Abdirak

Abdirak is a human servant of the Maiden of Pain, Loviatar. He can be found at the Bloodied Shrine in the Goblin Camp during Act One.

“

Let the sting of pain wash away your pain!

„

— Abdirak

Involvement

Act One

Abdirak resides inside the Shattered Sanctum next to the torture room. He offers peace and serenity through pain. If accepting, Abdirak strikes the player character several times. If he is pleased with their performance, he blesses them with the permanent bonus  Loviatar's Love, and the following inspiration:

•  A Kiss Without Mercy ( Acolyte background)
•  The Art of Agony ( Entertainer background)

The player character must endure three strikes and pass each performance roll three times, each intimidation roll three times, or fail each constitution roll three times. If attempting to fail the Constitution rolls, the player character can self-inflict  Poisoned by eating rotten food found in the room next door.

If the participant removes their armour first, they are granted  Ardent Apostle - a temporary condition that gives a +4 bonus to Performance and Intimidation checks.

Dialogue

Fail to hold back the pain

Must be failed all three times.

• [CONSTITUTION] Try to hold back your cries. (DC 10)
  • [CONSTITUTION] Take a deep breath and close your eyes. (DC 10)
    • [CONSTITUTION] Grit your teeth and keep still. (DC 10 )

Cry out for mercy

• [PERFORMANCE] Yelp loudly and dramatically beg for mercy. (DC 5)
  • [PERFORMANCE] Writhe in exaggerated agony and cry out. (DC 10)
    • [PERFORMANCE] Ah, mercy! I can't take it... it's too much! (DC 10 )

Telling him to hit harder

• [INTIMIDATION] Come on. A child can hit harder than that. (DC 10)
  • [INTIMIDATION] You look tired. Should I take over? (DC 10 )
    • [INTIMIDATION] Hit me as hard as you can - or I'll return the favour. (DC 5)

• [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] More. (DC 10 )
  • [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] MORE. (DC 10 )
    • [BARBARIAN] [INTIMIDATION] MORE! (DC 5 )

Use monk training

Always results in failure, as the player character does not react to the pain like Abdirak desires.

• [MONK] Slow your breathing to attain silence, inside and out.
  • [MONK] Slow your heart and sink deeper into the stillness.
    • [MONK] Let the world recede. You neither hear the priest nor feel the blow.

Using bard skills

Requires no checks, automatically succeeds.

• [BARD] Make a show of screaming at the top of your lungs.
  • [BARD] Howl at the PAIN, the AGONY of it all.
    • [BARD] Sing out in pain and pleasure. You've never felt so ALIVE.

Companion approval

Agree to undergo penance.

• I am curious.  +5  +1

Loot

• Loviatar's Scourge
• Scroll of Hold Person

Related literature

• On Receiving Her Grace, on the nearby table
• The Screed of the Willing

Combat

Abdirak can heal himself even though he is  Silenced or  Bone Chilled.

Attacks and abilities

 Bone Chill ()

Damage: 1~8

1d8Necrotic

Prevent the target from healing until your next turn. The target cannot help  Downed characters. An undead target receives Disadvantage on Attack rolls.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Concussive Smash ()   –  Loviatar's Scourge

Damage: 3~13

1d6 + 1Bludgeoning

+ 1d6Necrotic

Hit an enemy with all your might to deal damage and possibly  Daze them.

CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Short rest

 Cure Wounds ( + )

Healing: 1~8 + modifiers

1d8 + Spellcasting modifierHealing

Heal a creature you can touch.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Inflict Wounds ( + )

Damage: 3~30

3d10Necrotic

Putrefy a creature with Necrotic energy filling your hands.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Loviatar's Scourge

Damage: 3~13

1d6 + 1Bludgeoning

+ 1d6Necrotic

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

Notes

• If reading On Receiving Her Grace, found on the nearby table, then the party can unlock the dialogue option "I saw your book. Let me try some of those techniques". This allows them to choose which tool – mace, knife, or axe – Abdirak uses, and thus changes the damage type inflicted to Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing respectively. This can be used to reduce the damage taken. For example, selecting the axe option and casting  Blade Ward or equipping the Amulet of the Unworthy to gain Slashing resistance. If all three ritual weapons are taken away, he casts  Bone Chill instead.
• Abdirak leaves the sanctum if the goblin leaders are killed. He can be found during the fight standing in front of a burrow contemplating that he is too big to fit to escape. He is carrying the Ritual Dagger and Ritual Axe on him from the Bloodied Shrine.
• After leaving the Shattered Sanctum Abdirak, unlike most other fleeing characters, does not despawn for a very long time. It is possible to follow him all the way out of the goblin camp, through the bridge, until only a bit south from Blighted Village where dirt road turns to stone, where he finally despawns.

Gallery

• 
  Abdirak's model.
• 
  Model, holding a mace.

External links

• Abdirak on the Forgotten Realms Wiki