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My level 3 Assassin is getting 29 damage backstabs using a dagger of venom +2 with +14 to hit rolls. What mod could be doing this?

I recently installed BWP using BWS with Recommended settings; I excluded backstab penalties for certain weapons (from item_rev), thief kit modifications (from RR), and some NPC mods.

When I launch the game using 'TobExLoader.exe', I get an empty dialog box when speaking to NPCs (the area where their text is displayed shows up empty).  Or if the the conversation with the NPC would normally have a set of answers from my player, then only the last answer shows up (see attached picture).  If I select that answer (by clicking), the screen goes blank and my desktop becomes visible with a black rectangle in the upper left.  The game is still running and I can hear sounds, but I have to use the Windows Task Manager to shut it down.

The game appears to run fine if I use the vanilla launcher 'baldur.exe'.

I've reinstalled twice already (that's been an adventure) and have gotten the same problem both times.  I'm using 'Recommended' install with no foreign language and a few NPC mods removed (like Gavin); also removed the thief kit conversions from RR.

Any ideas?

Btw can I just use baldur.exe to run the game? (I know I know... but I can hope right?)