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[Alioth]

First of all, many thanks for Rogue Rebalancing. Sneaker (hehe) are my favourite kind of character, and your mod adds so much to the fun of my actual game.   -some!

Now to Arledrian: That i should go get someone to decipher the elvish in his journal was a bit of a downer, with Jaheira, Aerie and an elf PC. (Maybe some ST code or somesuch?)

So, i rather liked him, i suppose he shows off again after the crypt incident?
Hope so. I wanted to steal his foin dagger...

aCHEERS!

[aVENGER]

First of all, many thanks for Rogue Rebalancing. Sneaker (hehe) are my favourite kind of character, and your mod adds so much to the fun of my actual game. -some!

Glad you are enjoying it!

Now to Arledrian: That i should go get someone to decipher the elvish in his journal was a bit of a downer, with Jaheira, Aerie and an elf PC.

That's odd. If your protagonist is an elf or a half-elf you should have gotten the [Elven Heritage] dialogue option which allows you to automatically translate the journal by yourself. Furthermore, thief and bard protagonists can use the [Read Language] skill to decipher the journal if their intelligence score is at least 12, and protagonists of any class who's [Lore] score is at least 25 can do the same. Otherwise, any of Bioware's elven NPCs (Jaheira, Aerie and Viconia) as well as Haer'Dalis and Cernd should interject and automatically translate the journal for you if they are currently in your party.

So, i rather liked him, i suppose he shows off again after the crypt incident?
Hope so. I wanted to steal his foin dagger...

No, after his quest is done Arledrian leaves forever. However, you should have gotten the dialogue option to steal the dagger from him if you talked to him with a character who has a decent pickpocket skill score. Otherwise, Arledrian should have given you the dagger at the end of the quest if you saved him and told him that you are planning to go up against Bodhi and her vampires. You can also intimidate him into giving you the dagger at that point if your Charisma is high enough or simply let him die and pick up the dagger from his corpse.

The quest has been coded with all that in mind, so if none of these options were available in your game (especially those about translating the journal) then something must have gone very wrong. Please post the contents of your WeiDU.log so that we can determine the possible cause.

Edited by aVENGER, 02 January 2009 - 12:26 AM.

[Alioth]

That's odd. If your protagonist is an elf or a half-elf you should have gotten the [Elven Heritage] dialogue option which allows you to automatically translate the journal by yourself. Furthermore, thief and bard protagonists can use the [Read Language] skill to decipher the journal if their intelligence score is at least 12, and protagonists of any class who's [Lore] score is at least 25 can do the same. Otherwise, any of Bioware's elven NPCs (Jaheira, Aerie and Viconia) as well as Haer'Dalis and Cernd should interject and automatically translate the journal for you if they are currently in your party.

F/M/T, Lore >25, Int>12; I even have Haer'Dalis in the group, that makes quite a language team. Couldn't they at least band up and do the translation together?

No, after his quest is done Arledrian leaves forever. However, you should have gotten the dialogue option to steal the dagger from him if you talked to him with a character who has a decent pickpocket skill score.

Weird, the dialogue with him was 1. healing him 2. he worrying about me reading his journal 3. me saying it was marina 4. he's relieved and then goes to vacancy (i thought from his dialogue he'd turn up again, someting about selune). By the way, i really liked the implementation of stealing the dagger in dialogue, sadly up to this point i did not have enough pickpocketing-skill.
And, hey, you really shouldn't let him go against vampires without his trusted dagger....

Otherwise, Arledrian should have given you the dagger at the end of the quest if you saved him and told him that you are planning to go up against Bodhi and her vampires.

Not an option to mention Bodhi.

You can also intimidate him into giving you the dagger at that point if your Charisma is high enough or simply let him die and pick up the dagger from his corpse.

Neither that.

The quest has been coded with all that in mind, so if none of these options were available in your game (especially those about translating the journal) then something must have gone very wrong. Please post the contents of your WeiDU.log so that we can determine the possible cause.

Right away (strange, thats the first time some mod-issue exceeds minor oddities in my game):

// Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
// The top of the file is the 'oldest' mod
// ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name [ : Version]
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~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Super Happy Fun Lucky Modder Pack
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // BETA Core Fixes (please check the readme!)
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #104 // Ghreyfain's Holy Symbol Fixes
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings, Dwarves, and Gnomes
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~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #109 // Corrected Summoned Demon Behavior
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #114 // Change Free Action to Protect Against Stun
~SPELL_REV/SETUP-SPELL_REV.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shared files (required): v2
~SPELL_REV/SETUP-SPELL_REV.TP2~ #0 #1 // Divine spells: v2
~SPELL_REV/SETUP-SPELL_REV.TP2~ #0 #2 // Arcane spells: v2
~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #0 // Item Revisions by Demivrgvs: v2
~SETUP-DRUID_REVERSION.TP2~ #0 #0 // Druids Can Wear Helmets Again: v1
~SETUP-DRUID_REVERSION.TP2~ #0 #1 // Fighter/Druids Can Wear Armor Again: v1
~TOD/SETUP-TOD.TP2~ #0 #0 // Tower Of Deception Mod (Requires Throne Of Bhaal)
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~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #1 // The Suna Seni/Valygar Relationship
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #2 // Kalah and What He Was Promised
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #3 // "Cat and Mouse" (Bodhi hunts you in Spellhold) by Ghreyfain
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #8 // Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations"
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #10 // Restored Hell Minions, by SimDing0
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #11 // Gorf the Squisher Fix, by Gebhard Blucher
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #19 // Restored Bhaalspawn Powers, by David Gaider
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #21 // Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #24 // Sarevok's Remorse
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // General AI Improvements
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~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Creature & Area Improvements -> All Creature Improvements
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~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #6 // Intrigue In The Copper Coronet
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #7 // Rahul Kanakia's Potion Quest
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #9 // Improved Oasis II -> IO2 Dialogue & Combat Enhancement
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #11 // Saving Sanik In Brynnlaw
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #12 // Burglary Of The Bookkeeper
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #13 // New Fate For The Dryads' Acorns
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #14 // The Tragedy Of Besamen
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~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #16 // Sending The Solamnic Knights Home
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #17 // Nazariel The Lich
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #18 // Reward Negotiation
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #19 // Infernal Thievery
~SETUP-SOLAUFEIN.TP2~ #0 #0 // Solaufein Romance for Baldur's Gate II (SoA & ToB)
~SETUP-UNDERREP.TP2~ #0 #0 // Underrepresented Items From Icewind Dale 2
~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shadows Of Amn Item Upgrades
~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #1 // Throne Of Bhaal Item Upgrades
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #0 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female elves w. leather armour [EFB2]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #1 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female elves w. chain mail [EFB3]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #2 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female elven cleric w. plate armour [EFC4]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #3 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female elven fighter w. plate armour [EFF4]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #4 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human unarmoured [HFB1]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #5 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human w. leather armour [HFB2]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #6 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human w. chain mail [HFB3]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #7 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human cleric w. plate mail [HFC4]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #8 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human fighter w. plate mail [HFF4]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #9 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human unarmoured mage [HFW1]
~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #10 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * female human mage w. light robe [HFW2]
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~1PP_AVATARS/SETUP-1PP_AVATARS.TP2~ #0 #15 // 1PP: Avatar fixes * male human w. chain mail [HMB3]
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~SONG_AND_SILENCE/SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #10 // Install Shadowdancer thief kit: v3
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #0 // Proper dual-wielding implementation for Thieves and Bards: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #1 // Thief kit revisions: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #2 // Thief High Level Ability revisions: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #3 // Proper racial adjustments for thieving skills: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #4 // Bard kit revisions: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #5 // Bard High Level Ability revisions: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #6 // Proper spell progression for Bards: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #7 // Additional equipment for Thieves and Bards: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #8 // Upgradeable Equipment: v4.02
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~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #11 // Chosen of Cyric encounter: v4.02
~RR/SETUP-RR.TP2~ #0 #12 // Shadow Thief Improvements: v4.02
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~SETUP-D0TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Corrected Demon Animations
~SETUP-D0TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #3 // Reintroduce Dimension Door
~SETUP-D0TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #13 // Kensai Ryu's Restored Drow Innate Abilities
~SETUP-D0TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #15 // Remove Quayle Portrait
~SETUP-D0TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #17 // Sensible Lore Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #10 // Remove Helmet Animations
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #50 // Avatar Morphing Script
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #60 // Weapon Animation Tweaks
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #80 // Restore SoA Load Screen Logo (ToB Only)
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #90 // Disable Portrait Icons Added by Equipped Items
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #110 // Icon Improvements
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #130 // Force All Dialogue to Pause Game
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1010 // More Interjections
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1020 // Alter HP Triggers for NPC Wounded Dialogues
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1030 // Reveal Wilderness Areas Before Chapter Six
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1040 // Improved Athkatlan City Guard
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1080 // Add Bags of Holding
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1120 // Stores Sell Higher Stacks of Items
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1150 // Shapeshifter Rebalancing
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1161 // Multiple Strongholds (Baldurdash) -> Keep Class Restrictions
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1170 // Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash)
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1220 // Allow Cromwell to Upgrade Watcher's Keep Items
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2020 // Two-Handed Bastard Swords
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2040 // Universal Clubs
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2060 // Weapon Styles for All
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2090 // Change Experience Point Cap -> Remove Experience Cap
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2150 // Wear Multiple Protection Items -> P&P Restrictions
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2170 // Cast Spells from Scrolls (and Other Items) at Character Level
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2200 // Multi-Class Grandmastery (Weimer)
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2210 // True Grandmastery (Baldurdash)
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2240 // Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2250 // Un-Nerfed Sorcerer Spell Progression Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2261 // Alter Mage Spell Progression Table -> PnP Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2271 // Alter Bard Spell Progression Table -> PnP Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2281 // Alter Cleric Spell Progression Table -> PnP Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2294 // Alter Druid Spell and Level Progression Tables -> Use Cleric Level Progression Changes With PnP Druid/Cleric Spell Table
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2300 // Triple-Class HLA Tables
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2320 // Trap Cap Removal (Ardanis/GeN1e)
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~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3030 // Easy Spell Learning -> 100% Learn Spells
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~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3050 // Remove fatigue from restoration spells
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3060 // Remove "You Must Gather Your Party..." Sound (Weimer)
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~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3090 // Unlimited Gem and Jewelry Stacking
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~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3110 // Unlimited Scroll Stacking
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3120 // Happy Patch (Party NPCs do not fight or complain about reputation) -> NPCs are never angry about reputation
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3150 // Turn Off The Hideous Cloak-of-Mirroring, Spell-Trap, and Physical Mirror Animations
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3170 // No Drow Avatars On Party In Underdark
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3190 // Rest Anywhere (Japheth)
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~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3210 // Minimum Stats Cheat
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~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #12 // Items of Protection Can Be Worn with Magical Armor: v2
~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #13 // Halberds Can Slash, Too: v2
~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #14 // Remove Cleric Weapon Restrictions from Multi-classed Clerics: v2
~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #17 // Weapon Changes: v2
~ITEM_REV/ITEM_REV.TP2~ #0 #19 // Backstabbing Penalties for Inappropriate Weapons -> Backstabbing Penalties with More Weapons Usable for Backstabbing: v2
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[aVENGER]

F/M/T, Lore >25, Int>12; I even have Haer'Dalis in the group, that makes quite a language team. Couldn't they at least band up and do the translation together?

Strange, I just tested this locally and I'm unable to reproduce the issue you are experiencing on a clean install + G3 BG2 Fixpack + RR. The problem might be caused by a corrupted installation or a compatibility issue, but then again, I don't see any mods in your WeiDu.log which could potentially interfere with Arledrian's quest from RR. Anyway, as noted earlier, with your protagonist and the party composition you mentioned, you are definitively supposed to receive an option to automatically translate the journal right there on the spot (i.e. without visiting Marina's and asking her to help you).

Weird, the dialogue with him was 1. healing him 2. he worrying about me reading his journal 3. me saying it was marina 4. he's relieved and then goes to vacancy (i thought from his dialogue he'd turn up again, someting about selune).

This is intended. He doesn't give you the dagger if you are not aware of his hidden agenda. Note that if Marina translates the journal for you she doesn't tell you about Arledrian's true allegiances.

By the way, i really liked the implementation of stealing the dagger in dialogue, sadly up to this point i did not have enough pickpocketing-skill.
And, hey, you really shouldn't let him go against vampires without his trusted dagger....

Since Arledrian is a skilled thief (and a Shadow Thief fence a that) the pickpocket check which is required to steal his dagger is exceptionally high (your Pickpocket skill needs to be 125 or better). BTW, if you don't steal the dagger from him, Arledrian will actually equip it and use it during the battle with the vampires.

Not an option to mention Bodhi.

You only get that option after receiving the third and final quest from Aran Linvail in Chapter 2 (i.e. the one to clear out Bodhi's lair). Note that you can only mention this if you translated the journal yourself (without Marina's help) and are fully aware of Arledrian's agenda. The same goes for the [Intimidate] option as well.

Edited by aVENGER, 02 January 2009 - 04:23 AM.

[Alioth]

F/M/T, Lore >25, Int>12; I even have Haer'Dalis in the group, that makes quite a language team. Couldn't they at least band up and do the translation together?

Strange, I just tested this locally and I'm unable to reproduce the issue you are experiencing on a clean install + G3 BG2 Fixpack + RR. The problem might be caused by a corrupted installation or a compatibility issue, but then again, I don't see any mods in your WeiDu.log which could potentially interfere with Arledrian's quest from RR. Anyway, as noted earlier, with your protagonist and the party composition you mentioned, you are definitively supposed to receive an option to automatically translate the journal right there on the spot (i.e. without visiting Marina's and asking her to help you).

So be it, all of your other content up to this point (chr.3 just before going to Bodhi) is just fine;
you know, corruption is unlikely as i wouldn't have known that i missed something if you had not told me.
Okay, from the standard of your work, i did not assume you to let those loose ends open...

Later, i can check an old savegame, maybe i can resolve this or send you the exact dialogue.

[aVENGER]

Later, i can check an old savegame, maybe i can resolve this or send you the exact dialogue.

After some additional testing I think I might have discovered what's causing this issue. Did you per chance try to steal Arledrian's dagger, failed and then talked yourself out of the trouble? That particular sequence of events might have inadvertently caused the dialogue problem which you are experiencing. If you have an earlier save before finding the journal, try loading that and then use the CLUA Console to enter the following command immediately before opening the chest which contains Arledrian's journal:

CLUAConsole:SetGlobal("RR#SB_STOLEN","GLOBAL",0)

This should solve the dialogue issues and allow you to properly translate the journal without Marina's help. Let me know if it worked.

Edited by aVENGER, 02 January 2009 - 06:06 AM.

[Alioth]

If you have an earlier save before finding the journal, try loading that and then use the CLUA Console to enter the following command immediately before opening the chest which contains Arledrian's journal:

CLUAConsole:SetGlobal("RR#SB_STOLEN","GLOBAL",0)

This should solve the dialogue issues and allow you to properly translate the journal without Marina's help. Let me know if it worked.

Aye, what a relief. After resetting the Variable i had the [Elven Heritage]-option in dialogue and all the ensuing dialigue with Arledrian as you mentioned.

Whats weird, i know i got this failed pickpocket-text, but i'm sure i did a quickload after that. Maybe not, but i'm still fairly sure as i wanted to try and steal it later...

Many thanks and apparently no bug. [Edit: oh well, it IS a bug, no?]

Yippiee!
etuset

Edited by Alioth, 02 January 2009 - 06:47 AM.

[aVENGER]

Yup, it's definitively a bug in RR, but luckily, a non-critical one which only manifests under very specific circumstances i.e. when an elf or a half-elf protagonist fails at stealing Arledrian's dagger and talks himself out of the trouble. I've fixed this locally so the issue will be resolved once I publish the next maintenance release.

Anyway, I'm glad it all worked out nicely for you in the end. Cheers!