Dostrealt

Overview

Dostrealt was a blind drow wizard who had been trapped onboard a derelict flitter due to the effects of a curse, and had been rendered unconscious due to the vessel's deteriorating air supply.

Description

Dostrealt was a bind male drow who wore a full-length green robe. As a result of his disability, Dostrealt had to rely on his exceptional hearing, as well as his rod of blind walking, to move around and interact with his environment. However, because of his his blindness, he was unaffected by bright sunlight like other drow, and he was also immune to spells and magical effects that required the target to see the attacker, such as a medusa's petrifying gaze.

Possessions

Dostrealt wore a ring of protection and possessed a rod of blind walking and two spellbooks. He also carried a piccolo and a flute.

Both spellbooks were written using a script of raised dots, dashes and curves that allowed Dostrealt to read his spells by gently running his fingers over them. His primary spellbook exclusively consisted of spells that did not require line of sight, such as Caligarde's claw, decastave, dispel silence, ghost pipes, ironguard, know school, paralyze, Quimby's enchanting gourmet, secure, skull watch, spelltrap, spell engine, Spendelarde's chaser, and sunburst. It also contained the unique spells Snilloc's heat-seeking snowball and Snilloc's heat-seeking major missile, which were developed by Dostrealt himself so they could be cast without having to see the target. His second spellbook contained a more general assortment of common spells.

History

Dostrealt was originally a member of a Drow armada. However, when they were engaged in battle with a neogi mindpsider, a mage from the opposing ship targeted the armada's crew with a curse. Unable to dodge the spell, Dostrealt fell victim to the curse, which manifested as an invisible quasit that constantly worked mischief against everyone onboard the ship, except for Dostrealt himself. After several failed attempts at removing the curse, Dostrealt exiled himself onboard the flitter Erevan's Clutch, in order to protect his crewmates onboard the armada.

Since the curse had manifested itself in the form of a creature, spells such as remove curse were ineffective against it. The only way to remove he curse was if a non-drow accepted Dostrealt as a friend, and said so out loud. After leaving the armada, the flitter experienced some unexplained disaster which left it severely damaged and drifting in wildspace, until Dostrealt fell unconscious due to the ship's rapidly deteriorating air envelope.

Appendix

External Links

• Dostrealt article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

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