Did I mess up?

Gorion79

I was a bit low on gold pieces, and since Officer Vai was offering me fifty gold pieces per Bandit scalp, I headed over to the Bandit Camp. The nuisances there are aplenty; and having had cleared the area, I chose to rest; I noticed about half the time I rested, I would be awoken by a gang of them. I was getting a sizable chunk of currency for doing this. I must have somehow rested a total of twenty-two days. I went back to my saved games, and the one I had made just prior to doing this was around day 18. I'm now on day 40. Does this at all offset what I can do in the game? Inside the context of the story, is day 40 too far ahead to open up certain quests and/or attain party members? How well does Baldurs' Gate handle bizarre ocasions such as people sleeping twenty-two days non-stop? I noticed that Coran shrugs me off, due to his abhorrence for small talk. I really wanted him in my party, since I'm going for an alignment of good characters, and his fighter/thief class would serve me well in lieu of Montaron, due to the fact that he's of evil alignment.

elminster

There are a few party members in the game where they have time restrictions for how long they will stay in your party. There are other cases where NPC's won't stick around after a certain chapter so they can't join your group. But based on what you've written here you shouldn't have any problems with the approach you've taken. What did you say to Coran to make him shrug you off? what is your party leaders charisma and what is your groups reputation?

Gorion79

I didn't say anything to Coran. I'm met with one of the boxes that ends with "End Dialogue". Verbatim: "Sorry to be so abrupt, but I haven't time for monotonous chitchat." My MC's Charisma is 7. Reputation: 14 (Popular).