Astarion/Location Remarks

A collection of Astarion's remarks and voicebarks in various locations or plot scenes throughout the game. In some party combinations, a particular party member (including Custom Origin (Tav)) have the priority to voice their line. In these cases, Astarion's line is not used at all, or he utters a responding remark, if there is any.

At some points, the locations remarks are common for all possible party members, including Custom Origin (Tav). These are not included here.

Also, some lines provided for Astarion initially (as well as for other party members) have been cut or rendered inactive during further development.

Prologue edit

Nursery and Surgery edit

(Climbed out from the Mind Flayer Pod): “What's happening? Where am I?” (also serves as a Responding remark here)
- (Responding remark): “Wherever we are, I don't like it.”
(Interacted with his own pod, 1): “Damnable cage.”
- (Interacted with his own pod, 2): “It doesn't look any better from the outside.”
(Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 1): “We had a lucky escape, it seems.”
- (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 2): “Empty. Good.”
- (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 3): “Someone else escaped, too.”
- (Interacted with any other intact pod in the room, 4): “Damnable things.”
(Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 1): “Not everyone made it out, it seems.”
- (Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 2): “Burned to a crisp. Seems I got lucky.”
- (Interacted with any other ruptured pod in the room, 3): “A char-grilled corpse.”
(Looked out from the hull breach): "It can't be. We're in the Hells..."
(Looted a dead Mind Flayer): “Wretched thing. You got what you deserved.”
(Used the Restoration): “Curious. I feel good - rejuvenated.”
(After the first fight with the Lesser Imps): “Vile beasts. Now to get out of here.” (triggers only if Lae'zel or Losiir^[1] are not in the party, otherwise their line will be played)
(Saw a dragon on the way to upper deck): “This ship can only take so much. We have to push on, before those dragons bring us down!”
(Interacting with the Tentacle Aquarium for the first time): “Are they - yes. Brains.”
- (After the first time): “They're almost cute. Almost...”
(Interacting with Cerebral Aquarium for the first time): “What in the Hells - are they plants?”
(After the first time): “I never knew mind flayers had such green fingers.”

Ceremorphosis Chamber edit

(Upon entering the chamber, saw the control panel): “Strange machinery. It could do anything.” (played only if Lae'zel hasn't entered the room with the avatar, otherwise her line will be played)
(Failed Arcana checks while reading the control sigils):
- (Central sigil): “Completely indecipherable.”
- (Left sigil): “Gibberish.”
- (Right sigil): “It could say anything.”
(Used ‘Unleash’ button): “Too late. They're dead.”
(Used ‘Aggression’ button): “Pulling that lever may have been a mistake.”
(Try to open the Elaborate Reliquary without a key): “Locked. Pity.”
- (Found the Gold Key): “A key? Now to find the lock.”
- (Found the key, already tried to open the chest): “A key. About the right size for that chest.”
(Found a socket in Shadowheart’s pod): “I can't turn it on - not without whatever fits in that socket.”
- (Found the Eldritch Rune): “Curious. Looks like it might fit into that machine by the pod.”
- (Found the Eldritch Rune, hasn’t spoken to Shadowheart): “Well, well. What do you open?”
(Saw dozens of pods in the Transformation room): “So. We weren't the only ones.” (played only if Lae'zel hasn't entered the room with the avatar, otherwise her line will be played)
(Sat in one of the chairs surrounding the pod in Transformation room): “What are those voices? Hello?”
- (Responding remark 1): “There's no one else here - it's just us.”
- (In Multiplayer, responding remark 2): “It must be the chair, connecting to ship. And its mind flayers.”
- (In Multiplayer, responding remark 3): “We should go, before we attract unwanted attention.”
(Trying to read the button in Transformation room, Arcana failed): “I hope it means 'escape'. Unlikely, though.”
(Saw the woman in the pod transformed): “Gah! Is there a lever with our names on it somewhere?”
(Picked up either Slave Mind or Dark Mind): “A brain. How delightful.”
- (Picked up the second one of these two): “Are you a pet or a snack?”

The Helm edit

(In Multiplayer, if another player has entered the Helm, while avatar hasn’t yet): “It's coming apart - I need to get to the helm!”
(On the third turn of the fight in the Helm): “She's going down. Get out!”
(On the fifth turn of the fight in the Helm): “We're going down. Brace!”
(Mind Flayer turns on the party after killing Commander Zhalk): “Treacherous bloody mind flayers! I need to get to that transponder.”
(Mind Flayer died in the fight with cambions): “The beast is dead! Now to get out of here...”
(Mind Flayer and cambions dead, avatar reminds themselves of the transponder): “Now if I can just get to the transponder.”
(Interacting with Nautiloid Tank 1): “Strange thing. I wonder what it's for.”
- (Nautiloid Tank, 2): “Another of those tanks.”
- (Nautiloid Tank, 3): “Such curiously grotesque things.”
*(Nautiloid Tank, 4): “Another container, same as the others.”

Act One edit

Ravaged Beach and Roadside Cliffs edit

(Near the docks): "Running water normally burns like acid. But now - who knows?"
(Encountering Intellect Devourers in the Nautiloid Wreck): "Wicked little beasts - they'll down you in one strike."
(Approaching the dying mind flayer in the Nautiloid Wreck): "I'd rather it be hurt than me. Do be careful."
(Approaching unstable rune - the point of Gale’s recruitment): “Is that sigil all right? It doesn't look all right.”
(Saw Losiir's dead body): “Oh dear - rather a graceless landing from our githyanki guide.”

Overgrown Ruins and the Dank Crypt edit

(Entering the crypt from the Refectory): "The air's so stale. It feels more like a tomb than a temple."
(Looked at Jergal's statue in the crypt, Religion check):
- (Successful): "Jergal? This must be ancient - no one worships the Final Scribe anymore."
- (Failed): "Even gods get left to rot in the dark."
(Saw the skeletons): "Scribes with swords? So much for the quill being mightier."
(After skeletons have been defeated): “Well that was pathetic. Sorry bones, guarding dusty old trinkets.”
- (Responding remark): "They're unthinking cadavers. I may as well feel sorry for a bread basket."
(Sneaked past enlivened skeletons): “Who lets their guards' eyes rot away? Honestly, it would've been a crime not to steal that treasure.”
- (Responding remark): “Next time we'll grind their bones to make our bread.”
(Ran away, escaped from the crypt): “I can't believe we ran from clacking old bones.”
(Found the Book of Dead Gods): "A chained book? Oh, that's just begging to be read."
(Found a Soul Coin): "An iron coin? I'd prefer gold, but I'll take it."
(Entering the locked part of the crypt): "Oh, I like it. Homely."
(Trying to press a button that deactivates an avoided-so-far trap): “It won't move. How disappointing.”

Emerald Grove and The Hollow edit

Approaching the Grove:

(After defeating the raiding pack of goblins): "That was invigorating. There's nothing like a good killing to loosen up the joints."
- (Responding remark 1): “But what were the grubby little beasts after? This place doesn't look like much.”
- (Responding remark 2): “I just wonder if the grubby little beasts had any friends. And if they're nearby.”

Resolving the initial confrontation between Aradin and Zevlor:

(Aradin was knocked out by Zevlor): “We've only just arrived and they're trying to kill each other. Delicious.”
(Zevlor was knocked out by Aradin): “A broken tiefling nose. They're as popular here as everywhere else.”
- (Responding remark to any of leaders' punch): “Entertaining as it was, let's not forget why we're here. We need a healer.”
(Aradin was knocked out by a player character): “Nicely done.”
(Zevlor was knocked out by a player character): “Well. That's one way to introduce yourself to the locals.”
- (Responding remark to any of player character’s punches): “I won't lie, it felt satisfying. But let's not forget we're here to find a healer.”
(Respond to a player character's remark on the non-lethal ending of Aradin/Zevlor conflict): “Indeed. Isn't it delightful?”
(Reaction to Zevlor’s words about more goblins): “So, more goblins could arrive at any moment? Lovely.”
- (Responding remark): “Goblins, tieflings, who cares? All that matters is finding a healer.”

Resolving Sazza's fate:

(After Sazza told the party about Priestess Gut): “I don't put much faith in goblins, but this priestess could know something?”
- (Responding remark): “We are finding ourselves with some interesting bedfellows...”
(Helped Sazza escape from the grove): “Horrible little thing. She'd better not forget this.”
- (Responding remark): “I just wish we could've made a deal with a wood nymph or - anything less vile, really.”
(Let Arka shoot Sazza): “I didn't take these refugees for killers. Maybe I've misjudged them.”
- (Responding remark): “The goblin was just put out of our misery, that's all.”

In the Sacred Pool and Inner Sanctum:

(Trying to recognize the ritual chanted by druids): “Is that a growth spell? I've never heard one like it.”
- (Responding remark): “It's a growth spell. What's the worst it could do?”
(If Arabella was killed by Teela during the trial): “Another dead refugee. What a sorry bunch of souls.”
- (Responding remark): “Let's get on, before the druids decide we're on their list of enemies, too.”
(In Halsin’s chamber, saw dead drow): “A dead drow. Quite the decoration.”
- (Responding remark 1): “And a dead tadpole in that brine.”
- (Responding remark 2): “Never mind that - what a statue!”
- (Responding remark 3): “Part library, part morgue. An interesting combination.”
(Read Halsin’s research on tadpoles): “This 'Halsin' was taking notes on our wriggling friends.”
- (Responding remark): “He sounds like someone worth talking to.”
(Read Halsin’s research on tadpoles, knows druid’s missing): “If there's a cure, it seems Halsin is the one to talk to.”
- (Responding remark 1): “Then let's find him. Time is short.”
- (Responding remark 2): “Assuming he's still alive.”
- (Responding remark 3): “If he's dead, we'll make his corpse talk.”
(Opened the druids’ library with the magical circlet): “Now, what have you been hiding?”
(Saw a magic-imbued glaive in druids’ library, knows the story): “I can feel the grief in the blade. It must be the glaive from the druid's notebook.”
- (Haven’t read about the weapon’s story): “There's a wicked edge to this. I can feel the darkness in the blade.”

Dealing with Nettie:

(Nettie locked the party up after they refused to take Wyvern Poison): “So this is what honesty gets you? Consider my lesson learned.”
- (Responding remark): “I trust the next time someone asks if we have a mind flayer tadpole in any of our skulls, we'll consider lying?”
(Feeling sick after Nettie scratched them with a poisonous thorn): “I feel woozy. Whatever that druid scratched me with, it's working.”
- (Sickness getting worse after LR without cure): “I can feel the druid's poison in my veins. She must have had a cure...”
- (Almost dying after second LR without cure): “No. No, it can't end like this!”
- (Cured from Nettie’s poison): “That was uncomfortably close. Imagine, being killed by a dwarf...”
(Agreed to take Wyvern poison from Nettie): “Pretty bottle, but I wouldn't take wyvern poison, even if we do begin to turn.”
- (Responding remark 1): “If we do start to turn, I'd prefer a method with a little more flair than poison. Is self-immolation totally passé?”
- (Responding remark 2): “If you start to turn, I encourage you to take it. I'm sure it'll be very entertaining for the rest of us.”
- (Responding remark 3): “Hear, hear. If you turn, I'd rather slit that pretty neck of yours myself, anyway.”

In the Secluded Cove:

(Charmed by a Harpy's song, 1): "No more blood. No more killing. Just this, please."
- (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 2): “Please, I need more.”
- (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 3): “That music...”
- (Charmed by a Harpy's song, 4): “So beautiful. So free.”
(Broke the Harpy's charm): "I'll skin you alive, you fowl wretch!"

Elsewhere in The Hollow:

(Saw the Strange Ox) "Did that cow just give me the side-eye? Is that... normal?"
(Watching at the map in Zevlor’s cave): “We're in Elturgard? Ugh. Baldur's Gate is still leagues away.”
- (Responding remark): “Goblin and gnoll markers on the map too. Looks like they're mostly... everywhere.”
(Near a guarding statue in the Underground Passage): "Glowing eyes are so rarely a good sign. Best tread carefully."
(Found malnourished Torchstalks behind the Makeshift Prison): "That's an unruly-looking mushroom. Best not get too close."
(Found dead tiefling children after goblins' attack on the grove): “Well. What's a little more blood on one's hands.”
(Found the vines all around the grove blocking the entrance): “No one's getting in. Impressive, if a little dramatic.”
- (Found the vines all around the grove, knows about Rite of Thorns): “Well. It seems we're not invited.”
(Tried to attack the vines): “It's no good - they're impossibly strong.”

The Forest and the Owlbear Nest edit

(Dealt with Andrik and Brynna, not knowing about the cult of Absolute): “Did you follow a word of that?”
- (Responding remark): “They're devoted to this Absolute. Whatever it is.”
- (Heard about the cult previously from Sazza): “The Absolute? They follow the same god as that wretched goblin, Sazza.”
- (Responding remark): “Seems like a popular little deity, whoever they are.”
(Saw Edowin’s tadpole exerting from his body): “Slithering away the moment its host is dead. Not that I expected loyalty from a worm.”
- (Responding remark): “Let's forget it for now? The less I think about that thing swimming about in my skull, the happier I'll be.”
(Found Exsanguinated Boar): “That boar looks riddled with disease. Best keep our distance.”

(Healed the Mother Owlbear): “She looks better - hungrier, too.”
(Found Mother Owlbear killed by goblins, if the party have spared her earlier): “Looks like the goblins found her little hideaway.”
- (Responding remark): “A pity. I kind of liked her.”
(Found a shrine to Selûne, Religion check):
- (Successful): "A shrine to Selûne. Quaint."
- (Failed): "Another shrine to another god."
(Near the magically sealed chest): "A magical seal. No lockpicking that."
(Found a prayer, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “Same symbol as the chest. A prayer to open it? I'd prefer a blood offering, but all right…”
- (Failed): “A prayer. Curious symbol next to it… well, saying a few words won't hurt.”
(Tried to open without disarming magical seal): “Agh! I need a different approach, clearly.”
- (Opened the chest by reading the prayer): “If I knew praying could be useful, I would've started years ago.”
(Picked up the scroll with the Selûnite Rite): "A Selûnite coming-of-age ritual? Well I guess they have to celebrate something."

Sunlit Wetlands/Putrid Bog edit

Dealing with Demir and Johl:

(Saw Auntie Ethel disappeared after helping her against brothers): “I haven't spent much time with helpless old ladies. Was that normal?”
- (Responding remark): “We probably gave those two idiots an easier death than whatever she had planned for them.”
(Found the brothers dead, haven’t met them earlier): “Killed and left for scavengers. What a waste.”
- (Have encountered them prior, arguing with Ethel): “Dead? I thought they had a sister to find? That's just lazy, boys.”
- (Responding remark to either): “Although whoever killed them did a masterful job.”

At the Druid Sanctuary/Decrepit Sanctuary:

(Noticed the knife-damaged tree bark): “Hello. Someone's taken a knife to that tree.”
- (Saw the damaged bark, knowing about Kagha’s letter): “That seems to be Kagha's tree. And the Shadow Druids' mark.”
(Read Kagha’s recruitment letter from Shadow Druids): “Shadow Druids? Kagha's more interesting than I gave her credit for.”
- (Responding remark): “Really? She's more interesting than I gave her credit for.”
- (Read the letter before meeting Kagha): “This 'Kagha' sounds interesting. A shame she'll probably have to die.”

Elsewhere in the Wetlands/Bog:

(Found a sword and a helmet in the middle of the bog X: -3 Y: 277): “A fine sword and hat. And a fine adventurer at the bottom of the swamp, no doubt.”
(Tried to pick a fruit from a Barbed Bulrush, pricked a finger): “Ah! Damned, stupid bush.”
(Found slaughtered campsite on the riverbank): "Looks like we missed all the fun."
- ( Nature check successful): “Redcaps, no doubt. Wasteful creatures.”
- (Failed): “Whatever attacked them, you have to admire its gusto.”

In the Riverside Teahouse/Gnarled Teahouse:

(Near the fireplace in hag’s house, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “That's no fire. What are you hiding?”
- (Failed): “Cosy. If you're warm-blooded.”
(Ate a tart in hag’s house (before dispelling the illlusion)): “Hells' teeth! Was solid food always so foul?”
- (Ate a second bite): “Gods. Why? Why would I try it again?”
(After Ethel hasn’t succeeded to extract the tadpole): “It's not enough to have a worm slither into my eye, it has to be cursed with dark magic too.”
- (Responding remark): “It must be powerful magic to stop the parasite in its tracks. I wonder what else it could do?”
(Ethel fled from the house after a peaceful encounter): “Gone. Although her stench remains.”
- (Ethel fled from the house escaping a combat): “She's running. Now it's a hunt.”
(Reached out to Connor’s coffin while the hag is still alive): “Agh! Damned bloody thing.”
- (Tried to touch it second time): “Argh! That felt even worse, somehow.”

In the Overgrown Tunnel and the Ancient Abode:

(Chasing after Ethel through the illusory fireplace): “Now - where are you hiding?”
(Entering the Entrance Gallery): “Well this is delightful.”
(After speaking with Lorin): “Babbling idiot doesn't know what he's talking about.”
- (Responding remark): “Probably another of the hag's mind games. Nothing more.”
(Lorin died after being forced out of his corner): “... Do you think he's all right?”
- (Responding remark): “Well he's no one to blame but himself.”
(Put on a Whispering Mask and saw through illusion): “The truth is revealed. In all its stinking glory.”
- (Failed a Wisdom save against the mask): “No. Get out. GET OUT!”
- (Freed from Ethel's mask mind control): “She's gone. Thank the Hells.”
- (Other hag’s victims act neutral when wearing a Whispering Mask): “They're not attacking. Fooled by a mask.”
(Wandered into Ethel’s lair, the hag is not there): “Well this is darling. Very 'Granny's cottage' meets 'rotting troll carcass.'”
- (Responding remark): “Smells like trouble.”
(Entered Acrid Workshop): “It smells rancid in here. New blood caked on old.”
- (Responding remark): “Someone knew how to have fun.”
(After Ethel’s set Mayrina’s cage on fire): “That girl hasn't got long, if you planned to save her.”
(After resurrecting Connor Vinderblad): “That was revolting.”
- (Responding remark): “What happened, happened. Standing here arguing won't change it.”

Blighted Village edit

(Spotted goblins' ambush upon entering the village): “Goblins. I can smell trouble ahead.”

At the blacksmith's house and cellar:

(Picked up Selûnite Necklace in blacksmith’s house): “A Selûnite necklace, if I'm any judge. And I am.”
(Found blacksmith's blueprints): "Blueprints for some devilish weapons. Our friend was a fine blacksmith."
- (Responding remark): "They're sketches - more like early drafts than final blueprints."
- (Found another set of blueprints on the wall near the smithy): “More blueprints from our local blacksmith.”
- (Responding remark, if already knows about adding Sussur Tree Bark): “The same as before, minus the sussur bark. An early draft, perhaps?”
(Added sussur bark to the melting forge, has read blueprints): “Perfect! Now I simply need a greatsword, dagger, or sickle.”
- (Hasn’t seen blueprints): “That works nicely. Now, what's next...”
- (If has read apprentice’s journal, but hasn’t seen blueprints): “I'm not one for manual labour, but this might just be worth it.”
(Found a crumbling wall in the cellar): “Some wall. Steady as a drunk hill giant.”

In the Whispering Depths:

(After climbing down the well rope, Survival check):
- (Successful): "Better not touch the webs. I'd hate to disturb the locals."
- (Failed): "Webs everywhere. Feels like home."
- (Touched the web and heard Ettercap's shriek): "Well, that can't be good."
(Felt air motion from the deeper pit): “I wonder what's hiding down in all that darkness.”
- (Responding remark): “By all means - you first.”

In the Apothecary's Cellar:

(Upon entering the secret cellar): “An impressive set of bones. Pity to see it abandoned.”
(Found the tome): “A book of necromancy? Interesting.”
- (If the party already knows about Gale’s needs): “A book of necromancy? Gale would love to get his hands on this.”
- (If the tome was destroyed): “You damn fool! Who knows what power it contained?”
- (If Astarion is already binded to the tome, and another character tries to take it): “Oh no, that book is mine.”

The deal with Lump the Enlightened:

(Blowing Lump's War Horn, if the ogres are dead): “Oh well. Worth a toot.”
- (Responding remark): “They won't be summoned from beyond the grave. Lazy.”
(Blowing the horn, while staying at the camp): “Perhaps it's better the ogres aren't coming. I'm sure they snore.”
(Blowing the horn, if the ogres are too far away to hear it): “The ogres can't hear me and I can't smell them. A fair trade, I'd say.”
(Blowing the horn, if the deal with the ogres is done): “The ogres are long gone. It's still a fine horn, though.”
- (Responding remark): “Just one more toot. For old times' sake.”

Elsewhere in the village:

(Found a hopscotch game): “Ah, the faded ghost of fun.”
(After killing Grukkoh and Buthir): “Some Baldurians would pay good coin for a tussle like that.”
- (Responding remark): “Oh I've seen worse. Gnomes can be... ugh.”
- (Responding remark, if the a player character is a Gnome): “Oh I've seen worse. Gnomes can be - well, I'm sure you know.”
(Found the Curious Book): “Ah, someone had good taste in books.”
- (Responding remark): “Or they were just a shameless alcoholic.”

Goblin Camp edit

At the gate and in the outer camp:

(After any party member knocked a rhythm on a War Drum near the outer gate): "A fine talent with the drum. You'd do well on a slave ship."
(After any party member smeared worg dung on their face): "I like it. Suits you."
(Walking among the celebrating goblins): “We have to sneak the druid out of this? It's a veritable plague of goblins.”
- (Responding remark): “Finding him is one thing - getting him out safely is something else entirely.”
(Freed the Owlbear Cub and directed it to the camp): "I've always wanted a vicious killer as a pet."
(Saw sleeping drunk goblins at the platform above the entrance): “Look at all these sleeping beauties. Dead to the world.”
- (Responding remark): “Shhh. Let's not disturb the sleeping beauties.”
(Found a loose wall at the upper platform): “That wall's dangerously weak.”
(Found Shadowheart's body, knows her): “Oh dear, a familiar corpse. Shadowheart, wasn't it?” (this happens only if Shadowheart hasn't been recruited)
- (Does not know her): “The half-human with the artefact. She's - well, she's been better.”
(Approaching the camp after having defended the grove, Responding remark): “They're a leaderless mob. How hard could it be to sneak past them?”

In the Shattered Sanctum:

(Noticed a Scrying Eye): “I spy a scrying eye. Let's not get its attention.”
(Talked to either Dror Ragzlin or Minthara, and they mentioned “the weapon”): “This 'weapon' the cult is after - do you think it's our artefact?”
- (Responding remark): “Let's not advertise it, just in case. The last thing we need is another target on our back.”
(Responding remark on a player character's comment on receiving "penance" from Abdirak): "I've seen better."
(Found a blocked trapdoor in Ragzlin’s throne room): “Stubborn thing. It's blocked from the other side.”
(Killed Minthara): “Dead. What a magnificent sight.”
(Killed Priestess Gut): “Ah, the world just got a little less wretched.”

In Worg Pens:

(Halsin died while in bear form and reshaped after death): “Curious. At least we won't have to dig through fur and entrails for our spoils.”
- (Halsin died, players spoke to him previously): “So much for the druid. Although even corpses can reveal secrets.”
(Halsin escaped Worg Pens on his own, the party hasn’t been to grove): “All dead. Whatever they were guarding, it made them regret it.”
- (The party does not know about Halsin missing): “Someone made quite the scene on their way out. If it was an adventurer, they might return to the grove.”
- (The party knows Halsin was missing): “Mauled by claws and magic. If this was Halsin, he'll be halfway to the druid grove by now.”
- (The party met him afterwards): “Well. Halsin left quite a mess on his way out.”
- (The party knows only about the adventurers): “Someone made quite the scene. One of those adventurers, maybe?”
  - (Responding remark 1): “Whoever did it left quite some claw marks. Maybe the missing druid?”
  - (Responding remark 2): “He must have returned to the grove.”
  - (Responding remark 3): “If so, they might have returned to the grove.”
(Trying to use the tunnel left after drawing out Taeglyn's body): “The debris didn't shift - perhaps a little more oomph is required.”

While heading to the Underdark:

(Approaching Selûnite disc riddle, read the Dwarf's Poem):
- (Successful Investigation check): "Moving plates and symbols that match dwarf's poem. Interesting."
- (Failed): "Ah, the symbols from the dwarf'spoem. Now what to do with them…"
(Approaching the riddle, read the Selûnite's journal): "Circles and the celestial. It's the seal from that journal."
- (Responding remark): "Well then, shall we?"
(Approaching the riddle, hasn't read the poem):
- (Successful Investigation check): "So, we have moving plates and... some symbols?"
- (Failed): "Well it's certainly... something."
(After the riddle is solved): "Well. Into the dark we go, I suppose."

Underdark edit

At the Selûnite Outpost and around:

(Approaching portcullis, saw a Minotaur killed by traps): "Strewth!"
- (Responding remark): “Careful. Not everyone looks this good dead.”
(Felt the quake): "The hells was that? We'd better not get buried down here."
(Approaching myconid spore-guarded territory, Nature check):
- (Successul): "Ugh, fungal spores. Is a little blood mist too much to ask for?"
- (Failed): "Urgh. Whatever's in the air, it tastes foul."
(Approaching a group of petrified drow): “Huh. Drow statues are normally more regal and pompous.”
(Killed the Spectator, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “Since when could spectators turn you to stone?”
- (Failed): “Entombed forever in stone. A grim fate.”

In the Ebonlake Grotto and Decrepit Village:

(Met the Myconids for the first time, Intelligence check failed): “A walking toadstool. That might be the vilest thing I've ever seen.”
(Looking at Spaw planting spores into a corpse): “You know, I can't tell if it's mourning, angry, or just hungry.”
(Saw a corpse revived as a Spore Servant): “Raising the dead is easier than capturing slaves. The drow in Menzoberranzan could learn something.”
- (Responding remark): “They're just husks. I couldn't care less if they're slaves or building material.”
(Found the remains of duergar and myconids’ battle): “Duergar and myconid bodies. Someone's been fighting.”
(Approached abandoned camp in the Decrepit Village): “The camp looks abandoned. And rightly so.”
(Killed Glut): “Poor Glut. All ambition, no competence.”
- (Responding remark): “I doubt any tears will be shed. Or... secreted? Whatever mushrooms do.”

In the Dread Hollow:

(Found Hook Horror markings, Survival check):
- (Successful): “Sharp, deep, and fresh. Someone's marking their territory.”
- (Failed): "Strange marks. Left by some charming new monstrosity, I'm sure."
(Saw a Hook Horror up on the cliff, eating a gnome): “Over there. Another friendly little critter.”
(Heard Hook Horror calling for reinforcement in battle): “Shut that oversized chicken up!”
(Saw Bulette’s holes, Nature check):
- (Successful): “Bulette burrows. Best step lightly - there's a land shark about.”
- (Failed): “Must be one hell of a mole.”
(Felt Bulette burrowing beneath): “What the hells?”
(Bulette approaching, Nature check):
- (Successful): "Was that a bulette? Best watch my step or I'll be lunch."
- (Failed): "I don't know what that was, and I don't care to."
(Bulette reappeared after hiding underground): “Hello again, beautiful. Back for more?”
(Approaching the Sussur Tree): "I don't trust this tree. It feels wrong."
(Feeling Sussur Tree impact): "I feel cold. Empty. What are these flowers doing to me?"
(Found Myrna's dog collar after digging out the grave at X: -41 Y: -212): “What's this? A collar covered in runes...”
- (Responding remark, read Letter from Amarith): “All that remains of Lenore's beloved pet, it seems.”
- (Responding remark, hasn’t read the letter): “It must do something. Damned if I know what, though.”

In the Arcane Tower:

(Approaching the entrance, saw scorched ground from Arcane Turrets): “The earth's been charred. Ominous.”
(Read any poem book in the tower): “I'm not normally one for literature, but there's something there.”
(Felt Weave emanations from the Chest of the Mundane, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “That chest's magic. Its energy has me all atingle.”
- (Failed): “I can feel the tingle of magic. Something close by...”
(Put an item IN the chest): “It's transformed! A clever little trick.”
(Took an item OUT of the chest): “It's transformed? What's this trickery?”
(Interact with lights without activating Power generator): “A light without a wick? How are you meant to use the damn thing?”
- (Activated Power generator): “Ah, magical light. A cute little trick.”
(Blocked lift in the Arcane tower, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “Why is it broken? You're powered by magic, for goodness sake!”
- (Failed): “It doesn't look broken. Then again, none of us do.”
- (Try to trigger it second time): “Still useless, I see.”
(Pressed the strange button in Lenore’s bedroom, doesn’t have the collar): “Strangely low for a button. Strangely useless too.”
- (Pressed the button, has Myrna's collar in inventory): “Hullo - whatever you did, it made the collar in my pack vibrate.”
- (Pressed the button, a party member wears the collar): “Ah! Whatever you did, it made my neckpiece vibrate.”
- (Pressed the button, got a Raw Steak): “The pet could summon its own food? What a clever little trick.”
- (Pressed the button second time): “No more? Not one for gluttony, I see.”
(Put on the ring obtained from Bernard): “A secret button? It seems this ring is more than just a fashion piece.”
(Sat down on the Stool of Hill Giant Strength): "Well now, what's this? I feel powerful."
- (Got up from it): "Damn it, it's gone…"
- (Destroyed the stool and took the leg club): “This could do some damage. Waste not...”

Collecting the lore on the Adamantine Forge:

(First learned about the forge): “An adamantine forge? Sounds like the perfect place to find something expensive.”
(Looted disguised book from Xargrim, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “There's a spell disguising this book. You're not really... 'Flumph Mating Rituals', are you?”
- (Failed): “'Flumph Mating Rituals'?^[2] Interesting choice, but who am I to judge?”
- (If already interrogated Xargrim's corpse): “Here's the book he mentioned. Disguised by magic as... 'Flumph Mating Rituals'? Hells...”
(The book transformed, the party knew it was disguised): “Ah, the book on flumphs has dropped its disguise.”
- (The party didn’t know): “That book on flumphs - it's changing. What were you hiding, you sneaky little wizard?”
(Looted Filro’s records, not knowing about the forge): “Rambling garbage. Typical.”
- (Deciphered the record scroll): “The forge has a guardian undone by heat and hammer. Sounds simple...”
- (If learned about the forge first from Filro): “A hidden adamantine forge? Imagine the blades you could produce with that.”
  - (Responding remark, successfully deciphered drow’s records): “There is a guardian to take care of, of course. But all we need is a... 'hot hammer'?”
  - (Failed to decipher the record scroll): “I would've appreciated more details, personally. The rest of the note reads like gibberish.”
(Second mention of the forge): “Seems like a popular spot, this forge. Everyone's looking for it.”
- (The party knows about it from Filro’s corpse): “Seems the mad drow wasn't the only one searching for this forge.”
- (The party knows about it from Filro’s notes): “The same forge from the wizard's notes? The notes that mentioned a guardian?”
- (The party knows about it from Dhourn/Dhourn’s corpse): “Our wizard friend Dhourn was looking for this forge too. A popular spot.”
- (The party knows about it from Dhourn’s Memory Shard): “This is the same forge the memory shard showed us, surely?”
- (The party knows about it from Xargrim’s corpse): “hat's the same forge the drow's corpse mentioned, surely?”
- (The party knows about it from Xargrim’s disguised book): “That enchanted journal mentioned an adamantine forge too. Seems popular.”
- (The party knows about it from Skarjall): “The same adamantine forge the duergar were harping on about? Interesting.”
(Third mention of the forge): “The forge again? Hells, we know everything bar how it smells.”

Dealing with Mushroom Circles in the Underdark and beyond:

(Found dead drow at the foot of the crag, Medicine check):
- (Successful): “Bones snapped like twigs. Must've been quite a fall.”
- (Failed): “A dead drow. No one's going to shed any tears.”
(Found illusory mushroom “ladder” leading toward crag top at X: 67 Y: -256): “Bloody Underdark. Even the mushrooms are out to get you.”
(Found illusory wall on the top of the crag): “A fake wall. Hopefully hiding real secrets.”
(Approaching a mushroom ring, knows its purpose): “No glow? How dull.”
- (Not knowing the purpose): “That's not normal, is it? A perfect ring of mushrooms.”
(Entered a mushroom ring, knows its purpose): “Nothing? How disappointing.”
- (Not knowing the purpose): “Well, it's certainly... symmetrical?”
(Activated the mushroom ring): “Well. That's different, at least.”
(Teleported from the Underdark into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel is dead): “The old crone had a back door. Interesting.”
(Teleported from the Underdark into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel survived): “Ah, here we are again.”
(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel to the Putrid Bog): “Just once, I'd like to teleported to a nice feather bed.”
(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, hasn’t been to Underdark earlier): “Stale air in a grim cave. This must be the Underdark.”
(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, has been to Underdark): “And we're back. A fungal shortcut.”
(Teleported from the Putrid Bog into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel is dead): “The lazy old crone built herself a shortcut.”
(Teleported from the Putrid Bog into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel survived): “Our hag's lair. Charming.”
(Teleported from the Underdark to the Putrid Bog): “The hells? Why would it take us here of all places?”
(Teleported from the Underdark to the Sunlit Wetlands (Ethel’s illusion is still intact)): “The hells? What's so important about these wetlands that it would lead here?”

Elsewhere in the Underdark:

(Entering Zhentarim storehouse from the Underdark): "The Black Network's mark. Spies, murderers, and thieves ahead, I guess."
- (Entering the storehouse, descending from Zhentarim Hideout) "Glowing rocks? Mushrooms? This is no simple storage room."
(Found a Drow resupply stash at X: 71 Y: -220): “A resupply stash. I wonder if Lolth's pets left anything good.”
(Heard Baelen’s cries for help): “Sounds like someone's about to die. I feel so at home here.”
(Killed all Kuo-toa in Festering Cove, thus dissipating BOOOAL’s magic): “His power died with the fish creatures. I expected more from the 'Lord of Murder'.”

Grymforge edit

At the Clan Flameshade camp:

(Arriving at the Grymforge): “No duergar built this fort. They don't have the imagination.”
(Met a Scrying Eye): “A scrying eye. Someone's watching this place.”
- (If already seen one in the Goblin Camp): “Another scrying eye, same as the one skulking around the goblins' camp. Someone's watching.”
- (Responding remark to both options): “Let's not make a scene, then.”
- (Looted a dead Scrying Eye): “How precious. A scrying eye, forever shut.”
(Saw drow corpses in cages near the pier): “These drow are a statement. It's not like duergar to be so bold.”
(Looted the Engraved Pin from a drow corpse, History check):
- (Successful): “A pin with the Harpers' emblem. Strange to see this all the way down here.”
- (Failed): “Pretty pin. Might be worth a few coins.”
(After talking to Stonemason Kith): “Every ancient ruin has a story to tell - that much is true, at least.”
- (Responding remark): “A rather fascinating history - shame the place is so dusty.”
(Found Dark Justiciars’ skeletons): “Dark Justiciars, just as Halsin said. Moonrise Towers must be close.”
(Saw crates with old Sharran gear at X: -668 Y: 400): “Rusted and useless. Pity.”
(Found a crossbow in an old crate, History check):
- (Successful): “No duergar made this. The design looks Sharran...”
- (Failed): “Oh this is far too nice to be duergar-made.”
(Looted a piece of adamantine, knows about the forge): “It's mostly slag, but something's sparkling in there. Hello! Are you adamantine?”
- (Doesn’t know about it): “Something's sparkling in there, but it's mostly slag.”
(Found defaced statue of Shar, recognized the symbol of the Absolute): “The mark of the Absolute. No intention of playing nice with other gods, it seems.”
- (Did not recognize the symbol): “A little blasphemous graffiti, though I don't recognise the symbol.”
(If Nere died in the cave-in): “No one's here? Just as well - we can grab Nere's head and go.”
(Looking at the Shar temple down from the ruined bridge): “Impressive-looking ruins down there, but well out of reach.”

Exploring the Sharran city:

(Found the traces of Thulla’s escape, Perception check):
- (Successful): “Footprints on the ground. Always worth a look.”
- (Failed): “What's that? Blood on the ground...”
- (Interacting with chains or bloodied arrows, Survival check):
- (Successful): “Arrows and the bloody tracks of short legs. Someone went gnome-hunting.”
- (Failed): “Urgh. What a mess.”
(Respond to Harper’s watchword from Undelivered Letter, History check):
- (Successful): “A spell. Cast Light on the chest, and we should be all clear.”
- (Failed): “I'm sure that's very useful if you know what it means. Alas, I don't.”
(Approaching the location of the Harper Stash): “If the Dark Justiciar's letter was right, there should be a stash here somewhere.”
(Saw the Harpers’ rune, hasn’t read the Undelivered Letter, Survival check):
- (Successful): “A Harper's rune. Something must be stashed nearby.”
- (Failed): “A secret rune or just graffiti? Hard to say.”
(Saw false chests, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “If I were sensible, I'd lock it in a chest. But if I were clever, I'd put chests everywhere and hide it somewhere else entirely...”
- (Failed): “Now to find the damn thing...”
(Entered a banquet hall, Religion check):
- (Successful): “Ah, a Nightfall feast in honour of Shar. An evening of food and merriment before a spot of murder - charming.”
- (Successful 2): “Ah, a Nightfall feast. Though I'm not sure it should be quite so ripe.”
- (Responding remark): “I've heard of that - a banquet that ends with you murdering someone in Shar's name. Quite the event.”
- (Failed): “Feeling hungry? I'm decidedly not.”
(Found a loose stone at X: -600 Y: 422 through Perception check): "Well well, a loose stone. What are you hiding?"
(Found a place where Philomeen climbed up the ledge, knows about her escape): “Rope and gear. That gnome's escape route, no doubt.”
- (Does not know about her): “Rope and gear. Someone was feeling adventurous.”
(Found a Devilfoil Mask): “A curious mask. It's almost cute.”
- ( Arcana check successful): “A merregon mask, no less. Hells' footsoldiers.”
- (Failed): “Sadly, 'cute' alone isn't worth much.”
- ( Arcana check successful, knows about merregons’ habits): “A whole gaggle of merregons. They never fight alone, though - where's their commander?”
- (Doubts whether the merregons’ commander is dead): “Still only merregon remains, though. Whatever commanded them, I'm not sure it's dead.”
(Tried to put on the mask): “It's surprisingly heavy. Style over practicality, I suppose.”
- (Found a second mask): “Gods, how many masks are there?”
- (Found the third mask (?)): “The longer you look at them, the more unsettling they get.”
(Found the Idol of Shar, the party knows Shadowheart is a Sharran): “An aspect of the Lady of Loss. Shadowheart may appreciate its finding.”
- (The party does not know): “An idol of the Lady of Loss - now found. Lovely.”
(Found a bunch of rusty weapons): “The weapons here are more rust than steel. How long's it been since they tasted flesh?” (triggers only for the first time interacting with those)
(Interacted with the Orb of Darkvision): “Oh that's a familiar feeling. Darkness and loss.”
(Read Abandoned Journal): “Beasts and Hellknights? You can hardly blame him for being a coward.” (triggers after finding at least one Devilfoil Mask)
(Stepped on a platform held by chains): “Lovely. Held together by rust and hope.”

In the Adamantine Forge:

(Coming closer to the Adamantine forge): “It is getting toasty. Surely the forge must be close.”
(Saw the forge for the first time): “An incredible sight. And people say size doesn't matter.”
- (Saw the forge for the first time 2): “Found the forge. And to think people say size doesn't matter.”
(Filled the crucible with Mithral Ore): “Seems it's all full up.”
(Interacting with mould chamber, has at least one Mould): “What's this? A snug little spot for that mould, I think.”
- (Doesn’t have any moulds): “There's a gap here. Could fit a mould or - I don't know, some other blacksmithery?”
- (Filled only crucible, hasn’t any moulds): “I fed you some metal, what more do you want?”
- (Filled only crucible): “Now we have metal and a forge, but no mould.”
- (Placed only mould): “Fits perfectly. Now we just need something to forge.”
- (Filled and placed both, seeking how to activate): “I hope this is worth me playing blacksmith.”
(The platform moves down after activating): “Arriving in style. I rather like it!”
(Trying to forge without lava): “Well, that didn't work. What's missing?”
- (If has already crafted one piece): “No joy. Seems I need more lava.”
(Forged the first item, Grym appears): “Oh look, a new friend's come to play.”
(Fighting Grym, the forge hammer doesn’t damage it): “It barely tickled him! What am I missing?”
- (Successfully damaged Grym with the hammer): “Yes! You felt that, didn't you, you stupid lump?”
(Magma Mephits appear during the fight): “Oh, there are mephits now too? Wonderful! Why not?”
(Defeated Grym): “Ha! Take that, you stupid, clunking... whatever you are.”
(Approaching lava lake, Nature check):
- (Successful): “The lava shouldn't be this volatile. Something's wrong.”
- (Failed): “Quite the lively little pond, aren't you?”
(Noticed Lava Elemental, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “A lava elemental. So you're what has this place all stirred up.”
- (Failed): “A lava elemental? Because fire would have been too easy.”

The Risen Road and Mountain Pass edit

In and around the Tollhouse:

(Saw dead gnolls on the bridge to the Tollhouse): “Someone eviscerated those gnolls. It's rather beautiful.”
(Saw rockfall and wreckage near the Tollhouse): “A collapsed tunnel. Nasty way to be buried.”
(Agreed to help Anders, but found out that his crew are actually Zariel’s servants): “They made the wrong deal, but they got themselves into that mess. They can get themselves out.”
- (Responding remark): “I had really hoped we were above base pursuits like 'monster hunting'.”
(Entering Tollhouse basement): "Urgh, that smells ripe…"
- (If the party already knows he’s a vampire): “Urgh. That body's so ripe, I'd need to drink the blood with a fork.”
(Stepped on a pressure plate in the tollhouse vault): “Seems I've done something, but not enough.”
(The skeleton couple under the broken bridge leading to the road): “Some old, forgotten bones.”
- (Successful History check): "They're sporting Harper and druid armour. Fought together and died together."
- (Failed): “Who cares - do they have anything worth taking?”
- (Failed 2): “I hope your belongings are in better shape than you are.”

Fighting gnolls and dealing with missing shipment:

(After one of hyenas fled): “That cur - where's it running off to?”
(Witnessed a birth of a gnoll from dying hyena, seq 1): “I've seen some disturbing things, but that was in the top five.”
- (Responding remark 1): “It certainly puts 'the miracle of birth' in a new light.”
(Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 2 - knows about gnolls’ presence in area): “The gnolls' stink is everywhere.”
- (Responding remark 1): “No wonder, if they're leaping from hyenas left and right.”
- (Responding remark 2 in sequences 1 and 2): “This place reeks of blood. Let's go, before more join us.”
(Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 3): “What in the Nine Hells did I just watch?”
(Witnessed a birth of a gnoll, seq 4 - knows about gnolls’ presence in area): “Gnoll birth makes ceremorphosis look like a doddle.”
- (Responding remark in sequences 3 and 4): “Let's just go. There's only so much my stomach can take.”
(Found the missing shipment, Rugan dead, hasn’t met Zarys): “You don't hide trinkets in a box like that. There's something good rattling around in there.”
- (Responding remark): “So what are we waiting for? Let's crack it open and see.”
(Found the missing shipment, Rugan dead, has met Zarys): “That Zhent woman promised a lot of coin for this chest, but only if we don't peek inside.”
- (Responding remark): “She was very clear that we shouldn't open it... but what if we did, though?”
(Found the missing shipment, conspired with Rugan, has met Zarys): “They did not want to part with that chest. And their boss promised good coin if it stays locked.”
- (Responding remark): “Yes, but why tell us not to open it unless there's something very good inside?”

At Waukeen's Rest and Zhentarim Hideout:

(Failed a Strength check to kick out the front door): “You huff and puff at the door. I'll find my own way in.”
(Walking near the burning door in the tavern): “That door's radiating heat. Time for caution, I think.”
(Cannot lift the fallen beams off Benryn): “I can't - it's too heavy!”
(Found Mirileth’s corpse): “Brown hair? Green dress? Looks like we found Miri.”
- (Responding remark): “Exactly as described. Apart from being dead.”
(Saw the haystack with hidden dowry, Perception check):
- (Successful): “Very nice. And to think I was expecting a needle.”
- (Failed): “Feed for the beasts.”
(Found a secret entrance to the Zhentarim Hideout): “Oh that's excellent! So good to see a secret passage with some flair.”
(Illusory wall in the Zhentarim Hideout, successful Investigation check): “A false wall? Sneaky.”
(After the Flaming Fist guard refused to attack the Zhentarim): “An honest-to-goodness coward. It's almost refreshing to see.”

Meeting with the githyanki scouts near the Mountain Pass:

(Found giant scratches near Mountain Pass entrance): “See there? Something tore through that rock like paper.”
- (Successful Arcana check): “Dragon claws, surely.”
- (Failed): “Whatever did it, I don't want to meet it.”
(Saw a red dragon): “A red dragon. Look at the power in that body.”
- (Responding remark): “You go a lifetime without seeing one, and then they won't stop pestering you.”
- (Saw a red dragon, Frightened): “Dragon! Look out!”
- (Responding remark, Frightened): “Blasted wyrm - where did it come from?”
(Picked up dead mercenary’s shield, 1): “Not much use against a dragon's breath.”
(Picked up dead mercenary’s shield, 2): “It's a well-roasted shield.”
- (Responding remark): “There's not much that can turn aside a dragon's breath.”
(Read a roadsign after dragon’s attack): “The dragon saw to our 'detour'.”
(Leaving the area after Lae'zel ran off to speak with Voss): “Ah, Lae'zel's been left behind. I could go back for her. Or not.”
- (Responding remark): “You're not abandoning her! Just redistributing your presence.”
(Reacting to the sight of Lae’zel’s dead body): “What a waste. She was a powerful specimen.”

Rosymorn Monastery edit

Walking down the Rosymorn Monastery Trail:

(Looking at the valley vista from the viewpoint X: -30 Y: -100): “Monasteries - as gaudy as any noble's palace.”
(Looking at the monastery ruins from afar): “I was expecting a gith crèche to look a little less... shit?”
- (Responding remark): “Yes, it does look a little - how can I put it? Shit?”
(Recognizing Lathander depiction in the statue at X: -63 Y: -133, Religion check successful): “Ah, Lathander - god of dawn's sun. Not exactly favoured by my kind.”
(Tried to use the cable car, Strength check):
- (Successful): “Well that didn't want to move. How long was it stranded there?”
- (Failed): “It's stuck fast. How long has this been sitting here?”
(Came up to a broken bridge at X: -106 Y: -184): “Yes, it's quite broken. We'll need another way across.”

Exploring the ruined monastery:

(Came up to the body of a cultist killed by the gith guard): “Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? Or do the gith only have enemies?”
(Approaching the statue of Lathander at X: 73 Y: 4): “Undead crushed underfoot. I'll try not to take it personally.”
(Heard the warning from speaking bust, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “A Magic Mouth^[3] spell - whoever owned that voice, they must be long dead.”
- (Failed): “At least the statues just talk. With my luck, I was sure they'd attack.”
(Found the corpse with a longsword in the chest, History check):
- (Successful): “Skewered on a gith blade. At least they made it quick.”
- (Failed): “Skewered like a hog. They probably died like one too.”
(Found active Guardian of Faith spell): “A Guardian of Faith spell. Who knew faith lasted so long?”
(In the Ceremonial room, removed the weapon from the altar): “Ah, it's lost its glow. That's... unfortunate? I think?”
(Placed a non-Ceremonial weapon on altar): “It seems any old weapon will do, if it's the right type.”
(Heard Gremishka meowlings): “What is that wailing? A child?”
(Recognized Gremishkas, Arcana check successful): “Gremishkas? Those little pussy cats are allergic to magic - better watch my spells.”
(Used magic close to a Gremishka): “Perhaps we're better off without magic this time?”
(Entered a combat with drunk Kobolds): “This place reeks of alcohol - best watch my fire. Or not...”
(Pass by an inactive Lathander's Lance on the roof, knows where the crèche is): “What a majestic weapon. Even the gith would cower at you.”
- (Doesn’t know the crèche location): “Well look at you. I bet you were a powerful weapon in your day.”
(Found a githyanki skeleton at X: 45 Y: 19, has been to the crèche): “Nothing left of the original raiding party but bones. Shame.”
- (Hasn’t found the crèche yet): “Nothing but githyanki bones left in this armour. Shame.”
(The Giant Eagle calling for help in combat): “Call all the friends you want, bird. It won't save you.”

Crèche Y'llek edit

(Entered the Dormitory):^[4] “I imagined the gith slept on slabs of stone and nails - not beds.”
(Read the parchment with the rules on the dormitory wall): “Rules, rules, rules - life must be a real bore.”
(Set Gremishka loose from the gith kids’ chest): “What in the hells -”
- (Responding remark): “That's what those little brats were tormenting?”
(Looking at the devices in Stornugoss’ laboratory): “Quite the selection of strange little gadgets.”
(Breathed in the Strange Gas in the Hatchery): “That smell is rank. Positively enfeebling.”
(Looking around in the Hatchery): “A far cry from the Upper City hot baths, I must say.”
(Saw anatomical diagrams in the Classroom): “Is that a... Ugh. These mind flayer diagrams are too detailed.”
(Hit a training dummy in the far end of the Classroom): “The only doll in a githyanki crèche is an illithid practice dummy. Shock.”
(Started a fight with sa'varsh Kethk and his students): “He's guiding his students. They look sharper now - hungry for blood.”
(Opened the apple crate in the corridor): “No banquets in sight with this pantry, that's for sure.”
(Read the map in Captain’s Quarters): “These gith have mapped half of bloody Faerûn. To what end, I wonder?”
(Killed Therezzyn, reminding themselves about the Inquisitor): “Well, that's one grunt down, but someone else is calling the shots around here.”
(Interacted with the deactivated barrier): “Looks like the barrier's already down. How lovely.”
(Walking the bridge that leads to Inquisitor’s Chamber): “Just when you think a place can't get any more ominous. Charming.”
- (Responding remark): “It's unnerving. This place makes my skin crawl.”
- (Responding remark 2): “I'm more worried about this 'Inquisitor'. Do you really think he'll help us?”
- (Responding remark 3): “We do have a history of things going badly. But I'm sure this time will be different.”
(Try to use an inactive Planecaster, before speaking to W'wargaz): “I was hoping for a beep or a clank or something.”

Searching and obtaining the Blood of Lathander:

(Found empty altar for the fake Blood of Lathander X: 74 Y: 67): “They kept the 'Blood of Lathander' here? Please, it was begging to be stolen.”
(Read the note in the Dawnmaster’s secret stash): “The 'Blood of Lathander'? They probably don't mean it literally, unfortunately.”
(Picked up the fake Blood of Lathander): “This is an ancient holy relic? It doesn't feel that ancient. Or holy.”
(Noticed the statues in Inquisitor’s Chamber, Perception check successful): “Scuff marks on the floor. Are these statues more mobile than they look?”
- (If the party has read Old Maintenance Records at X: 102 Y: 26): “Statues to Lathander, just as the book said. Although it also said they moved.”
(Failed to rotate the statue in Inquisitor’s Chamber): “Bloody thing - it's jammed shut.”
(Hit the stuck statue weakly): “AH! I was sure I had it that time.”
(Solved the statue puzzle in Inquisitor’s Chamber): “Well well, look what you've been hiding.”
(Upon entering the Dawnbreak Gate): “Incredible - completely untouched. It looks frozen in time.”
(Took the Blood of Lathander, using Dawnmaster's Crest): “I understand the need for security, but really. That seemed excessive.”
- (Responding remark 1): “The better the protection, the better the prize. The monks must have treasured this.”
- (Responding remark 2): “Hardly surprising - it looks powerful.”
(Managed to stop the armed Lance): “That was altogether too close.”
- (Responding remark 1): “That would have taken out the monastery, the crèche, and most definitely us.”
- (Responding remark 2): “We'll be more cautious in future. Probably. Maybe...”
(Managed to stop the armed Lance, answering to Lae'zel): “We may have caused all that, but we also stopped it. You're welcome.”
(Near the armed Lance on the roof): “That machine's ready to blow - let's not hang about.”
(Took the Blood of Lathander and got trapped): “Well don't just stand there gawping - get me out of here!”
- (Responding remark, a player character is trapped (not him)): “Don't worry your pretty little head, I'm sure there's a way out of this.”
- (Responding remark, a party member is trapped (not him)): “I'll get them free - you find a way out of here!”
- (Took the mace after destroying the barrier’s source): “Hells, it's all coming down!”
- (Responding remark): “Run, before it buries us here!”
(Got through the portal on the roof): “This is better, but I'm still getting the hells out of here.”
(Ran to the right roof): “There's no time - I need to get off this damned roof!”
(Ran to the left balcony): “Almost clear - just a little further.”
(Jumped to the left roof 1): “There's not much time - I have to get out of here now.”
(Jumped to the left roof 2): “Enough gallivanting - I need to get down from here!”
(Destroyed the crèche with the Lance): “It's gone - the entire place is just... gone.”
- (Responding remark): “Well, you don't see power like that every day.”

In the Astral Plane:

(A player character returned from the Beckoning Cave): “Well - did you kill it? And what was it, anyway?”

Campsite

(In the morning, after he drained another player character to death): "Oh, no. Something terrible's happened."

Act Two edit

Shadow-Cursed Lands edit

(Entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands for the first time): “I've lived in darkness for centuries, but never found any like this... unsettling.”
- (Responding remark): “Alas, it's the only path to Moonrise Towers. We have to push into the dark.”
(Looking at the distorted land within Shadow Curse): “A curse that desecrates the ground itself? Almost impressive. ”
(Looking at the former battlefield): “This battlefield must've ran slick with blood - I can taste it in the air, even after so long. ”
(Found old war machines, History check):
- (Successful): “These siege weapons are a good century old, I'd say. Quite the vintage. ”
- (Failed): "Old, decayed - with looks to match. How unfortunate."
(Found non-dousable torches): “It's still burning - the damn thing won't go out.”
- (Trying to recognize the spell, Arcana check successful): “Is it a Continual Flame spell, I wonder? I've heard they light tombs brilliantly.”
- (Failed): “In my expert opinion, it seems to be... magic?”
(Found fresh flowers near Oliver’s hovel, not knowing the story): “Unusual for a flower to grow among such decay.” (?)
- (Knowing about him from Halsin): “Flowers blooming in darkness - the sign the musky bear-fellow mentioned.” (?)
(Looking for Oliver in hide-and-seek game, Perception check):
- (Successful): “There you are! Come out, little one.”
- (Failed): “Where is that spooky little brat?”
(Met Rolan near the bridge to Reithwin Town): “Rolan? I knew the tiefling was a fool, but this?”

Feeling the effect of the Shadow Curse:

(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 1): “The dark feels hungry - like it'd drain you dry.”
- (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 2): “This curse... I need some light...”
- (Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, 3): “Urgh, this darkness is gnawing at me.”
- (Responding remark 1): “I feel it too... draining me dry...”
- (Responding remark 2): “I've never felt so drained...”
- (Responding remark 3 - looking for a solution): “We just need some light... banish this darkness...”
(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, looking for a light source): “I just need some light... just need to be free of this dark...”
- (Responding remark 1): “I can't - I can't take this darkness. I need some light.”
- (Responding remark 2): “Anything to keep those shadows at bay.”
- (Responding remark 3): “You're all too right... I can feel it clawing at me.”
(Feeling the effect of Shadow Curse, answers to Shadowheart who doesn’t, 1): “It affects me just fine. I need some light...”
- (Answer to Shadowheart 2): “Alas, not all of us are so lucky.”
(Negated the Curse with a light source): “I can feel the curse withering. It must be the light...”
(A torch snuffed out in deeper curse, 1): “The torch is gone again. This curse just will not let up.”
- (Remark 2): “Stay lit, you useless stick!”
- (Remark 3): “In the dark again. Damn this curse.”
- (Remark 4): “The dark's strong enough to snuff out a torch? Well I don't love that.”

Dealing with Shadow Curse victims:

(Found the Dead Druid's Journal, Nature check):
- (Successful): “The druids have been studying this place for a while. Not that it's helped.”
- (Failed): “The idea of this darkness spreading is not comforting.”
(Read graverobber’s note): “Ellie May? I'm sure I saw that name on a tombstone...”
- (Read graverobber’s note, saw the grave/got the ring): “Seems he never got her ring. Lucky for me.”
- (Found Ellie May’s grave): “What a mess - it's half grave, half animal burrow.”
- (Found animal tracks near Ellie May’s grave): “Something scuttled through here. Where was it off to?”
- (Found animal’s burrow down the ledge): “Hello. What's that hiding in the dirt?”
- (Saw a boar killed by the Shadow Curse at X: 92 Y: 159): “Consumed by that blasted curse... Greedy.”
(Saw the dead grove tieflings, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “Signs of a struggle. For all the good it did them.”
- (Failed): “Bad enough to die, but to die in a place like this?”
(Saw the dead cursed ox, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “Looks like it succumbed to the curse before it died. I bet it was hell to kill.”
- (Failed): “Stupid beast was probably out of its mind with fear.”
(Saw the dead cursed ox’s master, Medicine check):
- (Successful): “Looks like he was gored by the ox. It must have been chaos here.”
- (Failed): “Whatever killed him, it was messy.”
(Found a dead raven nearby Last Light Inn, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “It belongs to the shadows now. Better if it's just left alone.”
- (Failed): “Let's hope a dead bird is the creepiest thing around here.”

Encounters with the drider and the pixie:

(Took the Moonlantern from the drider's corpse): “Now we're done killing, that lantern's ours. Time to collect.”
(Set Dolly Thrice free): “A pixie! An honest-to-goodness pixie...”
- (Responding remark): “And she has such a way with words.”
(Set Dolly free but angered her): “That was an actual pixie! An adorable, furious pixie.”
- (Responding remark to an angered pixie): “A pixie's stature, but an ogre's temper. Incredible.”
(Found drider’s route starting point): “This must be where the drider collected his victims.”
- (Responding remark, defeated the drider 1): “I hope the wretched beast is rotting out there.”
- (Responding remark, defeated the drider 2): “At least they won't be returning. Wretched bloody creatures.”
- (Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider 1): “Plenty of chains, cages, and the usual slaver favourites.”
- (Responding remark, haven’t defeated the drider 2): “It's a long walk through the dark. You'd almost pity the poor souls they dragged along.”

Leaving Shadow-Cursed lands:

(At the road to Baldur’s Gate): “It looks like a horde stomped past here.”
(If has seen the Absolute’s army from the cemetery cliff): “So, the army's gone. Next stop: Baldur's Gate.”

Last Light Inn edit

(Approaching the Moonshield around the inn): “A little shimmering shield of light. It should be a reprieve from the shadows, if nothing else.”
(Saw a stuffed bear upon entering the inn, Nature check):
- (Successful): “Wait, that bear - Darkmaw the Wicked? The Terror of Cloakwood?”
- (Responding remark to successful): “You stole away more children than any vampire. And look at you now...”
- (Failed): “Ferocious-looking beast. Although your stuffing might be leaking...”
(Looking at the graveyard behind the Last Light Inn): “Rather a rustic burial - but I suppose it's better than no burial at all.”
(Found rocks piled by Marcus, have spoken to him): “Marcus buried a dead Flaming Fist? I was rather hoping for gold...”
- (Not knowing the story): “A Flaming Fist with a caved-in face? Someone was... thorough.”
(Too heavy to lift rocks, spoke to Marcus): “It's stuck fast. Whatever dear Marcus hid, I can't get to it.”
- (Too heavy to lift rocks, not knowing the story): “No, it's staying right there.”
(Found bloody Flaming Fist armour on the inn roof, Medicine check): (?)
- (Successful): “Flaming Fist armour. And someone - something - burst out of it like a moth from a cocoon.” (?)
- (Failed): “Armour and blood. Hardly a good sign.” (?)
(Confronted Meenlocks in the inn cellar, Arcana check):
- (Successful 1): “Meenlocks! They're nearly as sensitive to light as I was.”
- (Successful 2): “Look out - meenlocks!”
- (Responding remark to successful): “They can't stand bright lights - any flame or illumination will help.”
- (Arcana check failed 1): “Hells! Whatever you are, you can keep those claws to yourself.”
- (Failed 2): “Hells! What's this new horror?”
- (Responding remark to failed): “It's something with razor-sharp claws. Keep your distance.”
(Found a Selûnite shrine in the cellar, answer to Shadowheart (Sharran)): “I thought Sharrans were usually the ones worshipping in the shadows.”
(Answer to Shadowheart (non-Sharran)): “Well, we live and learn. Or we die and don't.”
(Saw Rolan’s projection after he left the inn): “He went into the shadows alone? What a dolt.”
(Noticed the Strange Ox): “That's... not the same cow as I saw at the druids' grove... is it?”
- (Defeated the Strange Ox): “Next time, we might want to consider leaving well enough alone.”
- (Responding remark 1): “Perhaps, but what a fight. What a story!”
- (Responding remark 2): “Food animals should not try to kill you. That goes for oxen, chickens, and people.”
(Noticed a note in Art Cullagh’s pocket): “What's that in his pocket? Looks official.”
- (Picked up Art Cullagh’s writ): “So he was snooping around the House of Healing. I wonder what he found.”
(Halsin entered Shadowfell): “Hells, he did it. He's through to the Shadowfell.”
- (Defending Halsin’s portal, initial wave): “This curse really doesn't want to be lifted!”
- (Defending Halsin’s portal, 2nd wave): “Followers of the Absolute? Seems the curse isn't picky when it comes to victims.”
- (Defending Halsin’s portal, 3rd wave): “I'm not an impatient man, but Halsin is taking his bloody time in there.”
- (Defending Halsin’s portal, 4th wave): “Shadow-cursed gith? As if they weren't bad enough normally.”
- (Defending Halsin’s portal, final wave): “It's now or never, druid! Get back here!”
- (Halsin died during the ritual): “He's dead. And he took any chance of lifting the curse with him.”
(Starting a fight against shadows that siege the inn): “The shadows - arm yourselves!”
- (Responding remark): “The shades are long dead - no need to show any mercy.”
(Saw a giant tentacle when defending the inn from shadows): “Really? I swear...”

Reithwin Town edit

(Entering the Mason's Guild): “A stone masons' hall, judging from the crest.”
(Responding remark): “They were clearly artists. You can tell because it's a mess in here.”
(Found a map of Moonrise Towers in the Mason's Guild cellar): "Interesting map. Especially that nice, big X at the base of Moonrise Towers."
(Reading the plaques on the statue at the town square): ”Well that does... something. Not that the gibberish scrawled on it is any help.”
- (Entered Sharran Sanctuary under the town square): “I feel lighter - like the curse just evaporated. What is this place?”
- (Trying to exit Sharran Sanctuary after waking the guards): “It won't budge. Seems I'll have to fight my way out.” (?)

In and around Reithwin Tollhouse:

(Approaching Tollhouse): “A tollhouse? And people call vampires parasites.”
- (Responding remark): “Let's hope whoever abandoned it left their valuables behind.”
(Approaching Tollhouse, saw Harpers’ prayers on the wall at X: -81 Y: -67): “Charms and prayers, scribbled by Harpers before they went into battle.”
- (Responding remark): “Ah yes, the gods - famously compassionate and concerned with mortal lives.”
(Opened Cormyte Shipment Box): “Silks from Cormyr? Ah. No. Just cobwebs.”
(Opened Dale Shipment Trunk): “What's this? Cheese? Or something that used to be cheese...”
(Opened Thayan Shipment Box): “Gems from Thay. Or gem, rather...”
(Blocked door to Tollhouse’s master room): “The door's blocked on the other side - there's no picking that.”
(Interact with the ‘Confiscated’ room plaque): “Looks like fun, but we're not getting in this way.”
(Saw a pile of pet collars): “'Jagoda'? 'Rascal'? They're probably pets' collars. Probably...”
- (Have read the poster near the brewery): “Blood-stained collars - looks like 'Rascal' met a sticky end.”
(Killed Gerringothe Thorm): “Poor thing. You can hardly blame her for loving gold...”

In the House of Healing:

(Entering the House of Healing): “Is that a hospital? Here?”
- (Responding remark): “For all the good it's doing in a place like this.”
(At the Infirmary, saw Arabella’s mother): “Wait - isn't she from the grove? She had the idol-stealing daughter...”
- (Saw Arabella’s father): “Wait - isn't he from the grove? He had the idol-stealing daughter...”
- (Saw either, haven’t met them): “An unfortunate place to die - if there's such a thing as a fortunate one.”
(Killed Malus Thorm): “ Gods, that was horrific. Even by this place's standards. ”
- (Malus Thorm killed by his nurses): “Horrific as this place is, seeing someone cut down by their own minions is always funny.”
- (After Malus Thorm killed himself): “That was... easy? I wish more of our enemies were that happy to destroy themselves.”
(In the Morgue, saw footprints): “Well hello - the dust's disturbed here. Someone's been using this door.”
- (In the Morgue lab, saw blood jars): “Is that blood on the shelves? Probably cold and congealed - urgh.”
- (In the Morgue lab, read the list of “donors”): “Quite the list of characters, but hardly my taste.”
(Looking at the army camp from the cemetery cliff, knowing about the Absolute): “Demon's teeth, look at those fires. The Absolute's own personal horde - best steer clear.”
- (Not knowing about the Absolute): “Look at all those fires - it's a horde of beasts and brutes. Let's not get too close.”

In The Waning Moon:

(Upon entering The Waning Moon): “A distillery. Not my preferred tipple, honestly.”
- (Responding remark): “I'm sure a place like this has spirits aplenty.”
(Read the poster in front of the brewery): “'Missing: Rascal - brown puppy. Jagoda - black and white cat...' are people really so careless with their pets?”
- (Already noticed the collars ner Tollhouse): “Missing - 'Jagoda', 'Rascal' - oh dear. Those bloodied collars make a lot more sense now...”
(Starting a fight with Thisobald Thorm): “The damn thing's pickled himself with booze - will he even feel pain?”
(Killed Thisobald Thorm): “Thank gods it's over. That creature was disgusting.”
(Found remains in the Waning Moon backroom): “Oh dear - she's well-pickled, whoever she was.”
- (Found remains, having read Thisobald’s diary): “The Brewer's blackmailer. Quite the pickle she got herself into.”
(Voss’s Qua'nith Psionic Detector activated, Lae'zel spurned Vlaakith): “It's the gith's psionic detector. His ilk must be nearby.”
- (Detector activated, Lae’zel rejected Voss): “That noise - it's the doodad we took from that gith captain.”
(After defeating gith hunters, Lae’zel spurned Vlaakith): “Seems Voss was right - the psionic detector worked a treat.”
- (Defeated gith hunters, Lae’zel rejected Voss): “Githyanki hunters - was that what the gith trinket was warning us about?”

Gauntlet of Shar edit

Approaching Thorm Mausoleum:

(Interacting with signs on old graves near the mausoleum, Religion check):
- (Successful): “Hasty graves for Selûne's dead. I wonder what the rush was.”
- (Failed): “Rushed, sloppy graves. You almost feel sorry for the corpses.”
- (Knowing the story of the conflict): “Makeshift graves for Selûne's dead, killed by Shar's forces.”
(Upon approaching the entrance): “Mysterious sigils. I hope they don't mean something important.”
(Found Dark Justiciar corpses near temple, knows the story): “Ketheric's Dark Justiciars. They just got everywhere, didn't they?”
- (Not knowing the story): “A pile of old, dusty corpses. Lovely.”

Inside the Mausoleum:

(Heard Balthazar’s warning from the skull): “Ketheric's pet necromancer, Balthazaar. I wonder if he's as powerful as he is ugly.”
- (Responding remark 1, 2): “Wouldn't want to be caught unawares down here.”
(Saw Balthazar’s bone decorations): “Bodies, bodies, everywhere. Yet not a drop to drink.”
(Found Myrkul's symbol drawn by Balthazar, Religion check):
- (Successful): “There's no mistaking that - it's Myrkul's mark.”
- (Failed): “Interesting sigil. Not that I know or care who it belongs to.”
(Found Balthazar’s map): “So, there's a whole temple down there. With something lurking inside.”

Near Isobel's sarcophagus:

(Found the tomb open, before reading the plaque): “An open, empty tomb - seems someone went for a stroll.”
- (Haven’t met Isobel yet): “Isobel? Ketheric's daughter, no doubt. Let's hope the apple fell far from the twisted, cursed tree.”
- (Met Isobel, does not know her parentage): “Isobel? As in 'the cleric from Last Light' Isobel?”
- (Responding remark): “If she's Isobel Thorm - Ketheric is her father? Is that even possible?”
- (Knowing both): “So this is where Isobel was resting before Daddy Ketheric brought her back.”
(Triggered a disarmed trap around Isobel’s tomb): “Shi- oh. Nothing? Either the trap's broken or someone's already disarmed it.”
(Looking at the mural depicting Moonrise Tower, haven’t visited it): “Not bad. A little gaudy for my taste, but not bad.”
- (Already been to Moonrise): “Moonrise Towers, back before all... that.”
(Looking at the mural depicting grieving Ketheric, haven’t met him): “A big painting of a sad elf. Heart-breaking, truly.”
- (Has met Ketheric): “Ketheric Thorm, mourning his daughter. Who knew he had it in him?”
(Looking at the mural depicting Ketheric with his army, not knowing the story): “Now that's what I like to see - an elf at the head of an army. Even a Sharran one.”
(Knows the story): “The mighty general - Ketheric at the head of an army of Shar worshippers.”

At the entrance to the temple itself:

(Spotted the transporting disc to the temple): “That disc looks like it could take us somewhere. But where?”
- (Responding remark): “But where will it take us?”
(First time entering the temple, Religion check):
- (Successful): “Dedicated to the goddess Shar. Which probably isn't good news.”
- (Failed): “Well. This looks cosy...”
(Heard the statue talking): “The voice of Shar herself. Well I'll be damned.”
- (Heard Shar speaking again, elsewhere in the temple): “That voice, it's - Shar? It can't be...”
(Trying to open a magically-sealed door): “A magic lock - no amount of picking will pop that.”
(Pushed off by force field around the statue): “What in the wretched hells was that?”
- (Saw any of the glowing rings around the statue): “Gods, not again. I can't get near that gem if I can't see the ring.”
- (Pushed off by force field of the outer ring): “Well that didn't work. There must be a way around it...”
- (Pushed off by force field of the inner ring): “I almost had it! I just need to watch my step...”

Elsewhere in the inner temple:

(Spotted a Cloaker): “What in the Hells - a cloaker!”
(Found shattered Mirror of Loss, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “There was magic in this glass, once. Dark, hungry magic...”
- (Failed): “A fine looking glass, once. Not that I'd have had much use for it.”
(Summoned Flesh in the battle with Balthazar and his minions): "Oh what - it won't fight its friends? Coward."
(Killed Balthazar): “Well, he's dead. Let's hope he stays that way.”

Dealing with Yurgir and Lyrthindor:

(Looking at orthon’s corpse installations in the temple, knowing about his presence): “Look at that - this orthon's not just a killer, but an artist!”
- (Not knowing about him): “Well well - someone's an artist.”
(Entering orthon’s lair): “Oh, well this is... a lot. What a lot of blood...”
(Felt orthon’s ambush, Perception check successful): “I have a terribly familiar feeling. We're being watched...”
(Looking at orthon’s bed): “Points for style, but certainly not for comfort.”
(Killed orthon, knows Raphael’s demand): “There, it's dead. Now Raphael had better deliver on his promise.”
- (Not knowing Raphael’s demand): “Odd to see a hellsbeast here. Still, at least it's dead.”
(An infernal circle near the rat altar, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “What odd markings. Ritualistic, perhaps.”
- (Failed): “An infernal ritual circle... Someone's been very naughty.”
(Found a scroll near the altar): “A spell to divide one into many... Gosh, I wouldn't know what to do with myself.”
(Fighting rats, between waves): “Tenacious little runts. They can't keep throwing themselves at me forever... I hope.”

Passing Trials of Shar:

(Started Soft-Step Trial and read the hint book in the Silent Library): “Now, to get through the maze without being seen or setting off any traps. Easy.”
- (Spotted by a Shadow during the trial): “Well. This looks familiar.”
- (Don’t have a hint from the book): “What now? Why can't I just kill my way through this?”
(Starting Self-Same Trial, read the hint book): “Well, I'm here. At least one of me is...”
- (Don’t have a hint from the book): “Well, I'm here. What happens now?”
(Starting Faith-Leap Trial, read the hint book): “Ah, just like the book. I simply have to get across, remembering where the platforms are.”
- (Don’t have a hint from the book): “Ah, a puzzle. If only I knew the solution.”
(Trying to activate the altar, not having a single Umbral Gem in inventory): “ Alas, I've nothing to fill it with.”
(Spotted the first Umbral Gem, not knowing its purpose): “Well that's a pretty rock. Presumably it does something more than sparkle, though.”
- (Knowing its purpose): “Is that a gem for the altar? Or just a pretty rock?”
(Found another Gem, not knowing its purpose): “Another gem. They must be good for something, surely.”
- (Knowing its purpose): “Another of the altar's gems. I wonder how much they're worth...”
(In the Silent Library, pressed the correct button): “And it's easy as that.”
(Picked up the Spear of Night, not knowing its purpose): “Oh, this is beautiful. A fine weapon.”
- (Knowing its purpose): “A beautiful spear. I wonder if it's the same one Shadowheart needed.”
- (Using the second transporting disc, knowing about Trials): “The disc's on the move, hopefully leading to the end of this bloody Gauntlet.”
- (Not knowing): “At last, we can travel in style!”

At the Verge of Shadows and in the Shadowfell:

(Read a plaque before entering Nightsong’s prison and read Balthazar's diary in Moonrise): “The blood of Selûne? What about this 'Nightsong' person?”
- (Not knowing the story): “The blood of Selûne? I'd rather sample it than spill it, but needs must.”
(Upon entering the Shadowfell): “I feel as though a light breeze would float me away - how quaint.”
(Leaving the Shadowfell, Shadowheart disappeared): “There you are! I was very close to worrying about you, Shadowheart.”

Resolving Nightsong's fate:

(Saw Aylin trapped): “Gods, what a hellish thing to be trapped in.”
- (Responding remark): “Ketheric has form when it comes to cruelty, I'll give him that.”

(Killed Nightsong with Shadowheart in party or as an avatar): “Do you feel better now, Shadowheart? A little less tense?”
- (Responding remark (in party)): “At least Shar will be happy. Or whatever passes for 'happy' with her.”
- (Responding remark to avatar): “At least you've made Shar happy. Or whatever passes for 'happy' with her.”
(Killed her, Shadowheart is not in party): “She's definitely immortal - no question about that.”
- (Responding remark): “Should... should we kill her again?”

(Freed Nightsong, Shadowheart is in party): “I'm glad you let her go - she seems like a powerful ally.”
(Freed Nightsong, Shadowheart is not in party/is an avatar): “She does seem like a powerful ally. I just hope she's powerful enough.”
- (Responding remark to any of three options): “With her free, Ketheric is exposed. We only have to strike.”

(Surrendered Nightsong to Balthazar (any of three options)): “Well, she's Ketheric's now. Her fate's in his hands.”
- (Responding remark to any of three options): “Let's hope we backed the right horse. Or the right nightmare.”

Moonrise Towers edit

( Noticed mucus dripping from the wall in the kitchen X: -129 Y: -174): "Urgh, it's full of dripping... goo? Slime? Whatever it is, it's coming from higher up the tower."
(The avatar sat on Ketheric's stone throne after general has left the main floor) "Oh gracious one, it is a pleasure to be in your mighty sanctum."
(Read a scroll near bone altar in Ketheric's room) "'Take on the Apostle's form'? What in the hells is Ketheric planning?"
(Read Melodia’s Letter to Ketheric): “Why that's almost beautiful. Imagine what she'd think if she saw him now.”
(Feeling a ‘hangover’ upon long rest after using Araj Oblodra’s blood potion): “Gods damn it. What was in that potion?”
(Reminding about Minthara after her trial): “You know, Minthara's still locked up somewhere in there. We could save her... Or not.”
(Walk near the place marked on Mason's map) "This looks familiar. Is it the spot marked on that map?"

In Balthazar's study:

(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 1): “So, the Nightsong is key to Ketheric's invulnerability.”
- (Responding remark 1): “If we can find it, perhaps we can use it to destroy Ketheric.”
- (Responding remark 2): “Assuming we can find it. Anything that powerful will be protected.”
(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 2): “So, the Nightsong is key to Ketheric's invulnerability.”
- (Responding remark 1): “Curious name. It sounds more like a bird than a font of power.”
- (Responding remark 2): “If we can find it, perhaps we can use it to destroy Ketheric.”
- (Responding remark 3): “Assuming we can find it. Anything that powerful will be protected.”
(Found Balthazar’s book in his secret room, seq 3): “So, the Nightsong is key to Ketheric's power. If we can find it, perhaps we can use it against him.”
- (Responding remark): “Assuming we can find it. Anything that powerful will be protected.”
(Found Ritual circle in Balthazar’s secret room): “A ritual circle. The kind of place Moonlanterns are crafted, most likely.”
- (If Gale already knows about it): “I'll leave this one to the wizard, give him something useful to do.”

In the Moonrise Towers Prison and the Oubliette:

(Approaching the prison): “That smell... Despair, desperation - prisoners!”
(Responding remark): “Do be careful, I don't much fancy a stay behind bars.”
(Found themselves in the prison after coming too close to the army): “Another fun, dingy hole I've been thrown into.”
- (Responding remark): “Just when I think the worst is behind us, you manage to drop us in some new turd.”
(Entered the Oubliette for the first time): “I'm all for blood, but a whole lake? That's just wasteful.”
(Returned to the Oubliette): “I bet it's cold too. Such a pity.”
(Investigating the Oubliette, saw the colony through a flesh-wrought window): “Look - something behind that window. Shame we can't reach it.”
(Heard a screech in the Oubliette, has seen Hook Horrors): “I remember that noise from the Underdark - another bloody hook horror.”
- (Hasn’t seen Hook Horrors before): “I don't know what that was, but it sounds decidedly unpleasant. ”
(Climbing up from the Oubliette): “I swear, there's congealed blood between my toes.”

At the Moonrise Towers Rooftop:

(Before entering the door to the rooftop to fight Ketheric): “Ketheric's up above, waiting for us. I doubt he'll go down as easily.”
(Observing the landscape from the Moonrise rooftop): “Look at that - misery as far as the eye can see.” (?)
(On the rooftop, looking into the tentacle hole): “It seems we can't kill Ketheric Thorm without following him into the bowels of this place.”

Mind Flayer Colony edit

(Entering the colony, investigating): “Ah, here we are. The infection at the heart of Moonrise.”
- (Respond to Jaheira’s recalling previous experience): “I think we have more pressing concerns than a trip down memory lane.”
(Looking at neutral Intellect Devourers): “The little brains aren't attacking. They must think we're all on the same side.”
(Approaching Mizora’s pod): “Tadpoling a cambion... Better the devil you know, I suppose.”
(Found brine pool, Perception check):
- (Successful): “Empty of tadpoles... I wonder where the little wrigglers went?”
(Failed): “An illithid brine pool - but no tadpoles. Curious.”
(Caught the last tadpole): “As tadpoles go, this is quite the specimen.”

In the Necrotic Laboratory and Morgue:

(Near the ritual circle, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “Good old-fashioned necromancy - draining people of life until they're just undead husks.”
- (Failed): “I don't know what's happening there, but I'm glad it's not happening to me.”
(Solved the mind puzzle): “This better be worth it - I can't stand puzzles.”
(Reading illithid manuscripts, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “Mind flayer script, but I can read it perfectly. Another benefit from the lodger in my skull, I suppose.”
- (Failed): “I've never seen these symbols before. So how in the hells can I understand them?”
(Found Mol’s eyepatch, met her): “Mol's eyepatch. I doubt that's a good sign.”
- (Never met her): “An eyepatch? I swear, if there are pirates here too...”
(Feeling the effect of the Resonance Stone): “How strange, I feel... marvellous!”
- (The effect ended): “Ah, the marvellousness fades. Nothing ever lasts, I suppose.”
(Entering the colony’s Morgue): “Oh, this is wretched. I've never smelled such rotten blood.”
(Saw a blood pool in the Morgue): “That's a little too much blood, even for me.”
- (If the party has already been to the Oubliette): “Ah, this again. It's even worse up close.”
(Splattered with blood from a morgue chute): “Delightful! I prefer it fresh, but still - beggars, choosers, all that.”
- (Looking at the corpse that fell out with blood from the chute): “So this is where Moonrise dumps its waste.”

Final fight with Ketheric Thorm:

(Before descending to Ketheric, saw nautiloid fleet): “To enthral so many that you need a nautiloid fleet... My word.”
(Activating the elevator while it’s at the same level): “Hardly any point - the platform's already here.”
(Taking the elevator down to Ketheric): “Hells, I can feel the worm squirming - like it wants to burrow through my skull.”
- (Responding remark): “Mine too - it senses something down there. Something big.”
(Started a final fight with Ketheric, Nightsong captured again): “This is pointless! Ketheric's invincible so long as Nightsong's rotting in his cage.”
(Killed Ketheric Thorm): “The transformation Ketheric underwent was... horrifying. So powerful, but so grotesque.”
- (Responding remark): “There was barely anything of the man left, even before we finished him.”
(Took Ketheric’s Netherstone after killing him as Apostle of Myrkul): “It's not every day you get to kill the Chosen of a god.”

The Astral Plane edit

(Saw the corpses of the Orpheus’s Royal Guard): “Those figures were just githyanki? I was so sure I saw demons.”
(Tried to attack Orpheus): “I can't hurt him. How disappointing.”
(Observing the rocks that Orpheus is chained to): “Those rocks look ancient - they won't be cracked open by force.”
(Returned to the camp after meeting the Emperor): “Gods, I need to rest. Maybe the world will feel less insane in the morning.”

Act Three edit

Rivington edit

(Read the poster about Gortash’s ordaining/Arfur’s pass): “Gortash is being crowned Archduke? Maybe we should get to Wyrm's Rock and crash that party.”
(Felt the earthquake for the first time): “What in all the Hells is going on?”
- (Responding remark): “It felt like a bloody earthquake.”
- (After the second earthquake): “More shaking? What are these bloody things?”
- (After the third earthquake): “Will you stop this bloody shaking?”
(Met Orin in disguise for the first time): “So, Orin's a shapeshifter. Which means we can't trust anyone - not even each other.”
- (After meeting her a second time): “She's playing with us. But what the hells is her game?”
(Near Abandoned Windmill, heard screams from beneath): “Someone's having a bad day. Sounds like it came from the windmill.”
- (If agreed to find food for the illithid, but it was gone): “Our mind flayer friend's disappeared. Let's hope it stays out of trouble.”
(Found a missing part (any of the two) of the dead refugee’s ring): “This looks familiar - the missing part from that ring. You will look lovely once you're fixed..”
(Saw the gnomes’ footprints outside the cave, Perception check):
- (Successful): “Footprints, heading into that cave. Suspiciously small footprints...”
- (Failed): “There's something here. I'm just not sure what.”
(Trying to open the Angleiron's Cellar hatch from inside): “It's locked, but I can't spy a keyhole. Some other mechanism must open it.”
(Trying to open it from the smithy): “Locked from the other side. I wonder what it's hiding.”
(Found blood puddle in Rivington smithy, after Orin was impersonating Gyldro Angleiron): “Fresh blood. That can't be good news for the blacksmith.”
(Noticed the Strange Ox): “It's that bloody cow again! Don't look away - I know it's you!”

Encounter with smugglers and guild thugs edit

(Found headless corpse, Medicine check):
- (Successful): “Blood's still warm. Whatever happened to his head happened recently.”
- (Failed): “Something obliterated his skull. What a mess.”
(Saw the ship from Moonrise Towers docks): “That ship was docked at Moonrise! What's it doing here?”
(Saw smugglers and guild thugs ready for fight): “Someone's ready to fight. Oh, I do hope it's to the death.”
(Found tadpole barrels after the fight): “Barrels of tadpoles. I wonder how many have already passed into the city.”

Circus of the Last Days edit

(Saw Akabi’s fake treasure, 1): “That's real as a clown's smile.”
(Saw Akabi’s fake treasure, 2): “It's fake gold. Although it does look real nice.”
(Saw Akabi’s fake treasure, 3): “I wouldn't bother - it's all fake.”
(Saw Akabi’s junk prizes, 1): “It's a cheap imitation, nothing more.”
(Saw Akabi’s junk prizes, 2): “It's just glitzy trash.”
(Saw Akabi’s junk prizes, 3): “It's just cheap tat, passed off as the real thing.”
(Saw Akabi’s junk prizes, 4): “That's not real.”
(Sent to the Jungle by Akabi): “What in the hells - Djinni? Where did you send me?!”
- (Returned from jungle): “I'm back! Now to find that djinni and kick his misty arse.”
(After the fight with false Dribbles, not knowing the story): “A shapeshifter. What a pity, I thought we were killing a real clown.”
(After the fight with false Dribbles, knowing the story): “Another shifter. Shame, I thought we were killing a real clown.”
(If the Circus has left): “Seems the circus has left town. And not a moment too soon, those clowns were... ugh.”

Sword Coast Couriers edit

(Found pigeon’s remains on the roof, doesn’t have Danzo’s quest): “Pigeon feathers, although there is a distinct lack of pigeon.”
( Nature check successful): “Feathers. Looks like the postmaster's down a messenger pigeon.”
- (Failed): “Bird feathers, but no bird. Maybe the remains of a cat's lunch?”
( Investigation check successful, doesn’t have quest): “Alas, poor pigeon. Looks like it was dragged towards the temple.”
- (Failed): “Bird blood. They're basically the rats of the sky.”
- (Responding remark for a successful check): “If the bird was taken to the temple, odds are its letters were too. ”

Open Hand Temple edit

(At the roof, saw Tara, haven’t recruited Gale): “I've never seen a tressym before, let alone a stray. What are you doing here?”
- (At the roof, saw Tara, didn’t notice Gale’s symbol): “A winged cat? Sure, why not? It's not even in the top five weirdest things we've seen.”
- (At the roof, saw Tara, recognised Gale’s symbol): “I know that symbol on its collar - you don't belong to Gale, do you?”
- (At the roof, saw Tara, met her at the camp^[5]): “Is that Gale's winged moggy? What's it doing here?”
- (At the roof, saw Tara, Gale’s in the party): “Gale - that's your symbol on its collar. This isn't yours, is it?”
(Opened Lorgan’s chest, Investigation check successful): “It looks boring and suspiciously shallow. Is there a false bottom?”
(Entered the crypt without the Sentient Amulet): “Best wait until I have the amulet - he'll want to be here for this.”
- (Entered the crypt with the amulet in the inventory): “I can go anywhere, but I still end up in crypts. Let's just find Shirra Clarwen and go.”
- (Found Shirra’s tomb with the amulet in the inventory): “Ah, Shirra Clarwen. Time to reunite you with dear old grandad.”
- (Found Shirra’s tomb without Sentient Amulet): “Well, I found her. I wonder how the amulet will take the news.”
- (Relieved the Cursed Monk): “Is... is he gone? Gods, I hope he's gone...”
- (Defeated the Monk and zombies): “I'd almost feel sorry for him. If he wasn't viciously insane.”
(Found dead refugees under the temple, knowing about Lorgan’s help): “Were these the ones Father Lorgan was trying to help, do you think?”
- (Responding remark): “For all the good it did them.”
(Found dead refugees under the temple, not knowing about Lorgan’s help): “All dead. Trying to hide in the tunnels, I guess.”
- (Responding remark): “Not to criticise, but maybe they should have picked a better spot?”
(Found killer’s dagger under the temple, knows its feat): “A pretty dagger. The same one that ended Father Lorgan, perhaps?”
- (Not knowing its feat): “Quite the mess. This could be where Father Lorgan met his end.”
(Looted the Flowery Key, AND has found another in the Flophouse): “It's the same design as the key from the flophouse. Very interesting...”

Arfur's Mansion basement edit

(Entering the basement): “Dark, silent, and deeply unsettling. Feels like home.”
(Found a half-stitched bear, knows the story): “It looks just like the toys from the barn. Better watch my step.”
- (Found a half-stitched bear, not knowing the story): “It's only half-finished and I already detest it.”
(Found blackmail letter to Arfur, been in the barn, haven’t met him): “So, this toymaker's been converting cuddly bears into deadly traps? How wicked.”
- - (Responding remark): “This is where the toys from the barn were crafted. What a wicked little workshop.”
- (Found blackmail letter to Arfur, been in the barn, met him): “So, dear Arfur's been converting toys into deadly traps? Very naughty...”
- (Found blackmail letter to Arfur, haven't been in the barn, met him): “Hardly the home of a sweet, generous soul. It might be worth looking into his 'donations' - who knows what he's been giving?”
- (Found blackmail letter to Arfur, haven't been in the barn, haven’t met him): “I wonder where else these 'toys' have ended up. Who do you target with exploding bears?”
(Found stuffed bears in the barn, not knowing the story): “Cuddly toys - perfect for weak, soft children.”
- (Knowing the story): “Don't forget the letter - at least some of these toys have lethal modifications.”

Wyrm's Crossing edit

Danthelon's Dancing Axe edit

(Approaching the building): “Danthelon's Dancing Axe - top secret Harper hideout. At least according to Jaheira.”
(Defeated doppelgangers, never met them before): “Shape-shifting assassins? I'd be impressed, if they hadn't been trying to kill me.”
- (Defeated doppelgangers, knows about their connection to the cult): “Wonderful, just what an insane cult needed - more shape-shifting assassins.”
- (Defeated doppelgangers, met Orin): “More of Orin's shape-shifting freaks. I'm sure Bhaal's making excellent use of them.”
- (Defeated doppelgangers without Jaheira in party): “So much for Jaheira's Harpers. I can't wait to tell her the news.”

Fraygo's Flophouse edit

(Approaching the building, saw the symbol on it): “That motif on the wall - it's the same flower from the key we found.”
(Entering the flophouse): “I found so many victims for Cazador here. They're the kind of people no one would ever miss.”
(After Astarion’s siblings vanished): “They can turn into mist now? I'm not the only one with new tricks.”
(Found another flower-shaped key): “Pretty little key - identical to the one I took from the shapeshifter in the temple tunnels.”
(Opened killer’s secret room): “The shapeshifter's key fit perfectly. Now, what's inside...”
(Saw killer’s trophies in the secret room): “Honestly, who pickles organs like this?”
(Noticed the bloody stains): “There, by the bed. Someone's spilled some blood.”
(Found temple map, not visited it yet): “A map of tunnels running under some temple. And a name - 'Father Lorgan'.”
- (Found temple map after visiting it): “A map of tunnels under the Open Hand Temple, along with a name - 'Father Lorgan'.”
- (Found temple map, knows about the killed priest): “A map of tunnels running under the Open Hand Temple, with one murdered priest's name scrawled on top - 'Father Lorgan.'”
- (Found temple map, knows about killed priest and tunnels beneath): “A map of the tunnels Father Lorgan used, with his name scrawled on top. Someone was watching him...”
- (Found temple map, already killed doppelgangers in tunnels beneath): “A map with Father Lorgan's name - seems the shapeshifters were all over the tunnels he used.”

Wyrm's Rock Fortress edit

(Received Gortash’s invitation, convinced the guards): “A personal invitation from Gortash? Well, it would be rude not to show face.”
(Received Gortash’s invitation, passed the guards around): “After everything, now he's just inviting us in? How considerate...”
(Duke Ravengard dies if attacked during the ceremony, 1): “No! I only meant to hurt him, damn it. The Absolute's been playing tricks again...”
- (Duke Ravengard dies if attacked during the ceremony, 2): “What in the - I only meant to hurt him, not incinerate him!”
- (Responding remark): “Another surprise from the Absolute, no doubt.”
(Party found themselves in the Wyrm's Rock Prison): “I won't lie, I'd hoped for a more glamourous return to the city.”
- (Responding remark): “I for one don't plan to stay long. Let's find a way out.”
(Found thief's stash on the roof, Investigation check successful): "Phantom bricks. What are you hiding, hmm?"

The Wyrmway edit

(Entering the Wyrmway): “Two centuries walking the streets and I never knew this was under them. What other wonders have I missed...”
(Looking at the first mural in Wyrmway, History check^[6]):
- (Successful): “A bronze dragon and an elf. A powerful alliance, for sure.”
- (Failed): “A dragon and an elf. Quite the pair.”
(Looking at the second mural in Wyrmway, History check):
- (Successful): “Balduran and his winged friend, looking out over the city they founded.”
- (Failed): “One dragon, one elf, and one Baldur's Gate.”
(Looking at the third mural in Wyrmway, History check):
- (Successful): “Balduran sails off into the sunset, leaving the dragon to look after the city. Lazy git.”
- (Failed): “So the elf sails off into the sunset, leaving a dragon to look after the city. Lazy git.”
(Strategy Trial): “Is that a lanceboard set? It was never really my game.”
(Insight trial, if let the book slip by): “Damn it! Get down here!”
(Justice trial, saw the paintings): “Ugh. Art.”
- (Justice trial, touched the veiled paintings): “There's a darkness surrounding it - I can't do anything while it's there.”
(Saw Ansur’s remains): “So, the great dragon's naught but bones? Some help that'll be.”
(When Ansur is attacking): “ It's going to attack - find some cover!”
(Killed Ansur): “I hope this time he stays dead.”
- (Responding remark): “Yes, yes, very tragic. Now, let's find his hoard.”

Lower City edit

Elfsong Tavern edit

(Investigating Stelmane’s apartment, touched the bed): “Well, there's no shortage of blood. And whatever those pink stains are.”
- (Found Bloody Signet Ring): “A bloody ring. Whoever killed him, they weren't after gold...”
- (Found an empty wine bottle, Medicine check successful): “This doesn't smell right. The wine was tainted - poisoned!”
- (Failed): “A peculiar bottle with a peculiar smell. What is that...?”
(Trying to enter the camp room without renting it): “Let's speak to the innkeeper first - he won't take it well if we help ourselves to a room.”
(In the Knights of the Shield Hideout, heard qua'nith working): “It's the gith trinket. They won't attack the tavern, will they? Some things are sacred.”

Baldur's Mouth edit

(Forced to leave the Baldur’s Mouth after speaking with Ettvard Needle): “If they print that story in their rag, there'll be hells to pay.”
(Successfully changed the printing block): “There. That's what the people need to know.”

Graveyard edit

(Found "M.Kurwin" grave, if read one of Gomwick’s letters in Act One): “'Kurwin'? Oh, from the courier's note! Something about settling a debt with Nine-Fingers...”
(Chased off the looter at "M.Kurwin" grave): “Hey! That is not how we share with friends.”
(Dug up a messed body): “Gods, someone died an interesting death. What a mess...”
- (Responding remark to a Dark Urge character’s confession): “Well, you certainly were... enthusiastic?”

Wine Festival edit

(Tasted the poisoned wine, Investigation check successful):
- (For the first time): “A fine vintage - mixed with poison and just a hint of paralytic agent.”
- (Not the first time): “I know this vintage - it's a paralysing poison.”
(If Dolor teleported away): “Damnit - he got away! Now it's only a matter of time before another body turns up.”
(Found Dolor’s list of targets): “A list of names - some crossed off, some still waiting.”
- (Found the list of targets, knowing about Open Hands murder): “A list of names, including Father Lorgan, who's been crossed off. Targets, maybe?”
(Killed Dolor, found the password to the Murder Tribunal): “'Sicarius'? An odd password, but all right. Once it works, I suppose...”

Blushing Mermaid and the Old Garlow's Place edit

(Saw the voodoo doll, Mayrina is cursed): “That doll's behind Mayrina's curse - it's too creepy not to be.”
- (Not knowing Mayrina’s story): “Oh, not a creepy doll. Oh that's just awful.
- (Tried to grab or hit voodoo doll, Mayrina did not survive): “Well grabbing the wretched little thing won't do anything. I'll have to nullify its magic.”

(Defeated the Redcaps in the tavern): “Of course this is Ethel's doing. The whole thing stinks of hag.”
(Entered hag’s lair): “It definitely looks cursed enough to be a hag's lair.”
- (If met the hag earlier): “This feels uncomfortably familiar - like that hag's den back in the swamp.”
(Starting a fight with the hag): “Careful now - if she dies, she's taking the child with her.”
- (Knocked the hag out): “She's down. If I'm going to get that child out of her, I'd better be quick.”
- (After retrieving Vanra): “She's going to die and this time she'll stay dead.”

Szarr Palace edit

(Approaching the ramparts): “I can sneak in here. Security shouldn't be too tight, a few charmed innocents, maybe.”
(Approaching the entrance, heard the lock opening by itself): “Well that's suspiciously welcoming.”
(Coming close to the kennel): “Behold, one of Cazador's cheapest tricks: an illusionary wall. And behind it is the kennel - a fetid little cell he'd throw us into when displeased.”
(Entered the dormitory): “The dormitory. This is where the spawn were kept when we were getting neither the carrot nor the stick.”
(Obtained the Szarr Family Ring): “The Szarr signet ring. I've never seen it up this close. There's even some chicken scratch inscription on here, in god knows what language. Though I have seen it somewhere before...”
- (Already saw the ballroom door): “The Szarr signet ring. I've never seen it up this close. There's even an inscription on here, in the same language as on the ballroom door. Not that I can read a word of it.”
- (Already read the dictionary): “Those words engraved on the ring - they're Kozakuran^[7], same as in that dictionary.”
(Read Kozakuran Dictionary, after obtaining the signet ring): “I know this Kozakuran - it's the same dusty old language on the Szarr signet ring.”
- (Don’t have the signet ring, History check on the ballroom door successful): “I know this Kozakuran - it's the same dusty old language on the ballroom door.”
- (Don’t have the signet ring, check failed): “Kozakuran? I've seen this around somewhere, but we were always forbidden from studying it.”
(Approached Victoria’s salon door, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “Necrotic magic - an old favourite of Cazador's. Best not get too close.”
- (Failed): “Well this is new. That door wasn't covered with weird, magical energy before.”
(Entered the salon, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “I feel so drained. There's necrotic magic at work here.”
- (Failed): “Agh! What happened? I feel so... drained.”
(Entering the dungeon): “What in the Hells - I never knew any of this was here.”
(Walked close to the imprisoned spawn): “There's so many of them. Who the hells are these people?”
(Read Cazador’s Journal): “So, he was keeping notes on me. That would have terrified me, once.” (Played only as an origin(?))
(Saw the scroll with names, not knowing of the Rite of Profane Ascension): ”He recorded thousands of names. Were they his victims or something else entirely?”
- (Saw the scroll with names, knowing of the Rite): "Thousands of names. This couldn't be part of the ritual... could it?”
- (Saw the scroll with names, remained a spawn): "I brought him so many people. So many wasted lives.”
- (Saw the scroll with names, became an Ascendant): "A list of each and every soul I owe my power to. Thank you, one and all.”
(Saw Vellioth’s skull): "'Vellioth'? Cazador never spoke about his former master. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, given how things ended.”
- (Successfully learned at least one Vellioth’s rule): "He stole everything, even his precious rules.”
- (Touched Vellioth’s skull, remained a spawn): "A spawn rises up to kill their master - a tale as old as time, it seems. Suddenly not having any spawn of my own sounds wonderful.”
- (Touched Vellioth’s skull, became an Ascendant): "Perhaps I should have kept Cazador's skull. Pity.”
(Found Cazador’s city notes before the Rite): "Guilds, nobles, politicians - if he controlled even a fraction of these, the city could be his and no one would ever know.”
- (Found Cazador’s city notes, remained a spawn): "Factions, nobles, politicians - he had information on everyone. If he'd ascended, the city would have been his in a tenday.”
- (Found Cazador’s city notes, became an Ascendant): "Details of who pulls every string in Baldur's Gate. Just what a powerful vampire needs to make this city his puppet. Thank you, my dearly-departed master. I'll put it to good use.”
(Fighting Cazador Szarr, noticed ritual runes): “Cazador's leeching power from the others - stealing it for himself.”
- (Responding remark): “But if I can reach those runes, maybe I can steal it back. Take it for myself, even.”
(Crying out to Cazador during the fight, first turn): “You're going to suffer for everything you did to me.”
- (Crying out to Cazador during the fight, second turn): “I won't let you do this. I won't let you win.”
(If a player character killed any of his spawn siblings before the Rite): “No, what have you done? You ruined everything!”
- (Killed Gur hunters after Ascending): “Hah! Oh that was very, very satisfying. Who better to test these new powers on? And who better to be standing by my side than you, who helped me get them?”

The Counting House edit

(Opening the High Secret Vaults Door):
- (Pressed the first plate for pincode): “So the plates trigger the lights above the doors, and - oh no. It's a puzzle, isn't it?”
- (Incorrect pincode): “That's not it. Maybe it's someone's birthday or... gods, I hate these things.”
- (Correct pincode): “And we are in! That wasn't too difficult.”
- (Opened the vault door without a pincode): “Perfect! Who needs numbers when you have creativity?”
(Found muddy footprints in the vault, Investigation check):
- (Successful): “That mud's the same filth as we saw in the sewers.”
- (Failed): “Well, someone didn't wipe their feet on the way in.”

Devil's Fee edit

(Responding to Karlach when coming close to the shop): “I wouldn't take it too seriously - it's probably just here to part gullible travellers and their coin.”
(Observing hellish items displayed in the shop, Arcana check each):
- (Fugue devil’s head, check successful): “Don't see many of those - a genuine death devil skull, all the way from the Fugue Plane^[8].”
  - (Failed): “A fake devil's head? Oh, this place is charming.”
- (Minauros^[9] gem, check successful): “Oh, you're a rare treat! Infernal gems, from the third layer of the Hells.”
  - (Failed): “I've never seen gems like these before. They must be fake, surely?”
- (Devil’s horns, check successful): “Horns from an honest-to-hells war devil! My, my.”
  - (Failed): “Horns made to look like they came from a war devil... I think.”
- (Ghargatula ^[10] skull, check successful): “A ghargatula skull? How do you even kill a fiend like that?”
  - (Failed): “Well there's no way that's real. What's it even meant to be?”
- (Responding remark to any Arcana check success or to Karlach objecting to a failed check): “There're more than trinkets in here - only a true diabolist keeps a collection like this.”
(Saw the ritual circle, if not speaking with Helsik): “A summoning circle? I wonder who she was reaching out to.”
(Picked up either Coin of Mammon or Infernal Marble): “This is genuinely infernal. So much for curios and traveller tat...”

House of Hope edit

(Entered the House of Hope, doesn’t hear the Emperor anymore): ‘“It sounds... quiet. I can't hear the mind flayer's voice here.”
(Saw a Pillar of Souls, Arcana check):
- (Successful): “There's something unsettling about this. It's a devil's tool, no doubt.”
- (Failed): “Oh, I don't care for that at all. It's just unsettling.”
(Observing Avernus from the Boudoir balcony): “That is quite the view. And a fine place to eject unwelcome guests.”
(Leaving the boidoir without Debtor's Attire after playing a “game” with Haarlep): “The debtor's attire is filthy and flea-ridden, but it does keep the nasties at bay. Best to put it back on.”
(Read Raphael’s parole, already been to the Archive): “So this is the key to lifting that dome. The archives will be a walk in the park now.”
- (Haven’t been to the Archive yet): “Ah, the phrase to unlock our treasures. Best get to the archive if we want to use it.”
(In the portals' chamber, looking at the mirrors):
- (Ankathla): “Athkatla - the capital of Amn. And one of the richest cities in the world. I wouldn't mind visiting some day...”
- (Baldur’s Gate): “Ah, Baldur's Gate. Home sweet home.”
- (Luscan): “Luskan was a fine city, once. Well... it was a hive of pirates and vagabonds, but that's fine by me.”
- (Menzoberranzan): “A portal to Menzoberranzan. Thank the gods it's not working...”
- (Mephistar): “Mephistar - the ice citadel of an archdevil. As hellish as it gets.”
- (Neverwinter): “Ugh, Neverwinter? Why would you bother?”
- (Waterdeep): “Now Waterdeep is worth visiting. So many people with deep, deep pockets.”^[11]
(If Hope died in a fight with Raphael): “So much for Hope. There's probably a lesson in there somewhere...”

Lady Jannath's Estate edit

(Saw a precious painting in the exhibition): “Well well, look at you. That painting must be worth a fortune...”
(Attacked the cursed portrait): “Oh, I hate art.”
- (Defeated portrait ghosts): “Who makes a painting that can do that? How do you make a painting that can do that?”
- (Attacked the cursed portrait again): “I don't know why I expected anything else.”
- (Defeated portrait ghosts again): “It just does not end, does it?”
(Found the easel with mechanism): “That easel - is it connected to something? Missing something? It just doesn't look right. ”
(Solved the easel puzzle): “I've always appreciated art. Especially when it unlocks secrets.”
(Read Mystic Carrion’s letter): “So, this Mystic Carrion may know what went so wrong for poor Oskar.”
(Commenting on player character’s portrait painted by Oskar): “I think it's rather a good likeness. Warts and all.”

Philgrave's Mansion and the Ancient Lair edit

(Percepted the spell at the entrance): “Hm - a magic ward. Someone's got something to hide.”
- (Removed the spell): “Splendid. Can't have magic wards getting in the way, now, can we?”
(Spotted the Beggar's Portrait): “I can feel the energy coming from that portrait - necromantic magic.”
(Found Thrumbo’s note in a portrait): “What's this - I spy a note under that canvas.”
(Entered “meat larder” on the second floor): “Well hello, beautiful. If only it was fresh.”
(Read A Mummy's Memories): “And what would Carrion be doing down in the ruins under the city?”
(Before entering the Ancient Lair, read the warning plaque): “'Those who draw breath, embrace death.' Been there, done that - lucky me.”^[12]
(Entered Carrion’s study in the lair): “I don't know what's happening with that body, but it looks very creative.”
- (Read Funerary Jar Form and Function): “He stashed his canopic jar inside a zombie? Oh, the clever boy.”
- (Found first Carrion’s jar): “This jar feels almost comforting. I bet it's full of death magic.”
(Destroyed the first Carrion’s jar): “Aha! It's nothing but clay and mummy bits now.”
- (Attacked Carrion’s jar with wrong means): “Hey! Bloody stupid jar.”
(Killed Carrion without destroying his heart, Intelligence check):
- (Successful): “He's down, but he isn't done - not while his heart's still in one piece.”
- (Failed): “At last! That dusty pile of bandages was getting irritating.”
- (Killed Carrion and destroyed his heart): “That's it, now he's dead. Again.”

The Guildhall and Lower City Sewers edit

(Found a letter about Stone Lord and Nine-Fingers’ plans about Counting House): “So, Nine-Fingers and the Stone Lord will face off at the Counting House. Should be quite the spectacle.”
(If Nine-Fingers died in the fight with Zhentarim, in her office): “A big, empty seat, just waiting for the right person to fill it.”
(In the Abandoned Cistern, sluice valve stuck): “It's no use - the bloody thing's jammed.”
- (Sluice puzzle going wrong): “Should it be doing that? I don't think it should be doing that.”
- (Solved the sluice puzzle): “Yes, that seems to have done the trick.”
- (Saw polluted water): “I'm no expert on water, but that looks lethal.”
(At the Stone Lord’s hideout, saw his whittles):
- (Aerie’s wings): “Some discarded... wings? All right...”
- (Dynaheir’s mask): “A wooden mask. Not bad, but it's seen better days.”
- (Jan’s turnip): “It's - it's a turnip. Just a turnip, for all to see.”
- (Keldorn’s fist): “A mailed fist, for all your punching needs.”
- (Mazzy’s hammer): “Ah, a war hammer. A beautifully messy weapon.”^[13]
(In the Undercity Ruins, found Sarin’s skull): “What in the Hells is that skull doing?”

At the Heapside beach:

(During the Sahuagin attack, if saw them for the first time): “Hells, just when I think we've seen the ugliest things yet.”
(If seen them before): “More of those bloody fish? Gods, it never ends...”
(After Sahuagin defeated, Nature check):
- (Successful): “That's the stench of a sea devil, all right. Rare to see them here, though.”
- (Failed): “Well that was foul, all the way from its wretched tip to its vile tail.”
- (Seen them before): “Another of those stinking creatures? Why in the hells are they attacking here?”

Flymm Cargo, the Iron Throne and the Steel Watch Foundry edit

(At Flymm Cargo, saw the oil leak nearby, Perception check): “That's no bloodstain - it's oil. Something's sprung a leak.”

(In the Iron Throne, doors stuck 1): “There must be some mechanism to open it...”
- (Doors stuck 2): “No, it's still closed. And still no obvious way to open it.”
- (Doors stuck 3): “It's stuck fast. No amount of brute force is opening that.”
(Found Ulder Ravengard, Wyll broke the pact): “Duke Ravengard's alive? If barely.”
- (Found Ravengard, Wyll stayed in the pact): “Duke Ravengard? Well, this is a surprise.”
(Trying to use the Submersible after returning from the Iron Throne): “It's given up the ghost. It won't go anywhere like this.”

(In the Steel Watch Foundry, deactivated first Motivator): “And it's off! That was more stressful than I'd like.”
- (Deactivated second motivator): “Another one safe. This could be going a whole lot worse..”
- (Deactivated third motivator): “And that's all of them! I was never worried.”
(Found headless corpse in the Foundry lab): “A brainless zombie? I mean, more brainless than usual.”
(Found a headless zombie inside a Watcher): “Why would you use a headless zombie to pilot a watcher? Not even a whole zombie?!”
(Read Toobin’s book (only)): “Wait, 'Gond' isn't his true name? Gods can't make anything easy, can they?”
- (Read Gond’s lore book): “So to the gnomes, his true name is 'Nebelun'? I would've stuck with 'Gond', personally.”
- (Read both books): “Well the gnomes call him Nebelun - that's his 'true name', surely?”

Elsewhere in the Lower City edit

(In Bloomridge Park, noticed the Bhaalist ambush): “Someone's skulking in the bushes. So rarely a good sign.”
(At Crimson Draughts, drank Araj Oblodra’s potion): “My blood is... explosive?! This could make feeding complicated...”
(In the Elerrathin's Home basement): “'This is a 'Ritual of the Timeless Body'? Jaheira, have you been playing with immortality?”
(At Flymm's Cobblers, saw Gortash’s portrait, knows his parentage): “A picture of Gortash. They must be very proud of their boy.”
- (Not knowing his parentage): “Is that Gortash? Gods, he just gets everywhere, doesn't he?”
(In the Lodge, saw the massacre unleashed by Ptaris): “Everyone is dead! What an appalling waste.”
(At the Murder Tribunal, became an Unholy Assassin): “'Unholy Assassin'... Yes, I do rather like the sound of that.”
(Approaching Baldur’s Gate (way to the Upper City), react to the player feeling Netherbrain close): “Argh - is that the brain? It feels like it's crushing my skull...”
- (Trying to proceed after the Emperor’s warning): “Maybe we should turn back. The Emperor warned us going beyond the gate would be a little... deathy.”
(In the Water Queen's House cellar, noticed the cracked wall): “There's a fault in that wall. With enough force, we could get through.”

Going along Find Dribbles the Clown quest edit

Looking at Orin’s corpse installations:
- (Penela Lumpensicks as Illasera): “Well, someone fancies themselves an artist.”
- (Courageous Little Kimmabeth as Yaga-Shura): “Gods, what a mess.”
- (Danfora of the Kingfish as Sendai): “Dead drow, dead spiders - I can't imagine Lolth would approve.”
- (Winslow Reginol as Abazigal): “Someone's sending a message. And I'm not sure I care for it.”
- (Gohumberry Tresp as Balthazar): “It was a clean decapitation - I'll give them that.”
- (Wilting Alex as Amelyssan)^[14]: “A grisly corpse and the Lord of Murder. The perfect match, really.”

Bhaal Temple edit

(Encountering the Farslayer): “Focus, darling. The red ghost there's got 'Bhaal's favourite' written all over him.”
- (After Farslayer started casting): “Not to spoil the fun, but that's some powerful magic. One hit, and you're done for.”
- (Defeated Farslayer): “Poofing off, just like that? Hmph.”
(Entered Orin’s room): “Well, this is nice. A little much, maybe, but I see what she was going for.”
(Found the Dark Urge’s corpse (for no DU in the party)): “Orin took her time with this one. She made sure they suffered.”
(Mourning over killed companion): “Gods damn it. I can't help but feel we're at least partly to blame.”

Inactive/Cut Location Remarks edit

On the Ravaged Beach:

(Saw dead fishers near dead Intellect Devourers): “A waste of perfectly good blood.”
- (Responding remark): “A waste of... you have interesting priorities.”

In the Underdark:

(Looking at cave paintings, History check):
- (Successful): “Lolth leading her drow into the Underdark. This must be ancient.”
- (Failed): “Please. I prefer my art to be a little less... shit.” - Couldn't find the place, probably another cut-out upon release

In the Mind Flayer Colony:

(Trying to use Regeneration pod, never used it before ? check failed): “It needs to be powered. However you do that...”
(Trying to use Regeneration pod, never used it before ? check successful): “Looks like it pulls power from whoever's in the cradle. Now we just need a victim - eh - volunteer.”
(Trying to use Regeneration pod, used it before): “It pulls life from one and gives it to another. How relatable.”
(Regeneration pod being used on non-living creature): “Nothing. Is there a problem with the power source?”
(When lying on the bed near the regeneration pod being used): “Ow! That... took something. And it hurt."

In the Lower City

(Turned statue head in Ettvard's office, Perception successful): “Well that did something up there.”
(Hit by a flying chair from a ghost): “Hey - no! You do not throw furniture at your guests.”

Notes edit

↑ The githyanki Losiir appears only in case when one of the players has chosen Lae'zel as a character origin
↑ Flumphs are a sentient race that inhabits the Underdark. They are known to reproduce themselves through a budding process, hence the bemusement of party members. More on these creatures can be found at Flumph on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
↑ An illusion spell that allows to transfer a voice message to anyone who activates a certain trigger. It is not available to cast or learn within the game. Apart from the monastery, active spells can also be found in the Thorm Mausoleum and in the Undercity Ruins, on the path to the Bhaal Temple. More on it at Magic mouth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
↑ If Lae'zel is in the party and not divided from the group, her voicebarks in the crèche have priority over all other party members' ones
↑ Tara becomes a camp follower only if Gale is played as an origin
↑ The History check here is rolled only once by every party member, on any single mural; if any of them succeeded, it impacts all three murals. It is also common with the History check on speaking to the statue of Balduran near the entrance.
↑ Kozakura is an archipelago in the far eastern part of the Forgotten Realms, with history, nature and culture partly mirroring Japanese. More information on it can be found at Kozakura on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
↑ A neutral plane within the Astral Sea, the dominion of Kelemvor, where the souls of mortals are collected after death. Read more at Fugue Plane on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
↑ Third layer of The Nine Hells, described as an endless stinking marsh. Read more at Minauros on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
↑ Massive, ferocious, powerful but rather dimwitted hellish fiends. Unless put to any task, tend to destroy everything that comes in their way. More on these creatures on Ghargatula on the Forgotten Realms Wiki.
↑ For more info on these places look here: Ankathla; Luscan; Menzoberranzan; Mephistar; Neverwinter; Waterdeep
↑ Being an undead himself, Astarion feels no effect from the curse that strikes any living creature venturing inside the lair. Hence, he does not comment on it further, unlike all other party members.
↑ More on these characters can be found at Characters of BG1 and BG2 mentioned in the game, as well as on Forgotten Realms Wiki.
↑ More about these characters can be found at Characters of BG1 and BG2 appearing in the game, as well as on Forgotten Realms Wiki.

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[1] The githyanki Losiir appears only in case when one of the players has chosen Lae'zel as a character origin

[2] Flumphs are a sentient race that inhabits the Underdark. They are known to reproduce themselves through a budding process, hence the bemusement of party members. More on these creatures can be found at Flumph on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[3] An illusion spell that allows to transfer a voice message to anyone who activates a certain trigger. It is not available to cast or learn within the game. Apart from the monastery, active spells can also be found in the Thorm Mausoleum and in the Undercity Ruins, on the path to the Bhaal Temple. More on it at Magic mouth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[4] If Lae'zel is in the party and not divided from the group, her voicebarks in the crèche have priority over all other party members' ones

[5] Tara becomes a camp follower only if Gale is played as an origin

[6] The History check here is rolled only once by every party member, on any single mural; if any of them succeeded, it impacts all three murals. It is also common with the History check on speaking to the statue of Balduran near the entrance.

[7] Kozakura is an archipelago in the far eastern part of the Forgotten Realms, with history, nature and culture partly mirroring Japanese. More information on it can be found at Kozakura on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[8] A neutral plane within the Astral Sea, the dominion of Kelemvor, where the souls of mortals are collected after death. Read more at Fugue Plane on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[9] Third layer of The Nine Hells, described as an endless stinking marsh. Read more at Minauros on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[10] Massive, ferocious, powerful but rather dimwitted hellish fiends. Unless put to any task, tend to destroy everything that comes in their way. More on these creatures on Ghargatula on the Forgotten Realms Wiki.

[11] For more info on these places look here: Ankathla; Luscan; Menzoberranzan; Mephistar; Neverwinter; Waterdeep

[12] Being an undead himself, Astarion feels no effect from the curse that strikes any living creature venturing inside the lair. Hence, he does not comment on it further, unlike all other party members.

[13] More on these characters can be found at Characters of BG1 and BG2 mentioned in the game, as well as on Forgotten Realms Wiki.

[14] More about these characters can be found at Characters of BG1 and BG2 appearing in the game, as well as on Forgotten Realms Wiki.

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