The Forlorn Manor (Trial)

Haunted by ghosts for as long as anyone can remember, the Forlorn Manor has been avoided by anyone that values their life. As an adventurer fearless enough to brave the vile spirits, it is up to you to put an end to their nefarious reign.

The Forlorn Manor is a trial that takes place in Bramble's imagination of The Forlorn Manor during the quest A Spirited Performance in Timeless Waters. You cannot manually queue for the trial through an NPC; only through Battlegrounds (Game > Community tab > Battle). To unlock the trial, you must complete Bramble's mini quest-line, starting from Fiery Surprises and Writer's Block, until you get to A Spirited Performance.

The recommended level is around 30, and players above level 30 will be scaled down to that level for the trial. A minimum of 3 or more players is required. A typical group set-up will consist of one healer, one tank and one or more damage dealers. You cannot change classes in a trial (unless you leave and re-join with the rest of the group accepting the prompt to look for other adventurers), but you can switch skill sets.

Casper

Name	Casper
Level	33+
Classification	Demon
Element	Ghost 2
Health	144,000
Resistances	Immune to stun, freeze, silence, sleep, charm. Extrasensory.

Casper is a boss that uses different gimmicks at each stage of his health, while having no berserk timers to limit the duration of the fight. Although he does not have an indicator on his health bar to determine when his attacks will come, his dialogue can determine what kind of attack he does next.

Beginning

Casper yells: Visitors? What a .. pleasant surprise ..

- Spells that Casper will use:

• Fire Bolt (level 3): Hits one player, dealing about 1,200-1,500 fire damage.
• Fire Ball Volley (level 1): Hits all players, dealing ~100 fire damage.
• Curse of Slowness (level 5): Slows down the player with aggro (tank) by -40% movement speed.

Like it's dungeon counterpart, Casper begins the fight without doing much. The tank should use this opportunity to grab aggro from Casper by heading to the far-right side of the room. Alongside the two Shooeys beside him, he also summons a Shoo, which is followed up with more Shooeys. Get rid of the Shoo quickly, as it will automatically take out the Shooeys with it.

Summoning Phase

Casper yells: You are not alone in this manor. Why don't you meet a few of our residents, who have made it .. their home?

- Spells that Casper will use:

• Summon Minions
• Empower: Can be smited. Does nothing.
• Lesser Fire Storm: Hits all players for about ~1,200 fire damage. If any players are stacked on top of each other, they can get hit multiple times, multiplying the damage of this attack.

At around 80-90% of Casper's health, he will go into hiding, disappearing from the screen and is invulnerable to attacks. Casper will periodically call 2 Vile Sprites, a Shoo, multiple Shooeys. New to this fight are the Fiery Apparitions and a Demonic Fiend (with Terrify level 1) that spawns. In order for Casper to re-appear early, the Demonic Fiend must be defeated or waiting a long period of time.

The tank should stay on top of the right-most candle, growling the other monsters (do not growl when the Fiery Apparition appears) and getting the fiend's attention (while smiting Terrify). The damage dealer should focus their efforts on the fiend, while also defeating the Fiery Apparition near the candle to light it (try to avoid getting hit by the detonate). It is recommended for the healer to use Healing Springs to assist the damage dealer in taking out the monsters.

Once the fiend is defeated, Casper immediately re-appears and casts Empower (this skill can be smited, but it has no effect), followed by a Lesser Fire Storm that cannot be avoided. The healer should make sure each player is above 50% of their health before this attack occurs. The team should also quickly spread out briefly to prevent getting hit multiple times by this blast.

Notes

• There is a Ghostly Chest that spawns in the bottom-left corner during the descent to avoid Fire Storm. This chest contains gold and a cd (if you don't have it).