Akabi

Akabi is a djinni encountered in Rivington during Act Three of Baldur's Gate 3. He is a performer at the Circus of the Last Days in Rivington, located at where he can be found hosting a Spin the Wheel game.
== Involvement ==
When approached, Akabi invites the party to participate and Spin the Wheel for 500 gold, loudly promoting the allure of winning the jackpot. Akabi magically rigs his game, guaranteeing that participants only ever get one of the sixteen largely useless consolation prizes, unless the party manages to cheat the djinn himself.
=== Winning the jackpot ===
A successful reveals that Akabi is cheating, manipulating the wheel to ensure no one wins the jackpot.
He denies any accusations, offering the interacting party member to simply spin again instead. If provoked, Akabi shapeshifts the talking party member into a cheese wheel for 20 turns. Akabi refuses to let anyone play who has been transformed by him in this way, but other party members can still participate.
To win the jackpot, it is necessary to pickpocket Akabi for his , without which he cannot rig the game. Bards can also distract Akabi () with either a joke or a well-timed fart and win the jackpot. However, stealing the ring or the Bard distraction permanently locks the party out of winning future consolation prizes.
Winning Akabi's "game" earns the Inspirational Events Cheating the Cheater (Charlatan background) and A Grand Prize! (Sage background).
=== Jackpot "prize" ===
Regardless of how the party member won, Akabi is enraged and accuses them of cheating. He transports the talking party member, alone, to a Jungle in the distant land of . This is the only way to reach this area and to obtain the items within, notably the trident and the ring . It is recommended to choose a party member for playing with Akabi, who is very capable at heavy combat or stealth, to survive in the jungle.
Akabi permanently closes down the game, if one character wins the jackpot, all characters are turned to cheese, or if all consolation prizes are claimed by spinning the wheel 16 times. 
It is not possible to obtain all of the consolation prizes and the jackpot as he shuts down the game on the 16th spin. He does not award the jackpot on the final spin, if he still has his ring or the bard option is not used.
== Consolation prizes ==
There are 16 possible consolation prizes from Akabi. Some have utility, but most are either useless or even harmful.
* , a normal Breastplate. The description text reveals it is simply named "+1 Breastplate."
* turns all inserted food into moldy and rotten versions.
* grants a per turn free casting of , a very powerful item, except the character will be stripped naked down to their underwear on every usage, the stripped articles of clothing will be left on the spot the user teleported from.
* , as of patch 5 it will "come back" to the party member that threw it, but it will also hit that party member.
* will inflict the condition on its user, dealing damage.
* contains five for a total of .
* makes the wearer permanently while worn. The wearer will also have their accumulated blood and dirt washed away upon equipping due to the Wet condition.
* , when equipped, gives the user a cantrip similar to , except it does not scale with the caster's level and always deals 1d10 damage. It has a 5% chance of instead spawning a centered on the target with every use of the cantrip. Pairs well with the Reverse Rain Cloak.
* provides a +2 bonus to Sleight of Hand checks, and adds a piece of to the wearer's inventory for each item they steal.
The other possible prizes are miscellaneous items with no further function:
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== Combat ==
=== Attacks and abilities ===
=== Loot ===
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* - A visually-different variation on a common scimitar 
* Any gold spent on spinning the wheel
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== Notes and references ==
Category:Djinni
Category:Elementals
Category:Characters
Category:Characters in Rivington
Category:Characters in Act Three
Category:Members of the Circus of the Last Days