Tellan

Tellan Altru'ar
Record
Gender	Male
Race	Tales of the Sword Coast (1999) Content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign Tales of the Sword Coast Humand Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) Content from the Enhanced Edition campaign Baldur's GateGnome
Class	Thiefa
Alignment	LG NG CG LN TN CN LE NE CE
Involvement
Allegiance	Neutral
Area	Ice Island Maze (AR1009 – 898.595)
Quests	Retrieve Shandalar's Cloak
Ability scores
Level	13
Hit points	54
XP value	3000
Str	11
Str	11
Dex	18
Dex	18
Con	16
Con	16
Int	16
Int	16
Wis	7
Wis	7
Cha	12
Cha	12
Total scores	80
Morale	9
Break	6
Recovery	60
Combat basics
Proficiency	+ Missile Weapons +++ Small Sword
Natural AC	0
Base THAC0	14
Base APR	1
Saving throws
Dth	6
Wand	6
Poly	6
Brth	10
Spell	7
Thieving abilities
Open locks	70
Pick pockets	50
Move silently	99
Find traps	70
Spells & abilities
Spells	Mirror Image Minor Globe of Invulnerability Remove Magic Confusion Lightning Bolt (×3) Melf's Acid Arrow Magic Missile (×6) Skull Trap Horror Cloudkill (×0)
AI scripts
Name	tellan
Override	SHOUTDLG.BCS
Class	TELLEN.BCS
Race	MAGE7.BCS
General	FOLLOW.BCS
Default	WTARSGT.BCS
Inventory
Gold	78
Items	Dart +1 (×20) Dart +1 (×20)
Exclusive equipment	Undroppable item This icon indicates an item that cannot be dropped or stolen. Bracers
Reputation impact if
Killed	None
Technical information
Creature codes	TELLAN.cre

“

I'll cast my darts into their very eyes if it shall get me off this frigid rock!

”

Tellan Altru'ar, the self-appointed shining light of Tethyr, is – as are many others – trapped on the Ice Island in Tales of the Sword Coast.

After a short dialogue, Tellan usually attacks the party, unless Gorion's Ward asks him for assistance in the battles to come and offers to take him with them when they leave this place.

Gameplay

• Tellan wears an undroppable bracer that gives him protection from normal missiles for one hour every time the area is loaded.
• Actually it is not possible to take him with you when teleporting from the island:
  • Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
    This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast campaign. In the original Tales of the Sword Coast, he simply will stay where you left the area. (There's a dialogue option with Shandalar after returning: "[…] There are people still trapped on that island.")
  • Baldur's Gate:
    Enhanced Edition (2012)
    This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. The Enhanced Edition expands Tellan's dialogue by demanding to give him Shandalar's Cloak – if talked to after having obtained it – and then turning hostile.
• Also he won't assist the party in any fight – he just haphazardly follows Gorion's Ward, and it isn't always easy to keep him in your line of sight in those narrow and contorted paths. Although if he does see an enemy he will attack with Darts.

Trivia

• A single level 5 spell, Cloudkill, is written in Tellan's spellbook though it is not memorized.
• Two other spells, Skull Trap and Horror, are also in his spellbook and are memorized but the spells aren't included in his race script.
• He also carries the following items that are without assigned inventory slots and thus are not droppable:
  • Leather Armor +1
  • The Grave Binder +2
  • Sling +1 (though he clearly speaks of his darts)
  • Bullet +2 (×10)
  • Bullet +1 (×10)

In Tales of the Sword Coast:

• The creature file has his race as human though the animation is that of a gnome thief.
• His allegiance is set as enemy.

Gallery

Original TotSC Image

Bugs

• Though Tellan is encountered in this prison where obviously only mages on some teleport trip get trapped, and he definitely has learned and is able to cast spells, he is a thief (although he is given a mage race script which is what allows him to cast spells).