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Stand Your Ground
Stand Your Ground is the 1st quest in The Sharn Syndicate story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward.. |
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The first five quests can be completed in any order to unlock Come Out and Slay. |
Stand Your Ground • Dirty Laundry • The Stormreaver Fresco • The Bookbinder Rescue • Repossession • Come Out and Slay |
The Sharn Syndicate's life blood is the money they extort from innocent business owners in Stormreach.
Requires access to adventure pack
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Stand Your Ground | |
Heroic level: | 4 |
Epic level: | None |
Duration: | short |
Heroic XP: | ♣444Solo/Casual ♦793Normal ♥846Hard ♠900Elite |
Epic XP: | N/A |
Takes place in: | The Dragontail Saloon |
Bestowed by: | Maxwell Statler |
NPC contact: | Maxwell Statler |
Quest acquired in: | The Marketplace |
Patron: | The Coin Lords |
Base favor: | 2 |
Purchase: | The Sharn Syndicate or VIP |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
When you heard Maxwell's drunken lament of how the Sharn Syndicate is coming to take his beloved saloon away, you offered to help him and his brother fight them.
The Dragontail Saloon is in the Marketplace, right next to Maxwell.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- (Failure) Protect Maxwell
- (Optional) Protect Rance — Bonus (50%): Heroic( ♣222 ♦397 ♥423 ♠450 )
What to Expect
- Quest failure (if Maxwell dies)
- Spawning/respawning monsters
- Protect NPCs (mandatory: 1 and optional: 1)
Tips and Misc
- The attackers come in several waves of ranged and melee attackers spawning either near the door or on the upper floor near the southwest corner.
- After defeating the underlings (around 38), Slab and a couple of attack dogs spawn on the upper floor, near the center.
- Maxwell stays on a perch on the upper floor and ranges; Rance runs around and melees. Keeping an eye on them (especially Maxwell) will let you know where the enemies are. You can cast beneficial spells upon them.
Bonus XP
- Aggression bonus: 11 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣44 ♦79 ♥85 ♠90 )
- Onslaught bonus: 21 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣67 ♦119 ♥127 ♠135 )
- Conquest bonus: 31 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣111 ♦198 ♥212 ♠225 )
- Mischief bonus: 13 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣36 ♦63 ♥68 ♠72 )
- Vandal bonus: 17 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣44 ♦79 ♥85 ♠90 )
- Ransack bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣67 ♦119 ♥127 ♠135 )
External Links
Loot
- Chests: 1
- One may appear next to Maxwell at the end of the quest, if Rance survives.
NPC end rewards
Choose from 4 level 3 cloaks, gloves, necklaces, or rings. Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
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Attack Dog ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Animal | Dog |
Slab the Crusher ( view • edit ) | ♠11Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Syndicate Archer ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Elf | Elf |
Syndicate Muscle ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Syndicate Prowler ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Halfling | Halfling |
Syndicate Swiftblade ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Humanoid | Human |
- The Sharn Syndicate chain quests
- Short quests
- The Dragontail Saloon quests
- The Marketplace quests
- The Coin Lords patron quests
- Pay to Play quests
- Links to YouTube
- Pages sourced by DDO forums
- Quests by name
- Quests with maps
- Compendium:Level 4 quests
- Level 4 quests
- Quests with 2 base favor reward
- The Sharn Syndicate quests
- Quests with no traps
- Quests with collectables/none