Ketta is a female thief who is found in the Guarded Compound building that's located in the Temple District.
The party first encounters Ketta accompanied by a powerful mage named Sion on the ground floor. Sion is not pleased at the party trespassing into this private property, suggesting to Ketta that the wards on the front door have been weakened, to which Ketta replies:
"It would appear so. An Ice Storm trap next time?"
Following the dialogue, Sion teleports them both upstairs.
If the party intrudes further and attempts to explore the upstairs, Sion, Ketta and the rest of the group, including Maferan, Stalman, Olaf Rassmusen and Koshi, will attack, providing the party with quite a tough battle.
Gameplay[]
In battle, Ketta uses her Stealth abilities, in conjunction with her ten Potions of Invisibility to position herself for Backstab attacks; the more attacks she is allowed to carry out, the more potions will be drained from her inventory. Be sure to get her other valuables after the battle.
Ketta's Backstab modifier is X5 damage, so assuming a normal backstabbing hit with the Short Sword +2, she would inflict 1d6+4 X5 piercing damage, or up to 50 damage per backstab hit. This will be doubled on a critical hit (assuming the target is unprotected from a critical hit). Ketta will receive a +4 THAC0 when striking under invisibility or Hide in Shadows. As always, NPC's do not have to be positioned behind the target in order to attempt a backstab, unlike party members.
Notes[]
- The Ketta who is encountered downstairs (HLKETTA2.cre) has an allegiance of neutral, as well as other differences in some of her stats. However, these stats are inconsequential as it is highly improbable that she will be killed before being teleported upstairs.
- In
Baldur's Gate II:
Shadows of Amn (2000)
This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign., Ketta's alignment is chaotic neutral. The Enhanced Edition changes this to chaotic evil.
Mod content[]
- Portraits from Portraits Portraits Everywhere
This section is about unofficial content that is only available via fan-made mods.
Sword Coast Stratagems revises Ketta. She is already invisible whenever the party enters the second floor of the compound. Ketta is assigned 1 pip in Short Sword weapon proficiency and 1 pip in single-weapon fighting style. Her revised combat script aggressively uses invisibility potions and hide in shadows to turn invisible after each backstabbing attempt, in order to do it again the following round. She prioritizes weak or heavily damaged players and mages. She can recognize party members who are under certain protections and may go to a different target if available. Although Ketta is initially wearing the MINHP1.ITM, this item is removed by script during combat on the second floor. She can be killed.