Find Dribbles the Clown

Find Dribbles the Clown is a quest in Act Three of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with in the Circus of the Last Days.
==Objectives==
== Walkthrough ==
=== Entering the Circus ===
====Front Gate====
The Front gate is guarded by circus performer and his tamed ghoul, . The party can attempt to enter the Circus by speaking with them. Klaus stops them, stating that he is checking every visitor to see if they are a vicious murderer. He will have Benji sniff the active party member, and the ghoul reacts accordingly.
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Whatever the result is, Klaus will deny entry, surprised with Benji's reaction, but intent to stick to the rules. However, he can be bribed or reasoned with:
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Successfully passing a check allows entry into the circus grounds.
====Gap in the lattice fence====
The gatekeeping duo can easily be bypassed by walking further down the fence towards a group of children . Here, there is a gap in the fence that can be jumped over.
====From the Open Hand Temple====
There are also two other points of entry: an iron fence door leading from a courtyard in the Open Hand Temple at ( to lockpick); and an iron gate leading from the Temple's graveyard at ( to lockpick). 
=== Dribbles' Show ===
Approaching Dribbles' stage ( or if the party entered through the fence breach) automatically starts a cutscene where Dribbles, accompanied with a dog called , begins performing a comedy show full of terrible puns. Towards the end of the show, he states he plans to perform a magic trick, but needs a volunteer with "nerves of steel and the heart of a lion". In doing this, he singles out the player character. They may agree to go up, or may encourage any other party member to do it. The cutscene plays out for any currently active party member, though all but the player character won't have an option to volunteer their mates.
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Denying the offer results in a random crowd member volunteering. Either way, Dribbles and his dog suddenly attacks, along with two other doppelgangers who disguised themselves as circus beast keepersThere are two beasts in cages () near Dribbles's stage: a displacer beast named and a dinosaur called . When the battle starts, false beast keepers shall set both animals loose, and they join the fight, siding with doppelgangers. However, both beasts can be dealt with before the cutscene starts via , each in its way (see relevant pages). In that case both remain neutral.. If the random crowd member came on stage, he is instantly murdered by the dog.
After defeating Dribbles, it turns out that he, too, was a doppelganger. His corpse can be spoken to with spell and grant some information on the attack:
* Who are you? - I am called… Fumm…
* What type of creature are you? - A shapechanger… People call us… doppelgangers…
* You singled me out from the crowd. Why? - I saw in your eyes… what I see in my own… death.
* Why did you attack? - To sow chaos… it is His will… 
* It is 'His will'? What are you talking about? - *You feel a rush of power, dark and insidious - something prevents the corpse from answering.*
* What happened to Dribbles the Clown? - I killed him… bathed in his blood… a death worthy of the list… of the Tribunal.
* What's the Tribunal? - The greatest honour… of them all.
* Where is Dribbles' corpse? - Mistress needed his body parts… for her art… 
After the battle has been resolved, moves from her tent closer to the stage area. Speaking with her might actually start the quest, as she asks the player to find what is left of Dribbles in exchange for fabulous rewards. As a necromancer, Lucretious even preferres the dead-and-raised clown to a living employee.
=== Collecting Dribbles' remains ===
==== Clown's Severed Hand ====
 is on a plate in store inside the Circus of the Last Days . It can either be stealthily stolen like any other object, or the party can attempt to simply go up and grab it. If the party attempts the latter, they are stopped by Popper, who says it is his "special hand." 
If Popper is asked why the hand is so special, he would explain the hand has artisanal rat bite marks, and therefore it costs 10,000 gold. To counter the cheeky kobold, the talking party member will have a variety of lines to attempt to get the severed hand from him for free:
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Alternatively, If the party has found the (in a wooden chest buried behind the Dribbles' stage, ), they can simply confront Popper about the hand in conversation.
==== Clown's Severed Torso ====
 can be found during , or simply when exploring the Open Hand Temple. To get to the torso's location, the party should use a hatch in the kitchen . There are pools of blood which can be followed to the actual murder site. However, bloody puddles abruptly stop in front of what appears to be a solid stone wall.
There are two ways to get past it and into the secret tunnels beyond. The first is to go into the adjoining room to the south and jump over the breach in the wall . Still, the 'proper' way to enter the tunnels is by locating the secret buttons in the crypt. These buttons are obscured by heraldry and on the walls to the left and right of the stone wall.
Once inside the secret tunnels, three doppelgangers (, , and ) immediately become hostile. After defeating the doppelgangers, Dribbles' torso can be looted off the dead body of Penela Lumpensicks , alongside with the first of Orin's Ritual Notes.
==== Clown's Severed Arm ====
 is in Peartree House located southeast of Sorcerous Sundries. The entrance to Peartree House is boarded-up, so the barricade needs to be destroyed before entering. It is declared a restricted area, so breaking into it will make the nearest Flaming Fist patrol hostile.
After the boards have been destroyed, the party will find a hatch hidden under a Traveller's Chest. After moving the chest aside they may descend the hatch to find another murder scene. Looting the corpse of Courageous Little Kimmabeth grants the severed arm and another ritual note.
==== Clown's Severed Leg ====
 is in Lavernica's Home which hovers above Araj Oblodra's Crimson Draughts, southwest of the Lower City Central Wall waypoint in the Lower City. After lockpicking the front door, use the hatch to get inside the house basement. There are many dead spiders in the upper room and dead drow and duergar in the basement. Looting the corpse of the dead Drow named Incontinentia Figgin in the neighboring cave provides the leg and subsequent ritual note from Orin. A copy of this letter can be found on the body of a drow named Danfora of the Kingfish. 
==== Clown's Severed Foot ====
 is in the basement of Rainforest's Home located between Beehive General Goods and The Bibliophile shops, southeast of The Blushing Mermaid tavern. It can be entered by either lockpicking the front door, or taking the rear side: from the balcony or through the door under it, using spells like or , shooting an or simply jumping high enough. The front door is red-outlined, and the street is patrolled by a group of Flaming Fist.
The hatch to the basement is under the stairs on the ground floor. In the basement, the foot is straight ahead on the corpse of a blue dragonborn Winslow Reginol, along with yet another Orin's note.
==== Clown's Severed Pelvis ====
 is in an empty lodging northwest of Basilisk Gate Barracks , behind Stormshore Tabernacle. Looting the body of Gohumberry Tresp grants the clown's pelvis and next note from Orin.
==== Clown's Severed Head ====
 is in the Undercity Ruins. To open the unpickable door at , attack one of the two hanging corpses near the Undercity Ruins waypoint. Six corpses chained together, with each corpse stacking atop a Blast Mine, can be found slighty north of the Temple of Bhaal waypoint . Loot the corpse of Wilting Alex to find the head, and gain a final Orin's note.
=== Returning the Body Parts ===
When the party returns to the Circus of Last Days, Lucretious is delighted to have all the parts of Dribbles back, even if those have been bitten by rats a little bit. She thanks the party and informs them that she's going to raise the corpse as one of her star performers.
Upon completing the quest all circus personnel will leave the premises after the next Long Rest, so the party should be sure to visit any traders or characters they would like beforehand.
== Quest Rewards ==
* - if they were already pickpocketed, a small stipend of gold will be rewarded instead.
* Finding the last piece grants Inspiration to characters with the Guild Artisan background.
* Turning in all the pieces to Lucretia grants Inspiration to characters with the Acolyte, Haunted One, and Outlander backgrounds.
== Notes ==
Category:Quests