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Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help

An Act One sub-objective of Find a Cure that leads the party to True Soul Gut in the Shattered Sanctum. Her promised treatment cannot remove the parasite, and trusting her can create a dangerous imprisonment encounter.

RoleInvestigation of a possible parasite cure through the Cult of the Absolute
Statusavailable in Act One
Importancesupporting
RewardAccess to True Soul Gut's belongings and Absolute-themed gear if she is defeated
TimeVariable; depends on whether the party fights, escapes, or resolves the encounter through dialogue
  • ActAct One
  • Parent questFind a Cure
  • Primary locationShattered Sanctum
  • Central NPCTrue Soul Gut
  • Quest typeMain-story sub-objective
  • ResolutionDialogue, imprisonment, combat, or intervention

This objective has no fixed completion time or single mandatory combat route; the outcome changes with the party's decisions and characteristics.

Key takeawaysSpoilers

Keep the following points in mind before committing to True Soul Gut's proposed treatment.

  • This is part of a larger investigation Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help is a sub-objective of Find a Cure, not a separate cure for the parasite. Completing the meeting only advances the party's investigation.
  • The priestess cannot remove the parasite True Soul Gut claims she can help, but her treatment does not eliminate the parasite. Her offer leads into a dangerous experiment rather than a successful cure.
  • The private potion is a major risk Accepting the potion in private can drug the character and lead to imprisonment in the Defiled Temple. A character with Fey Ancestry may resist its effects.
  • There is more than one resolution The encounter can become a fight, while certain choices can instead lead to Korrilla appearing to kill True Soul Gut. The result depends on how the party handles the conversation.

Ask the Goblin Priestess for HelpSpoilers

Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help is an Act One sub-objective within Find a Cure, directing the party toward True Soul Gut and her claimed knowledge of the mind flayer parasite.

This objective can begin through more than one route. The party may speak with Sazza in the Druid Grove, or may seek out a healer associated with the Cult of the Absolute. Either path points toward True Soul Gut, the goblin High Priestess found in the Shattered Sanctum, where the conversation becomes part investigation and part test of the party's willingness to trust a hostile faction.

True Soul Gut presents herself as someone capable of treating the parasite, but her proposed help does not remove it. The encounter is built around uncertainty: the party can hear her out, accept a private consultation, or refuse to cooperate. The private potion scene is especially dangerous because trusting her can result in the party being drugged and imprisoned in the Defiled Temple while she studies the transformation.

The objective's conclusion depends on how the meeting is handled. It may turn into a fight, while another outcome can involve Korrilla appearing and killing the priestess. Defeating True Soul Gut can provide access to the Priestess' Key, a Rancid Note, and pieces of Absolute-themed gear, but resolving this sub-objective does not finish Find a Cure; the larger search for treatment continues.

Characters with Fey Ancestry, including elves, drow, and half-elves, may resist the effects of True Soul Gut's sleeping potion. That resistance can alter the danger of the private consultation, so party composition matters even before the conversation begins.

Where this sits

Search for helpThe party investigates possible treatments for the parasite
Ask the Goblin Priestess for HelpCurrent sub-objective
Continue Find a CureThe wider quest remains active after the priestess is dealt with
  1. 1Find a CureparentParent quest concerning the party's parasite
  2. ●Ask the Goblin Priestess for HelpcurrentThe investigation into True Soul Gut's promised treatment
  3. 3Continue Find a CurecontinuationThe parent quest continues after this objective concludes

This objective advances the cure investigation but does not resolve Find a Cure.

Requirements and preparation

The source material identifies two ways to initiate the objective. No mandatory character level, item, or ability is established in the supplied facts.

  • RequiredReach a starting leadSpeak to Sazza in the Druid Grove or seek a healer within the Cult of the Absolute to begin the route toward True Soul Gut.
  • RequiredReach the Shattered SanctumTrue Soul Gut is located in the Shattered Sanctum, so the party must be able to enter and navigate that area before the central conversation can occur.
  • RecommendedBring a character with Fey Ancestry if availableElves, drow, and half-elves may resist True Soul Gut's sleeping potion. This is useful preparation for the private consultation, but it is not a universal requirement.
  • RecommendedDecide how much to trust the Cult of the AbsoluteThe encounter can branch between cooperation, a dangerous private treatment, and confrontation. Consider saving before committing to the potion scene if the party wants to compare outcomes.

Objectives

  1. Find a possible healer for the parasiteUse Sazza's lead from the Druid Grove or seek assistance connected to the Cult of the Absolute.
  2. Speak with True Soul GutLocate the goblin High Priestess in the Shattered Sanctum and hear her claim that she can help.
  3. Deal with the priestessChoose how to respond to the proposed treatment, including whether to accept the private potion and how to handle the resulting danger.
  4. Continue the search for a cureOnce the priestess objective concludes, return attention to Find a Cure because the parasite remains.

WalkthroughSpoilers

  1. 01

    Find a possible healer for the parasite

    Find a route into the objective

    Begin by speaking to Sazza in the Druid Grove, or pursue a healer within the Cult of the Absolute. These are the supplied routes that direct the party toward the goblin priestess rather than solving the parasite immediately.

    Location: Druid Grove or a Cult of the Absolute lead

    TipTreat this as an investigation objective: the first healer you find is not necessarily the answer to the parasite.

  2. 02

    Locate True Soul Gut

    Enter the Shattered Sanctum

    Follow the lead to the Shattered Sanctum and locate True Soul Gut inside. The objective is centred on this NPC, so do not assume that merely reaching the wider goblin area completes the task.

    Location: Shattered Sanctum

    Watch outThe source material does not establish a single mandatory entrance or a guaranteed safe route through the sanctum.

  3. 03

    Ask the Goblin Priestess for help

    Hear True Soul Gut's offer

    Speak with True Soul Gut and listen to her claim that she can help with the parasite. Her offer advances the investigation, but it is not a confirmed cure and should be treated as a potentially hostile interaction.

    Location: Shattered Sanctum

    TipKeep the party's preferred resolution in mind before agreeing to a private consultation.

  4. 04

    Respond to the proposed treatment

    Choose whether to accept the private treatment

    If you trust True Soul Gut and drink her potion in private, she drugs the character and takes them to the Defiled Temple to study the transformation. This is the point where a seemingly cooperative conversation can become an imprisonment sequence.

    Location: True Soul Gut's private consultation

    Watch outAccepting the potion can remove the party from the immediate conversation and place the character in danger.

  5. 05

    Survive the potion outcome

    Account for Fey Ancestry

    A character with Fey Ancestry, such as an elf, drow, or half-elf, may resist the sleeping potion's effects. Resistance can change what happens after the potion is offered, so the same dialogue choice does not necessarily produce the same practical result for every party.

    Location: True Soul Gut's private consultation

    TipIf the party includes an eligible character, consider using that character for the consultation.

  6. 06

    Deal with True Soul Gut

    Resolve the priestess encounter

    After the treatment offer and its consequences, deal with True Soul Gut according to the branch created by the party's choices. The interaction can lead to a fight, or Korrilla may appear and kill the priestess in one possible resolution.

    Location: Shattered Sanctum or Defiled Temple

    Watch outThis step contains the objective's major spoiler: the priestess cannot remove the parasite, and the encounter may turn violent or be resolved by Korrilla.

  7. 07

    Secure the priestess's loot

    Collect the available belongings

    If True Soul Gut is defeated, search her remains and nearby relevant loot for the Priestess' Key, a Rancid Note, and pieces of Absolute-themed gear. The supplied facts do not establish a complete item list or guarantee that every item appears under every resolution.

    Location: The area where True Soul Gut is dealt with

    Missable
  8. 08

    Continue Find a Cure

    Return to the wider cure investigation

    The priestess objective concludes once you have dealt with her, but the parasite remains and Find a Cure continues. Follow the parent quest rather than treating this encounter as the final answer to the party's medical problem.

    Location: After the True Soul Gut encounter

    Checkpoint

Mission mechanicsSpoilers

The defining mechanic is the gap between a healer's promise and the actual result. True Soul Gut's dialogue can make cooperation sound attractive, but the private potion is a trap-like interaction that changes the party's position and can place the character in the Defiled Temple for examination. The objective therefore rewards caution around apparently helpful NPCs aligned with the Cult of the Absolute.

Party ancestry can affect the potion branch. Fey Ancestry may resist the sleeping effect for elves, drow, and half-elves, meaning that a character who appears to make the same choice as another party member may not be removed from the scene in the same way. This makes party composition relevant to the risk assessment before the consultation.

The objective also demonstrates that quest completion is not tied to one required combat. True Soul Gut can be dealt with through a fight or through a resolution in which Korrilla appears to kill her. The exact triggers and dialogue requirements for every possible branch are not established by the supplied source material, so this page should not treat one route as universally mandatory.

What works and what does not

Strengths

  • The objective can be discovered through more than one lead, giving the party flexibility in how it reaches True Soul Gut.
  • The encounter supports different resolutions rather than requiring one fixed combat outcome.
  • Fey Ancestry can provide a meaningful defensive advantage against the sleeping potion.
  • Defeating True Soul Gut can provide a key, a written note, and Absolute-themed equipment.

Weaknesses

  • True Soul Gut's promised treatment does not remove the parasite.
  • Trusting the private potion can lead to imprisonment in the Defiled Temple.
  • The objective's major outcomes are easy to misread if the party treats the priestess's claims as reliable.
  • The objective does not finish Find a Cure, so it cannot be used as the party's final solution.

Best uses

  • Approach it as an information-gathering step in Find a Cure.
  • Use dialogue and party composition to control the risk of the potion branch.
  • If combat is chosen, search the priestess's belongings after the encounter.

Encounter phasesSpoilers

  1. 1

    Approach and identification

    Starts: The party reaches True Soul Gut in the Shattered Sanctum

    The party establishes contact with the goblin High Priestess and learns that she claims to be able to help with the parasite.

    • Do not mistake the offer of help for confirmation that the parasite can be removed.
    • The route into the objective may come from Sazza or from a Cult of the Absolute healer.
  2. 2

    Private consultation

    Starts: The party trusts True Soul Gut and drinks her potion in private

    The potion can drug the character and lead to imprisonment in the Defiled Temple, where the priestess intends to study the transformation.

    • Sleeping potionTell True Soul Gut presents the private treatment as help for the parasite.Answer A character with Fey Ancestry may resist its effects; otherwise, avoid accepting the potion if imprisonment is not desired.
    • Save before committing to the private consultation if you want to preserve alternate outcomes.
    • The supplied facts do not establish every dialogue or skill-check condition for resisting the scene.
  3. 3

    Final resolution

    Starts: The party refuses, survives, or otherwise reaches the end of the priestess interaction

    The objective may become a fight, or Korrilla may appear and kill True Soul Gut in a possible branch.

    • The priestess objective concludes once she has been dealt with.
    • Search for the Priestess' Key, Rancid Note, and Absolute-themed gear after a defeat.

Choices and consequencesSpoilers

  • Begin through Sazza in the Druid Grove

    This provides one route into the objective and directs the party toward the Cult of the Absolute's goblin priestess.

  • Seek a healer within the Cult of the Absolute

    This provides another initiation route toward True Soul Gut in the Shattered Sanctum.

  • Trust True Soul Gut and drink her potion in private

    The character may be drugged and imprisoned in the Defiled Temple while True Soul Gut studies the transformation.

    Spoiler
  • Use a character with Fey Ancestry for the potion interaction

    Elves, drow, and half-elves may resist the sleeping potion, changing the consequences of the private consultation.

    Spoiler
  • Confront or otherwise deal with True Soul Gut

    The interaction can lead to a fight, while one possible outcome involves Korrilla appearing to kill the priestess.

    Spoiler
  • Defeat True Soul Gut

    The party can loot the Priestess' Key, a Rancid Note, and various pieces of Absolute-themed gear; Find a Cure remains active.

    Spoiler

Checklist

  • Secure a lead from Sazza or a Cult of the Absolute healerEither route can start the objective.
  • Locate True Soul Gut in the Shattered SanctumThe priestess is the central NPC for this sub-objective.
  • Decide whether to accept the private potionThis choice can lead to drugging and imprisonment.
  • Check whether the consulting character has Fey AncestryElves, drow, and half-elves may resist the sleeping potion.Optional
  • Resolve the encounter with True Soul GutThe possible outcomes include combat and an intervention involving Korrilla.
  • Search the priestess's belongings if she is defeatedLook for the Priestess' Key, Rancid Note, and Absolute-themed gear.Optional
  • Confirm that Find a Cure is still activeThis objective does not remove the parasite or finish the parent quest.

Collectibles and secretsSpoilers

  • 01
    Priestess' Key

    Where: Loot associated with True Soul Gut after her defeat

    The key is listed among the items that can be looted after defeating True Soul Gut.

    Missable
  • 02
    Rancid Note

    Where: Loot associated with True Soul Gut after her defeat

    The note is listed as a possible item obtained from the priestess's belongings.

    Missable
  • 03
    Absolute-themed gear

    Where: Loot associated with True Soul Gut after her defeat

    Various pieces of gear connected to the Absolute can be found among the rewards from defeating the priestess; the supplied facts do not provide a complete item-by-item list.

    Missable

Failure conditionsSpoilers

  • Accepting the private potion without resisting its effectsTrue Soul Gut can drug the character and imprison them in the Defiled Temple for study.
  • Losing access to True Soul Gut before resolving the objectiveThe quest outcome can change if the priestess is dealt with through combat or another character's intervention before the party completes the intended conversation.
  • Assuming the priestess has cured the parasiteThe treatment does not remove the parasite, so treating this objective as the end of Find a Cure leaves the wider quest unfinished.

On failure

The supplied facts do not specify every failure state, checkpoint location, or exact dialogue condition. Save before the private consultation if preserving alternate outcomes is important.

RewardsSpoilers

  • Priestess' Key
    Loot available after defeating True Soul Gut.
  • Rancid Note
    A written item listed among the priestess's possible loot.
  • Absolute-themed gear
    Various pieces of gear associated with the Absolute may be recovered from the defeated priestess.
  • Progress in Find a Cure
    Dealing with True Soul Gut concludes this sub-objective, while the parent quest continues.

AftermathSpoilers

The parasite problem is not solved

Dealing with True Soul Gut ends Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help, but it does not remove the parasite. Continue Find a Cure after the priestess encounter, regardless of whether the result was combat, imprisonment, or Korrilla's intervention.

Trivia

  • The objective is framed as a sub-objective rather than a standalone cure quest because it belongs to Find a Cure.
  • The name of the objective refers to the party's request for help, while the actual encounter centres on True Soul Gut in the Shattered Sanctum.
  • Fey Ancestry is unusually relevant to this conversation because it may allow a character to resist the sleeping potion.
  • The objective can end without the party personally killing True Soul Gut, since Korrilla may appear in one possible resolution.

Sources

VideoSpoilers

Relationships

characters

  • True Soul GutCentral characterThe goblin High Priestess offers a treatment that cannot remove the parasite.
  • SazzaPossible starting contactSpeaking with Sazza in the Druid Grove can initiate the route toward the priestess.
  • KorrillaPossible interventionKorrilla may appear to kill True Soul Gut in one possible resolution.

locations

  • Shattered SanctumPrimary locationTrue Soul Gut is located in the Shattered Sanctum.
  • Defiled TemplePotion outcome locationTrusting True Soul Gut's private treatment can lead to imprisonment in the Defiled Temple.