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Unable to haste main character

kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
edited January 2013 in Not An Issue
I have given my main dwarven warrior the haste boots (may not be an exact name, as i use a different language) and all of a sudden in candlekeep catacumbs (chapter 6) they simply stopped working, but if I give them to some other party member they work just fine, then I found that I can`t even haste my main character with a spell or potion. Help!
Post edited by AndreaColombo on

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  • TheCoffeeGodTheCoffeeGod Member Posts: 618
    Is your main character using an item of Free Action (either the ring or the sword Spidersbane)?
  • SirK8SirK8 Member Posts: 527
    Is your character equipped with a ring of free action? That will cancel a haste effect I believe.
  • kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
    Yes, the ring, but he`s been using that for some time now and i`ve had no problems.
  • kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
    But if I give the boots to Dorn, they work and he`s using Spidersbane.
  • TheCoffeeGodTheCoffeeGod Member Posts: 618
    Any item of Free Action cancels all movement related effects, including Haste.
    I believe it actually even says so in the item description of the Ring of Free Action.
  • kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
    Hmm... I`ll try unequping the ring and report back, but as I`ve said, before the combination has been working fine...
  • kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
    Unequiping the ring worked, weird... But thanks for your help.
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    Sometimes the combination will work temporarily depending on the order you equip the items in.

    But free action does prevent haste, thought I still wish BG:EE would consider that a bug given that in PnP free action doesn't prevent haste, and it makes no sense for free action to prevent you from going faster, it should prevent you from not being free to act.
  • kupman6000kupman6000 Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2013
    Exactly, I haven`t even thought of the ring, since I`ve beaten the original bg about 3 times and never ran into that problem.
  • counting_coupcounting_coup Member Posts: 5
    I'm having the same problem. Only when I take the ring off, the boots of haste still don't work on my main character. I had my mage cast haste on him and that didn't work. I've tried everything, dropping the ring on the ground, giving it to party members, nothing works. My character is permanently un-hasted. Is this a bug in my game?
  • HeindrichHeindrich Member, Moderator Posts: 2,959
    @counting_coup
    Well the obvious question is, does ur character have any other Free Action items like Spiderbane?

    If the answer is no, it does sound a bit odd... are u playing BG EE or BG 2EE, and on Ipad or PC/Mac?
  • counting_coupcounting_coup Member Posts: 5
    Hello. I am playing BG EE on a PC. I reread the advice written above and tried their remedies and got it to work. Which is great because it was bumming me out that my stalker was so slow. Very helpful forum! Thank you!
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    Spider's Bane always gave immunity to Web, not Free Action, just immunity to web and hold...
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