Let me get this straight - you need the book in your backpack to GET the quest?
Or as long as Charname talks to him and has at least 100 g then Firebead asks you to go get the book and it has to be in Charnames backpack when you return with it?
It certainly seems like this has turned from a simple quest to some sort of easter egg that you only get by meeting a rather strange set of circumstances when you enter a house with a big sign on it telling you there is SOMETHING happening here - sometime - (or maybe not if you don't somehow figure out exactly what is needed to trigger this wondrous event.)
I'm guessing all this is the result of trying to fix what the devs considered a "bug" where people were getting a rep boost by being nice to a guy they had killed for experience in Candlekeep (which they already suffered a big rep hit for) but I have no clue where the 100 gold comes into play or why Firebead wouldn't recognize charname in a group even if someone else in the group spoke to him first - especially if it was Imoen.
As this thread has progressed, it's starting to sound more and more like, if not a bug, then at least a very convoluted scenario that could doubtless be improved.
I'm moving it over to the Bugs forum to be noticed and perhaps picked up for review. Nothing may come of it, but you guys have brought up some convincing arguments (for me, at least).
As this thread has progressed, it's starting to sound more and more like, if not a bug, then at least a very convoluted scenario that could doubtless be improved.
I'm moving it over to the Bugs forum to be noticed and perhaps picked up for review. Nothing may come of it, but you guys have brought up some convincing arguments (for me, at least).
Not a bug. The guy knows only CHARNAME (or maybe Imoen). There could be a check for Imoen. Other than that, he won't talk to some stranger who barged into his house
As this thread has progressed, it's starting to sound more and more like, if not a bug, then at least a very convoluted scenario that could doubtless be improved.
I'm moving it over to the Bugs forum to be noticed and perhaps picked up for review. Nothing may come of it, but you guys have brought up some convincing arguments (for me, at least).
Not a bug. The guy knows only CHARNAME (or maybe Imoen). There could be a check for Imoen. Other than that, he won't talk to some stranger who barged into his house
And whats the whole you only get the quest if you have at least 100 gold about? (if that does in fact exist) Is that supposed to insure you don't spend your last gold piece to satisfy the whims of a crotchety old mage when all you're going to get as a reward is another book? (and maybe a rep boost)
Talking to him twice worked for me - after the first conversation 'Thanks for the help...' completed, I re-initiated conversation and got the 'find a book for me' quest.
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Or as long as Charname talks to him and has at least 100 g then Firebead asks you to go get the book and it has to be in Charnames backpack when you return with it?
It certainly seems like this has turned from a simple quest to some sort of easter egg that you only get by meeting a rather strange set of circumstances when you enter a house with a big sign on it telling you there is SOMETHING happening here - sometime - (or maybe not if you don't somehow figure out exactly what is needed to trigger this wondrous event.)
I'm guessing all this is the result of trying to fix what the devs considered a "bug" where people were getting a rep boost by being nice to a guy they had killed for experience in Candlekeep (which they already suffered a big rep hit for) but I have no clue where the 100 gold comes into play or why Firebead wouldn't recognize charname in a group even if someone else in the group spoke to him first - especially if it was Imoen.
As this thread has progressed, it's starting to sound more and more like, if not a bug, then at least a very convoluted scenario that could doubtless be improved.
I'm moving it over to the Bugs forum to be noticed and perhaps picked up for review. Nothing may come of it, but you guys have brought up some convincing arguments (for me, at least).
There could be a check for Imoen. Other than that, he won't talk to some stranger who barged into his house