Theodore Ranquest



Theodore Ranquest is a male Shadow Monk, described as an Assassin of great skill, adept at disguise and extremely proficient with poisons and traps.

He is also described as Chosen of Bhaal (the god of murder), Master of the Silent Death.

Indri knew something of the tales of an Outsider in the Halls and Dojo, who persuaded the Shadow Dragon to train him. After some time, he left, either possibly because he had nothing more to lean, or possibly because the Shadow Dragon began to be fearful of just how powerful and adept he was becoming.

He was attuned to Agravyne.

Notable Abilities
He has Legendary Actions and Legendary saves. He has many of the abilities of a top level Shadow Monk. He uses poisoned arrows, poison powders, and traps. He has a high movement speed which, combined with shadow stepping and legendary move actions, can allow him to dominate a combat where he is able to make use of those things.

Elder Brain Storming

 * Hunting him could be done via Arthos and/or laying a trap as he still wants to kidnap Valeneth.
 * Stopping him moving (and escaping) will be one of the toughest challenges, but the following two in combination should be able to do it. These need to be done in combination as soon as he is seen if possible, though
 * Forcecage (level 7 Bard spell) cast with the bars version can both lock him up and allow us to attack and cast further spells at him; this would require Iola to be willing to take this as a spell.
 * Bright light will stop him making use of a number of standard Shadow Monk abilities including shadow step, as he has to be both starting in shadow and needs to move to a shadowed area that he can see.
 * Hex (Wisdom) followed by Storyweaving ('Theodore has attuned to Agravyne, but now sensing the presence of and encouraged by the other Soul Stones, Agravyne asserts himself and takes full control of Theodore') could leave Agravyne holding still while we destroy his current host. As Hex is a Bonus action spell, this would be done in a single turn by Iola using a Ring of Spell Storing, followed by an action of Storyweaving, using Peerless skill to be added to the Performance (Storyweave) roll, and Cutting words as a reaction to reduce Theodore's ability check.  Morgana can also re-roll bad or good rolls as required.
 * He often uses poisons, so resist these via antitoxin, potions of resistance etc.
 * If he's had a chance to set traps, Iola can open doors from a distance and move objects around at will with her Ring of Telekinesis to try and trigger traps at range. Tooth and Claw or some other summoned creatures could also explore (sorry Ash), Indri would be a good secondary explorer (with his saves and evasion skill, plus resistances and immunities).

Related Quests
The Shadows of Icewind Dale

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