe from attack. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Indeed. And I am ready to reveal those secrets that I had wanted to divulge. Celeste, you may speak them now for all to hear. | |||||
Celeste: |
Oh, my friend, I fear it's not the time yet. Look! Pixies are running amok in Blackstaff Tower again! We need to deal with this, and quickly! | |||||
| 21 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The pixies tearing through Blackstaff Tower must be dealt with! This is what the Champions do! | ||||
| 22 | Defeat 25 Monsters | These pixies are scattering quickly. They can't stand against the Champions! | ||||
| 23 | Collect 25 Modron Pieces | Blackstaff tower is a favorite target of kobold mercenaries. And their monodrone allies are quick to join the fight! | ||||
Calliope: |
If anyone has the slightest freaking idea what's going on around here, I for one would love to hear about it. Modrons and kobolds? Everything that was happening out on the streets? | |||||
Dhadius: |
It's like someone's having a half-price minion clear-out and throwing everything they've got at Waterdeep. It's almost unbelievable. | |||||
Celeste: |
You're both more right than you know. We're dealing with a villain with limitless resources to call upon. But they're getting frustrated, and that's good for us. For now, though, we need to focus. And to get back to the streets. Come on! | |||||
| 24 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A flock of abyssal chickens and axe beaks is on the move! Just like always! | ||||
| 25 | Defeat the Orc War Wagon | Everyone knows the best combat takes place outside Blackstaff tower -- and this orc war wagon is just part of the fun! | ||||
Minsc: |
All right, Minsc is confused by this fight. Abyssal chickens and axe beaks are working for orcs? Or other way around? | |||||
Boo: |
Squeak? | |||||
Celeste: |
There's no time to think about these things, Minsc. We need to keep moving. The city is under threat! The Champions are fighting hard... here and elsewhere. So we need to buy time. | |||||
Nayeli: |
I don't understand this, Celeste. You must share what you know, and quickly. | |||||
Celeste: |
I'm still working things out, Nayeli. These final secrets, the most important ones... I need time to work through them before I can reveal them. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
There is no time, Celeste. The city is under siege. You must reveal the final secrets. | |||||
Celeste: |
Soon, soon! But for now, we fight! | |||||
Celeste: |
All right, who do we have now? | |||||
Minsc: |
Black Earth cultists! Evil elementalists who desire all the world destroyed! Is there no one who will let this city rest? | |||||
Celeste: |
Not yet, my friend. Not yet. | |||||
| 26 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Waterdeep is under attack again! Defend the city, Champions! Show everyone how it's done! | ||||
| 27 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Gargoyles are coming to life across the city's rooftops! Watch yourselves! | ||||
| 28 | Collect 25 Pieces of Animated Stone | As fast as you smash them, these gargoyles are reforming! Scatter their fallen pieces to keep them out of the fight! | ||||
| 29 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The gargoyles are close to breaking -- but the black earth guards they serve return to the fray! | ||||
| 30 | Defeat the Bulette | A monstrous bulette is tearing the streets of Waterdeep apart! Do you need the Blackstaff's help, Champions? What secrets might draw her forth?! | ||||
Minsc: |
Do you feel that? There is a darkness over everything. An oppressive presence that hangs over all the city. | |||||
Celeste: |
I do feel it. The foe we're fighting is close to revealing themself. But we need to keep moving. Stay focused on the fight. Don't let anything distract you, friends. We're almost there. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Almost where, Celeste? Tell us where we must go. Tell us where you lead us. | |||||
Celeste: |
I'm sure you can guess, Jarlaxle. You were always the clever one... | |||||
Minsc: |
Wait! Something is very odd here. | |||||
Dhadius: |
Really? Your powers of perception continue to amaze me, ranger. I'm sure none of the rest of us would have noticed that we're suddenly in the middle of a blizzard. | |||||
Celeste: |
That's the power of the foe we're dealing with. All nature seems to be under their control. So we need to hit back hard! | |||||
| 31 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Winter comes early to Waterdeep this year! The city's folk will freeze in their homes unless you stop this monstrous attack! | ||||
| 32 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Another pack of snowy owlbears is out for blood! Finish them off! | ||||
| 33 | Collect 25 Snowballs | Everyone knows that winter wolves fear only one thing! A snowball fight! | ||||
| 34 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A pack of ice mephits joins the wintry fray! The city needs you, Champions! Focus on the fight! | ||||
Jarlaxle: |
We are wasting time, Celeste. You must tell your friends what you know. Reveal the final secrets. | |||||
Celeste: |
But it's not time, Jarlaxle. You said so yourself, all the way to Blackstaff tower. Do you not remember? | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
The githyanki formation is getting tighter. There! That gish is giving them orders. | |||||
Minsc: |
Githyanki! Where? This snow obscures them! | |||||
Celeste: |
Jarlaxle! What did you say? | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Well, she's a pleasant one. But we've got something else to worry about! | |||||
Minsc: |
Good warning, my friend. Look there! Yeti! | |||||
Celeste: |
Everyone, move up! Hold the line. The plan is working. It's almost over... | |||||
| 35 | Defeat the Abominable Yeti | An abominable yeti is a threat to all who dwell in Waterdeep! Only the city's secret defenses can stop this creature! Reveal the secrets, Champions! Champions!!! | ||||
Minsc: |
Minsc does not understand what he is seeing. We were in city, yes? But now, no? Does Minsc need short lie-down, perhaps? | |||||
Celeste: |
No, Minsc. You're seeing just fine. Champions, listen to me! The breaking down of what we're seeing means I can speak the truth finally. None of this is real! | |||||
Dhadius: |
Indeed? The city dissapearing like a bad backdrop at a community theater? I never would have guessed. | |||||
Celeste: |
Yes, Dhadius, I'm sure you've been on top of this whole thing from the beginning. Extremiton is behind it. In the real world, we must be trapped in some kind of psionic control system, feeding this illusion into our minds. | |||||
Dhadius: |
... Yes, that's exactly what I was going to say. | |||||
Celeste: |
Which means you must understand that we still need to defeat the foe we face here to keep Extremiton busy. We need to buy time for our friends to free us. Come on! | |||||
| 36 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Real or not, these winter wolves must be knocked back! Hit them hard! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Celeste, you must cease this running. We must make our stand here. Resistance is useless. | |||||
Celeste: |
Oh, Bruenor. I know you're out there somewhere. Know that we're fighting with you, my friend. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Can't even get ta tha blasted pods now fer all these githyanki. We gotta get these blighters takin' tha hint and headin' home. Hit 'em harder! | |||||
Minsc: |
Githyanki again! For real this time! Watch yourselves! | |||||
Boo: |
Squeak! | |||||
| 37 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A squad of githyanki warriors bleeds through from the real world into the illusory fray! Take them out! | ||||
| 38 | Defeat 1 Snow Mound | You've found the gnolls you've been pursuing all along, and you need to hit their camp hard --- so clearing their snowy barricades are the first step! | ||||
| 39 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Gnoll archers are trying to pin you down to prevent your advance! Push through! | ||||
Dhadius: |
This gnoll illusion is holding steady. Hopefully the worst of the weirdness is behind us. | |||||
Angry Flumph: |
Champions! You will face my wrath! Bow down before me and I may let you live! | |||||
Dhadius: |
Apparently, I spoke too soon... | |||||
Celeste: |
How interesting a choice to lead a final battle. I suspect Extremiton is feeling their own rage toward a certain flumph in the real world. Oh, Dumpling, thank you. | |||||
Minsc: |
Mind flayers! But they shimmer strangely. Are these real or part of this dream? | |||||
Celeste: |
It's all one and the same now, Minsc. Champions! This is our final stand. Fight for your lives! | |||||
| 40 | Defeat the Angry Flumph | This angry flumph shows that Extremiton's control is all but broken! Fight on! | ||||
Celeste: |
Bruenor! | |||||
Bruenor: |
Celeste! Let's get ye away from all this unnatural machinery. | |||||
Celeste: |
The others... is everyone all right? | |||||
Ulkoria: |
Right as rain, and thanks to you, I'm guessing. Keeping them focused in Alterdeep has lessened the worst effects of bringing their minds back. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Good thing too. 'Cause we got one more thing ta focus on now. Champions! All o' ye on me! That Extremiton wanted ta see how we'd step up ta defend Waterdeep? How we'd fight when everythin' was against us? Well, let's show that monster mind flayer what it came ta see! | |||||
| 41 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Extremiton's mind flayer servants are on the move! Hit them hard! | ||||
| 42 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Stone golem guardians shore up the mind flayers' defenses! Hold your ground! | ||||
Nayeli: |
Keep pushing! Extremiton can't hide behind its minions forever. | |||||
Minsc: |
Wait... these things scattered here look strangely familiar. Is all Champion's gear! | |||||
Ulkoria: |
This must be where the ulitharid's servants dropped everything when we were placed in the pods. Grab what you can! | |||||
Minsc: |
Minsc sees what he grabs. Maps made to mark our route here will make it easy getting back! | |||||
| 43 | Collect 25 Lost Maps | The mind flayers fall back -- and give you a chance to grab up your scattered maps! Work quickly, now! | ||||
| 44 | Defeat 25 Monsters | A quaggoth strike force drops from above! It's an ambush! | ||||
| 45 | Defeat the Doppelganger | A doppelganger agent working for the mind flayers tries to take advantage of the assault! Take all these creatures down! | ||||
Nayeli: |
Where is that blasted ulitharid? Has that foul creature already fled? | |||||
Extremiton: |
Witless mortals. Always talking, always prattling. Your minds are small, and your resolve is weak. My forces will end this now. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Ah, there's tha bravado monologue, right on schedule. Ye talk brave fer someone on tha far side o' tha battlefield, squid. How's about we have this conversation up close and personal? | |||||
Extremiton: |
Empty posturing. Mindless zeal. It is the same with all your kind. But rest assured that when you fall, your sacrifice will have given me what I need. The knowledge of Waterdeep taken from your minds. The city's defenses. Its people. All of it open to me. Open to us. Waiting to be taken. | |||||
Nayeli: |
For a creature that claims to crave knowledge, you don't show much interest in learning. You've been in our minds? You know what we'll do to protect what's ours? Then that should tell you everything you need to know about what's coming for you... | |||||
| 46 | Defeat 25 Monsters | As you move for Extremiton, the stone golems struggle to regroup -- but another wave of quaggoths hits hard! | ||||
| 47 | Defeat 25 Monsters | Roaming packs of gibbering mouthers are drawn to the sounds of combat! Push past them! | ||||
| 48 | Collect 25 Halaster Coins | A last force of mind flayers pushes in. Claim the coins they carry as your last souvenirs of Seadeeps! | ||||
| 49 | Defeat 25 Monsters | The quaggoths and the gibbering mouthers have both regrouped at full strength! | ||||
Bruenor: |
There! We got that ulitharid cornered like tha snake it is. Hold tha line! Then hit all these blighters hard! | |||||
Extremiton: |
Insolence! Insurrection! Inconceivable! My power is absolute! My will is all! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Keep telling yourself that, monster. It'll make a fitting epitaph. | |||||
Minsc: |
Wait... what is shaking happening now? Something is moving! | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Neothelid, there at the edge of the cavern! And coming in fast! | |||||
Nayeli: |
Don't let the creature split our attack! Hit Extremiton hard! We can't let them get away this time! | |||||
| 50 | Defeat the Extremiton & the Neothelid | Extremiton makes their last stand! You need to take this ulitharid down before the neothelid turns this battle into a rout! | ||||
Bruenor: |
Never thought I'd be noddin' thanks ta a gigantic mind flayer worm fer a clutch assist in tha middle o' a fight. Been a lot o' firsts in this particular expedition. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
My friends, it's so good to see you all safe again. I'm grateful to you for coming after me. For... everything. But we should get moving. We have a long journey back to the city. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Gotta say, I'm lookin' forward ta seein' Trollskull Manor again. Just remembered a keg o' ale I had set aside, and it and I are gonna get ta know each other real good tonight. | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
An excellent plan. Assuming the manor is even still standing, that is. | |||||
Ulkoria: |
What...? What do you mean? Have there been more attacks? What's happening in the city? | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
Oh, nothing as far as I know. It's just that we've left Nat, Jenks, and Squiddly in charge all this time, with the drow of Bregan D'aerthe watching over them. | |||||
Bruenor: |
Oi! I thought we could trust them drow. Ye think they been up ta' somethin' that's got tha kids in danger? | |||||
Jarlaxle: |
I'm assuming it's the other way around, actually. So let's go see... | |||||
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