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Strategic Cuts
Start	Automatic
End	Automatic
Level	50
Category	Burning Steppes
Experience	850
Previous	Into the Black Tooth Hovel

Contents 1 Objectives 2 Description 3 Completion 4 Notes 5 Quest progression 6 Patches and hotfixes 7 External links

Objectives

Use the Razor-Sharp Scorpid Barb on Voodooist Timan atop the Pillar of Ash, Worgmistress Othana in the worg pens, and Gorlop when he is near the lava pools.

•  Gorlop slain
•  Worgmistress Otahna slain
•  Voodooist Timan slain

Provided item:  [Razor-Sharp Scorpid Barb]

Description

<Static> <Name>... <Name>, can you hear me? It's Troteman.

Listen, we've just received the final bit of intel for your mission. There are three marks that we'd like you take down. The first is Voodooist Timan, whom you'll find atop the Pillar of Ash. Worgmistress Othana is in the central worg pens. Finally, Gorlop is near the lava pools to the south.

You will find the scorpid barbs you harvested packed along with your belongings. Use the barbs on the marks when the time is right.

Completion

Not only did you pull off the executions, you made them all look like accidents!

You were the right <race> for this undercover work. Good job, soldier.

Notes

Before leaving Kaoshin's location outside the Pillar of Ash, Troteman radios in with this quest. Head to the top to find Voodoist Timan looking out over the hovel. Use the scorpid barb on him.

Voodooist Timan yells: OW, MON!

Voodooist Timan yells: HEX YOU! HEX YOU! HEX YOU!

Timan falls off the tower, but not before he gets a [Hex] off on the player.

Worgmistress Othana can be found in the worg pens in the center of camp at ^{[39.2, 56.2]}

shouting invective at the worgs:

• Worgmistress Othana says: You stupid mongrels! I ought to whip you all to death!
• Worgmistress Othana says: Quit your whining, you worthless wolves!
• Worgmistress Othana says: You wolves are worthless! Worthless!I'll make you bleed, you weak little sacks of bones!
• Worgmistress Othana says: You stinking curs had better enjoy the taste of my whip!

Tag her with the scorpid barb to stun her:

Worgmistress Othana says: Ahh! I... I can't move!

The worgs move in...

Worgmistress Othana says: No... no... get them away from me!

Worgmistress Othana yells: NO! AHHHHHHH!!!!

Gorlop is running back and forth between lava pools at ^{[39.9, 60.5]}

and ^{[43.9, 60.1]}

on the south side of the hovel.

Gorlop says: Gorlop wonder if other lava hot?

He runs to the other lava pool.

Gorlop says: This lava hot.

He waits for a few seconds, then wonders about the other pool...

Tag Gorlop with the barb:

Gorlop yells: OWIE! GORLOP CAN'T MOVE! GORLOP GONNA FALL!

Gorlop falls into the lava pool and dies.

After killing the third target, the quest automatically completes.

Quest progression

1.  [50] Mouton Flamestar
2.  [50] Burning Vengeance
   • Side quest:  [50] Done Nothing Wrong
3.  [50] Stocking Up /  [50] A Future Project /  [50] Mud Hunter
4.  [50] The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
5.  [50] Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff /  [50] Shadow Boxing
6.  [50] Return to Keeshan /  [50] Return to Ariok
7.  [50] Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes
8.  [50] A Needle in a Hellhole
   • Side chain:
   1.  [50] Prove Yer Allegiance /  [50] Scrapped Golems
   2.  [50] Golem Training
9.  [50] A Perfect Costume
10.  [50] Into the Black Tooth Hovel
11.  [50] Grunt Work
    •  [50] Strategic Cuts
12.  [50] The Kodocaller's Horn
13.  [50] Taking the Horn For Ourselves
14.  [51] General Thorg'izog
15.  [51] Trial by Magma
16.  [51] Abuse of Power
    •  [51] I Am the Law and I Am the Lash
17.  [51] Enough Damage For One Day
18.  [51] Morgan's Vigil
19.  [51] Blackened Ashes /  [51] Latent Demons of the Land /  [51] A Heap of Delicious Worg
    •  [51] SEVEN! YUP!
20.  [51] Blood Tour /  [51] Draconic Vanguard /  [51] A Deal With a Dragon
21.  [51] Placing the Pawns
22.  [51] A Delivery for Thorg'izog /  [51] A Delivery for Neeralak /  [51] A Delivery for Xi'lun
23.  [52] Locked and Loaded
24.  [52] Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
25.  [52] Glory Amidst Chaos
26.  [52] The Spoils of War

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Added. 
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB