Acute Delirium

Acute Delirium is the 1st quest in the Reign of Madness story arcStory arcs are chains of quests that make up a story line. Completing everything in a story arc often yields a nice reward..
The first three quests can be completed in any order to unlock The Lord of Eyes.
Acute Delirium • The Sane Asylum • The Lord of Stone • The Lord of Eyes

A scepter was once created by the Lord of Eyes himself - the Daelkyr Price of Madness, Belashyrra. Who knows what power it holds?

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: Reign of Madness

Acute Delirium
Heroic level:	17
Epic level:	None
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣3,485Solo/Casual ♦6,036Normal ♥6,265Hard ♠6,493Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	The Sleeping Spell Inn
Bestowed by:	Rorry Malcanus
NPC contact:	Rorry Malcanus
Quest acquired in:	The Twelve
Patron:	The Twelve
Base favor:	7
Purchase:	Reign of Madness or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

Rorry Malcanus told you that he left the Scepter of Belashyrra inside the Sleeping Spell Inn after accidentally opening a portal to Xoriat.

Enter the Inn and retrieve the Scepter. The Inn is in the Twelve Enclave.

Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!

Objectives

Retrieve Belashyrra's Sceptre
Assemble an airship to fly to Xoriat:
- 12 Beds
- 6 Bookshelves
Use the Office ladder to gather aboard the airship
Gather inside the giant beholder
Flush the mimic out of hiding
Force the beholder to vomit
Use Belashyrra's Sceptre to open a portal back to Eberron
Gather back on Eberron
Equip Belashyrra's Sceptre and use it to close the portal
Close the portals to Xoriat and Khyber
(Optional) Keep the beholders from boarding the airship — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣697 ♦1,207 ♥1,253 ♠1,299 )
(Optional) Put Quixxellops out of his misery — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣697 ♦1,207 ♥1,253 ♠1,299 )

What to Expect

Spawning/respawning monsters
Randomly placed quest item (optional: Key)
Protect NPCs (mandatory: 12 beds and 6 bookshelves)
Gather your party before venturing forth

Tips and Misc

You can cast haste on the beds and bookshelves to make them move faster.
- Note the three beds in the side room of the laundry.
- If killed, beds and bookshelves will respawn in their original location. They will be harder to kill the second time, due to their "experience in combat."

Enemies respawn MUCH more quickly on the Elite setting and can make soloing this quest a nightmare. The beds' and bookshelves' HP does not scale and they move very slowly even with Haste. The beds also move faster than the bookshelves and can eventually outrun them. It's recommended that you make 2 trips back and forth to assemble the ship: One convoy to bring all of the beds and a separate convoy to bring all of the bookshelves. Assign 3 to 4 people to clear the way forward while the rest of the party watches the rear.
Two fixes were put in with U16:
- Beholders in the Airship portion of Acute Delirium now fall to their deaths properly if they are impaired before reaching the Airship.
- Beholders in the Airship portion of Acute Delirium are no longer considered Extraplanar (due to being in Xoriat), and can no longer be banished.
Be careful when fighting the mimic, when you are in the beholder's stomach. It does more and more acid damage with each hit you do.
The mimic in the beholder's stomach drops keys to the other chests once it's defeated, but you can also just use Open Lock or Knock on those chests.
After being expelled from the beholder's stomach, use the scepter to open a portal to Eberron.
To "close the portal", use the scepter again in the laundry where you constructed the airship, then give the scepter to Belashyrra (dialog option).

Special notes

You can find the 'Lost Silver Key' under one of the beds while collecting beds for the airship.
- If that part of the ship is completed it's no longer possible to move beds.
- This key opens the 'Lost Chest', hidden in a secret room beneath the bar. It must be opened while still in madness mode.
  - This chest is said to drop the Lenses of Opportunity
- Bug: The wall hiding the door to the secret room in reality is not removed in madness mode, so the chest is unreachable
- The secret door can be found in madness mode, at least granting some bonus XP.

A chest is hidden in one of several possible locations behind a shelf in the library and can be accessed while collecting shelves.
- If that part of the ship is completed it's no longer possible to move shelves.

Don't forget the "Imaginary Chest", which can be reached by jumping onto the laundry walls and accessed while in madness mode.

Bonus XP

Devious bonus: ≥94 or fewer monsters killed +7% Bonus.( ♣244 ♦423 ♥439 ♠455 )
Observance bonus: 1 or more secret door discovered +8% Bonus.( ♣279 ♦483 ♥501 ♠519 )

Notes: The ransack and conquest limits are reset on entering the beholder's stomach. So the seemingly acquired bonuses are vaporized. Even over 450 kills are not sufficient for aggression bonus.

Loot

Chests: Up to 6, 8 or 10 (depending on difficulty)
- 1 after opening portal to Xoriat
- 1 underwater near the shrines, reached by jumping onto the walls in laundry room. (accessible in Madness mode only).
- 1 behind bookshelves after they are removed (must be looted before completing airship, as shelves reappear afterwards)
- 1 if you successfully prevent the beholders from boarding the airship.
- Inside the Beholder's stomach, one lootable chest appears per difficulty level (1 for normal, 2 for hard, 3 for elite).
- After the final fight, one chest appears per difficulty level (1 for normal, 2 for hard, 3 for elite).
  - These chests each have the chance to drop the Watcher's Blade
Collectables: 10
- Three Bookshelfs in the library.
- Fungus in the laundry.
- Booksheld in a side room near the laundry.
- Adventurer's Pack in one of the bedrooms.
- Cabinet in another bedroom.
- Cabinet in the room with the mirror.
- Mold and Fungus in the beholder's stomach.
NPC rewards: Standard. Contains potions more frequently than other quests rewards.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited	Item	Type	Enhancements	ML	Bind	Quests
Update 61.2 6 months and 22 days Bladedge	Lenses of Opportunity ^(edit)	Goggles	Seeker +4 Seeker +4: Provides a +4 Enhancement bonus to confirm critical hits, and a +4 Enhancement bonus to critical hit damage (before multipliers are applied). Sneak Attack Bonus +3Sneak Attack Bonus +3: Provides a +3 to attack bonus and a +5 to damage for any attack that would qualify as a Sneak Attack, even if the wielder is not a Rogue. OverfocusOverfocus: This item helps you focus your attention, but it makes you somewhat oblivious to your surroundings, causing a -10 penalty to Search and Spot.	15	Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire	Acute Delirium, The Lost Chest
Update 62 6 months and 9 days PurpleSerpent	Watcher's Blade ^(edit)	Long Sword	+5 Enhancement Bonus+5 Enhancement Bonus: +5 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls. Heightened Awareness 4Heightened Awareness 4: This item helps you to quickly read situations with sharpness and clarity, allowing you to predict actions before they occur. You gain a +4 Insight bonus to AC. Improved CursespewingImproved Cursespewing: On Vorpal Hit: Your enemy is cursed with a -4 morale penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks. This painful curse also causes the victim to take 2d6 damage every two seconds for a duration of twelve seconds. Additional vorpal strikes while the curse is active will extend the duration by another twelve seconds. Exceptional Wisdom +1Exceptional Wisdom +1: This item makes the wearer more in tune with her surroundings, granting a +1 exceptional bonus to Wisdom. Hidden Effect: On critical hits, this weapon saps the target	16	Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire	Acute Delirium, End chest

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Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Armored Beholder ^{( view • edit )}	♠26Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Beholder Fleshmender ^{( view • edit )}	♠25Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Beholder Priest ^{( view • edit )}		Aberration	Beholder
Chaos Beholder ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♥19Hard ♠23Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Chester ^{( view • edit )}	♦19Normal ♠29Elite	Aberration	Mimic
Deranged Follower ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♠18Elite	Humanoid	Human
Evil Eye ^{( view • edit )}	♦12Normal ♠17Elite	Aberration	Evil Eye
Eye Horror ^{( view • edit )}	♠21Elite	Aberration	Eye Horror
Frost Beholder ^{( view • edit )}	♥18Hard ♠21Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Ganglia ^{( view • edit )}	♠25Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Greater Evil Eye ^{( view • edit )}	♥17Hard ♠21Elite	Aberration	Evil Eye
Greater Thaarak Hound ^{( view • edit )}	♦15Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite	Evil Outsider	Hellhound
Haxxorrax ^{( view • edit )}	♦19Normal ♠29Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer Mage ^{( view • edit )}	♦16Normal ♥19Hard ♠23Elite	Aberration	Mind Flayer
Quixxellops ^{( view • edit )}	♦20Normal ♠30Elite	Aberration	Beholder
Taken ^{( view • edit )}	♦13Normal ♥15Hard ♠18Elite	Aberration	Taken
Xorian Render ^{( view • edit )}	♦15Normal ♥18Hard ♠21Elite	Evil Outsider	Demon
Young Beholder ^{( view • edit )}	♦12Normal ♥14Hard ♠17Elite	Aberration	Beholder

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