The Stuff of Dreams
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This group task (3-6 players) begins with Scholar Kintorom at the zone-in of The Library.
You must have completed the Feerrott and House of Thule group progression missions ("Fall of the Tae Ew" and "Welcome to My Nightmare"), his two solo tasks, and his shared task before being able to request this one. You say, 'Hail, Scholar Kintorom' Scholar Kintorom says 'Now that we know the answers are in the Encyclopedia Norrathica, we must travel to the top of the library to [confront] the Head Librarian on its whereabouts. Otherwise you could [interview] scholars about my research, [locate] more books, or help me fulfill my [dream].' You say, 'Confront?' Scholar Kintorom says 'I have no doubt they will try to stop us but I'm no good in a fight. I'll need you and your friends to clear the way to the head librarian. Be prepared for anything. Shall we [proceed]? You have been assigned the task 'The Stuff of Dreams'. Scholar Kintorom has discovered the existence of the Encyclopedia Norrathica, a book which contains all the information regarding the creation of Norrath and the Gods. He wants to confront the head librarian and claim the book for himself, so he can fulfill his dreams, but needs your help to clear the way to the top of the library. Say "proceed" to zone in. General Information In this instance, you can expect trash mob types to hit for a max ~6,200. Nameds hit for a little more (but no flurry, no rampage, and no enrage). They may not even summon (this is not confirmed). Some nameds have an AE associated with them (if so, they are listed below). Trash mobs are rootable/snareable, stunnable, and mezzable (even with 81-85 Enchanter mezzes). The "Make your way..." steps (which are update locations found gradually further into the library) open up one at a time as you kill the mobs associated with them. After triggering one of these steps, the trash mobs begin spawning one at a time. The named is permanently rooted, so its attacks are avoidable until you want to engage it. (There is an achievement for killing the named before the trash.) NOTE: Make sure to engage the named within a minute of killing the last add spawn. If you let too much time pass without doing so, another wave of adds spawns. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) You'll see an erudite named Curator Majda. As you approach her, this step updates and the first trash mob spawns. (The rest of the task plays out the same way.) Kill 3 a furious sweeper 0/3 (The Library) Kill 1 Curator Majda 0/1 (The Library) These mobs appear to be pure melee. Curator Majda says 'Sweeper, get them!' Curator Majda has been slain by _____! Curator Majda's corpse gasps for air, choking out one final breath. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) Kill 3 a fallen warrior 0/3 (The Library) Fallen warriors have spell procs: Touch of Flame: Single Target, Fire (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 300 Touch of Frost: Single Target, Cold (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 300 Touch of Rot: Single Target, Disease (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 300 Kill 1 Tome of the Fallen 0/1 (The Library) Tome of the Fallen summons and casts: Breath of the Fallen: Single Target, (-100) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 8000 per tick 2: Set Healing Effectiveness to -20% 3: Increase corruption counter by 50 Tome of the Fallen surges with increased velocity, preparing for a fight! Tome of the Fallen has been slain by _____! Tome of the Fallen's corpse falls into a heap of dust and torn pages. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) Kill 3 an armored watcher 0/3 (The Library) Kill 1 Ardull the Watcher 0/1 (The Library) Ardull the Watcher says 'Watcher, I call you to defend the library!' Ardull the Watcher raises its weapons and rushes into battle! Watchers appear to be pure melee, while Ardull the Watcher casts "Focused Rage:" Focused Rage PB AE 40', Corruption (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 22000 2: SpinStun 3: Add Effect: Focused Rage Ardull the Watcher has been slain by _____! Ardull the Watcher's corpse crashes to the ground with unnatural force, shaking the surrounding library walls. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) Kill 3 a nightmare 0/3 (The Library) Note: The nightmares proc on their targets "Shadow Touch": Shadow Touch: Single Target, Magic (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 1500 per tick (3 ticks) Kill 1 Compendium of Nightmares 0/1 (The Library) Compendium of Nightmares summons forth a nightmare from its pages. It casts "Waking Nightmares": Waking Nightmares: Single Target, Magic (0) 1: Increase Spell Haste by 10% 2: Inhibit Melee Attacks by (15%) 3: Ultravision Compendium of Nightmares has been slain by _____! Compendium of Nightmares's corpse falls into a heap of dust and torn pages. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) Kill 15 a musty tome 0/15 (The Library) Note: The musty tomes come in waves of 3-5 at a time. They hit for a max ~1,300 each and are crowd-controllable. Kill 1 Archivist Herrdar 0/1 (The Library) He's found up the stairs on the next level. He casts "Dust of the Ages:" Dust of the Ages: Targeted AE 50', Chromatic (-650) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 8000 per tick 2: Unknown #408 (100/80/0) Archivist Herrdar has been slain by _____! Archivist Herrdar's corpse cries out in pain, before falling eternally still. Make your way toward the top of the library 0/1 (The Library) The Head Librarian attacks once you trigger this update. Kill 1 Head Librarian Matilda 0/1 (The Library) Head Librarian Matilda raises her voice in warning, 'Those who make noise will be silenced by my hand!' Matilda hits for a max ~7,000 and AEs "Forceful Knowledge": Forceful Knowledge: PB AE 50', Magic (-700) 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 22000 2: Decrease Mana by 3000 3: Decrease Endurance by 2700 She also spawns time-based adds one at a time. They're called "a dutiful librarian" and will keep spawning until six of them are up. If you kill one, another will take its place. You'll want to kill the Head Librarian while offtanking or mezzing or rooting the adds. Head Librarian Matilda has been slain by _____! Head Librarian Matilda falls over in defeat. Allow Scholar Kintorom to claim the Encyclopedia Norrathica 0/1 (The Library) After the Head Librarian and her adds are dead, approach the Encyclopedia Norrathica. Scholar Kintorom appears and has this exchange... Scholar Kintorom says 'Finally I've found it! All the answers I seek will surely be in the Encyclopedia Norrathica. You are mine now! Wait, what's happening? This isn't right! I was so close to fulfilling my dreams! Noooooo.....' The Head Librarian then respawns (non-KOS): Head Librarian Matilda says 'Because the knowledge contained in this book is forbidden, Kintorom was banished from this place. He will never be permitted to return. Some things are better left in your dreams, adventurers. Take these things and ruminate on what you have witnessed this day. Inform me when you are ready to [leave].' You helped Scholar Kintorom reach the Encyclopedia Norrathica, though things didn't turn out as expected. Claim your reward from the ornate chest 0/1 (The Library) Task rewards: Experience (about 3% regular exp at Level 86) 315 platinum 20 Dream Motes Faction with Dream Delvers Known chest rewards (1 item + 1 spell per task): Battlemage's Aegis Glumb's Trinket of Tactical Cowardice Golden Triumphal Cindercape Handful of the Patch Guardian's Straw Phantasmic Morningstar Sap of Rejuvenation Slime Coated Pebble of the Deep Thulian Linked Wristguard Treantwood Longbow Waspwing Cleaver Minor Nebulous Dream Fragment Lesser Nebulous Dream Fragment Median Nebulous Dream Fragment Greater Nebulous Dream Fragment Glowing Nebulous Dream Fragment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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includes Thulian Linked Wristguard too
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Head Librarian Matilda spawns total of 6 adds. They are time-based so if you are low DPS you might find impossible to offtank the named and kill the adds. They will keep popping over and over (capped at number 6).
This is a DPS burn fight. You need to kill the named very fast. She does not have lots of hp (like for example the armor model named earlier on the event) so she dies rather fast.
And like it was said earlier here - it is good idea to evacs after she dies. The adds disappear and chest pops nicely then.
This is a DPS burn fight. You need to kill the named very fast. She does not have lots of hp (like for example the armor model named earlier on the event) so she dies rather fast.
And like it was said earlier here - it is good idea to evacs after she dies. The adds disappear and chest pops nicely then.
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(Rest of the dialogues needed.)
You say, 'confront'
Scholar Kintorom says 'I have no doubt they will try to stop us but I'm no good in a fight. I'll need you and your friends to clear the way to the head librarian. Be prepared for anything. Shall we [proceed]?
You have been assigned the task 'The Stuff of Dreams'.
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Battlemage's Aegis
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Handful of the Patch Guardian's Straw
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Treantwood Longbow
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Golden Triumphal Cindercape
If you wait longer than 60 seconds to engage the named after the trio of guards for each area are killed, the guards repop. Or from what I've seen. Kill the 3, then go at the named right away.
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If you burn Head Librarian Matilda down and evac, the adds will despawn. Only need her to complete.
Very straight forward until the kill 15 musty tome part near the end. They do not hit very hard, but crowd control is a must. This part requires some attention. The tomes are very hard to target by simply clicking on them, almost impossible. Be sure to set up/use a key to toggle through NPC's to help target. They have low HP, but enough that require more then a few nukes or smacks. If you wipe during this part, the tomes will not be up upon your return. The only way we could get them to re-appear was to engage Archivist Herrdar; however, we now had the mini named npc plus the 15 tomes making things even harder. You must engage all mobs in the room they are standing in. If you pull them out of the room they are in, then they will re-pop again when you walk through the room to get to next step. Good luck, this quest requires some good team work.
the waspwing clever.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"
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Glumb's Trinket of Tactical Cowardice
Got Sap of Rejuvenation from the chest tonight. Also all mobs except for the named are mezzable with level 81-85 chanter mezzes, so mobs are level 88 or below.
Also be sure when you're doing this take out the 3 mobs (they spawn and come at you about 30 seconds apart) and then don't delay, go for the named as soon as you're able. We took out the 3 sweepers and then were medding to full before the named only to have 3 more sweepers attack after about a minute.
You'll encounter the first named when you go down the stairs to the U shaped room with the arches dividing it. The second named is on the other side the U in that same room. Third is on the other side of the scholar room, but you'll start getting the trash pretty much as soon as you enter the scholar room. Last is in the room before the spiral stairs with the two long railings that you can jump down to the first floor.
The Musty Tomes are really weak. It's likely possible to just AE them. We used a chanter and AE mezzes, but our wizard was blasting them to kindling in 1-2 nukes each. And even though they swarmed the cloth casters at one point (chanter mezzed herself, whoops) no one was ever really in serious danger. This was in a group with a beastlord as the strongest tank, so it's clear they don't really hit hard.
Edited, Oct 27th 2010 9:27am by Merlaina
Also be sure when you're doing this take out the 3 mobs (they spawn and come at you about 30 seconds apart) and then don't delay, go for the named as soon as you're able. We took out the 3 sweepers and then were medding to full before the named only to have 3 more sweepers attack after about a minute.
You'll encounter the first named when you go down the stairs to the U shaped room with the arches dividing it. The second named is on the other side the U in that same room. Third is on the other side of the scholar room, but you'll start getting the trash pretty much as soon as you enter the scholar room. Last is in the room before the spiral stairs with the two long railings that you can jump down to the first floor.
The Musty Tomes are really weak. It's likely possible to just AE them. We used a chanter and AE mezzes, but our wizard was blasting them to kindling in 1-2 nukes each. And even though they swarmed the cloth casters at one point (chanter mezzed herself, whoops) no one was ever really in serious danger. This was in a group with a beastlord as the strongest tank, so it's clear they don't really hit hard.
Edited, Oct 27th 2010 9:27am by Merlaina
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