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Can the shop be triggered by altering a save-gave value with Shadowkeeper??? If so, what would it be?

I am having the same problem. I saved her from Bodhi and from her ex. Now she keeps yapping about Imoen and the dreaded poison ivy. I have the darkest day, Solufien, and ease-of-use mod installed. Ease-of-use installs consists of;

-Cloak of mirroring removal
-Keep people in party happy despite reputation
-Shut up You Must Gather Your Party

Anyone else have any thoughts on this? I want to give her new stuff!!

Edit: my lovetalk is at 62 and the romance is at 2 (same as Adam)

unless i'm horribly mistaken: the gnoll is supposed to be there (SPOILER: it's the dragon in disguise and it will initiate a conversation leading to a fight if it can see you). the last time i played thru this quest, it gave the correct xp.

Heh, that's what I figured.  I had launced a cloudkill spell into the center of the room before doing anything else.  The game must have registered it (the dragon) as a low HD monster and it croaked intantly.  Opps!  

I don't have TDD kits installed right now otherwise I'd check for you.  However,  what I remember is 3 million xp before you get HLA.  Also there was no problem getting more proficiencies - you start with 4 at level one and one every three levels (4,7,10,13, etc.).  At level 20 you should have 10 slots.  At start of game my PC had 5 stars in 2 handed swd and one in xbow.    
Levelling up wasn't giving me any problems.  Sounds like something went bad with your install.  It does say Lord kit on your character screen right?  Maybe something overrides the ids. file?  Start a new game to double check.

Well started a new game and went with the default paladin class.  No problems, hit level 10 and got the extra proficiency.  Wanna bet I have no problems with the HLA's once I hit level 18???    

Usually I would play a paladin class too, either inquisitor or lord (TDD) for his grandmastery.  The lord would get summon planetar,etc. fine in my games with BP176.  I haven't tested it with BP177 though, have been playing with an anti-paladin for a while to get the evil weapons heh.  

But if you use Shadowkeeper make sure you set it back to the base class (i.e. paladin or fighter)  I noticed too that it doesn't list Lord or anti-paladin in the menu because I had to become a mage to finish NEJ Halruaa and switch with Shadowkeeper.  Maybe double check it, it could be listing the wrong class.  

However if you uninstalled TDD I don't think game will recognize your PC as a paladin-probably thinks its a fighter.  Try SK to switch to paladin, otherwise it could be a lost cause.

Well up to level 20 and still no HLA's.  I tried to use Shadowkeeper to put the HLA's in but they don't seem to be saving the changes.  Still not sure which .2da file to check to see when this might happen as well.  Did you happen to notice when (if at all) your HLA's began to kick in?  Another thing to note:  I have not seen a single increase in any of my weapon proficiencies since I started a new game of SoA.  The lord class is supposed to allow for grand mastery in crossbow and two-handed sword but ever since level 8 I haven't seen a single option to increase anything.  Geez.