Mage's Apprentices (possible spoilers)

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After obtaining the Planar Sphere you get three Apprentices who will do "magical research". I chose that as their first task they should make me a ring of protection. While they were experimenting I solved the Umar Hills quest.

When I came back, poof, one of them dies (sob)

Will one of them die everytime I choose the hardest task or is this random?

 

SPOILERS!!


There's always a random chance that one dies, but Larz will always die when making the Ring Of Protection.
Also, if they're studying Meteor Swarm, Nara will explode.

Whether these objects (the artifacts) are completed depends on how many Apprenti have survived: the more, the better the odds. But still whether the objects are completed is random. The Robe of the Apprenti kills Larz. The Ring of Wizardry requires that all Apprenti be alive, and it will kill Nara and Larz to make it. The Staff of Power requires all Apprenti to be alive to make. (else it results in a bug while creating) Then it kills all three Apprenti, but you MAY get the Staff! (random chance and all)

 

Seems to be random, but the harder the item the more the likelyhood. One thing I noticed. If they say "It'll take a few days" they seem to succeed. If they say "It'll take 4 days" one of them croaks. So save before you give them the task. On the last one, tell them not to bother as (at least) one of them ALWAYS croaks.

 

What does the Staff of Power do?