The Bookbinder Rescue

The Bookbinder Rescue is the 4th 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..
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 has no qualms about victimizing the downtrodden and the weak of Stromreach society.

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: The Sharn Syndicate

The Bookbinder Rescue
Heroic level:	4
Epic level:	None
Duration:	short
Heroic XP:	♣540Solo/Casual ♦966Normal ♥1,033Hard ♠1,100Elite
Epic XP:	N/A
Takes place in:	The Binder Home
Bestowed by:	Olistair Binder
NPC contact:	Olistair Binder
Quest acquired in:	The Marketplace
Patron:	The Coin Lords
Base favor:	2
Purchase:	The Sharn Syndicate or VIP
Extreme Challenge:	No

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Overview

You met Olistair Binder, who is being forced to give the Sharn Syndicate his life savings in order to release his captive family. But, Olistair would rather pay you to rescue his family than trust the Syndicate to release them or the Stormreach Guard to rescue them.

Go to the Binder Home in the Stormreach Marketplace and rescue Binder's Family.

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Objectives

Defeat the Sharn thugs (20 total)
Find members of the Binder family (4 total)
(Optional) Escort Grammah Binder to the exit — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣81 ♦145 ♥155 ♠165 )
(Optional) Escort Jerald Binder to the exit — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣81 ♦145 ♥155 ♠165 )
(Optional) Escort Althea Binder to the exit — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣81 ♦145 ♥155 ♠165 )
(Optional) Escort Buchwald Binder to the exit — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣81 ♦145 ♥155 ♠165 )

What to Expect

Multiple quest entrances (2)
Traps (fixed, disarmable via lever or trap skills)
Defeat Sharn thugs (mandatory)
Escort NPCs to exits (Optional: 4)

Known Traps

Trap DCs

Spikes, spinning blades, slash, fire, grease, web... basically, one in front of every door, and two in front of the southeast door.

Tips and Misc

There are two ways to enter this quest. Most parties may prefer to enter the house at ground level, as your party can buff up before speaking to Quendrel, who will first talk to you about paying the ransom before attacking. For enterprising Rogues or others with strong Hide/Move Silently skills, you can enter through a balcony using a ladder to the left of the ground entrance. This places the player character in the southwest room on the upper floor. Be warned that low Hide/Move Silently scores could cause immediate attacks by enemies in the adjacent room.
All the doors upstairs are locked; however, if you've no Rogue in your party, they can be bashed down (or burned down with Fireball). Smashing the doors, however, warns the occupants (including any Binders) that you're on the way, and they'll act accordingly – with the Binders attacking (and possibly getting killed by) any guards while you're still trying to bust down the door.
The Binders can be found in any of the rooms, sometimes two to a room. Their behavior depends on whether the door to the main hallway is open. There's a chance they'll run towards the nearest exit with Syndicate members in pursuit – however, they won't escape until you lead them a little farther. If you cannot disable the traps before you rescue each hostage, there is a good chance that you will lose the hostage to a trap if you don't dispatch any enemies in the vicinity.
More likely, the Binders will race out to help when they hear fighting in another room. As a result, it's recommended to clear the hallways and the South-west room before checking any of the rooms, and immediately leading any you find to the exit, before checking another room.
If you haven't a Rogue in your party, each doorway trap can be disarmed by a lever inside the room near to the trap. However, you have to get past 'em, first! Disarming the trap this way gives no XP bonus.
There's a secret door between the two rooms in the North-east corner, within the fireplace. (Once in one of these rooms, you can enter the other this way and bypass that room's trap.)
The "Defeat the Sharn thugs" requirement can be finished before killing all of them. Note that neither Quendrel nor any dogs count towards the requirement.
You're credited for finding the family members when you enter the rooms in which they're being held, even if they've already run out past you. Keep this in mind if you're going for Aggression or Onslaught, as the quest can finish well before you've reached those thresholds.
Prior to Update 37, patch 2, allowing the Binders to die was a quest failure; now escorting them to the exit is optional. The base quest XP remained unchanged, so this gives the simultaneous benefit of making the quest less difficult to fail, and giving 60% more XP.
- If a Binder dies, the former quest failure DM text about it being a mistake for Olistair Binder to put his family's welfare in your hands still plays.

Bonus XP

Aggression bonus: 24 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣54 ♦97 ♥103 ♠110 )
Onslaught bonus: 31 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣81 ♦145 ♥155 ♠165 )
Tamper bonus: 4 or more traps disarmed +10% Bonus.( ♣54 ♦97 ♥103 ♠110 )
Neutralization bonus: 6 or more traps disarmed +20% Bonus.( ♣108 ♦193 ♥207 ♠220 )
Ingenious Debilitation bonus: 7 or more traps disarmed +30% Bonus.( ♣162 ♦290 ♥310 ♠330 )

Loot

Chests: None
NPC rewards: Choice from four level 5 equivalent boots, bracers, or goggles, Bound to Account on Acquire, no minimum level.

Monsters

Name ^{( picture )}	CR	Type	Race
Attack Dog ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Animal	Dog
Quendrel ^{( view • edit )}	♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠9Elite	Humanoid	Human
Syndicate Arcanist ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Humanoid	Human
Syndicate Archer ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Elf	Elf
Syndicate Barbarian ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Living Construct	Warforged
Syndicate Devotee ^{( view • edit )}	♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite	Dwarf	Dwarf
Syndicate Loremaster ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Elf	Drow Elf
Syndicate Muscle ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Humanoid	Human
Syndicate Prowler ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Halfling	Halfling
Syndicate Spellsinger ^{( view • edit )}	♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite	Elf	Elf
Syndicate Swiftblade ^{( view • edit )}	♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite	Humanoid	Human

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