Bug: BG1EE Import - Pet Familiar - Extra HP

Volatile

My mage was imported from BG1EE with a familiar in the backpack. The familiar is gone, but the extra HP is still there.
I searched the forums and found a few old threads about this, but I thought it'd be a good idea to ask again: has it not been fixed yet?

Is there a workaround? Maybe go back to an old save and dismiss the familiar before importing? The problem is, when I try to reload my savegame, the ending credits roll and I don't have enough time to push it out of the backpack, much less talk to it.

Humanoid_Taifun

You can't "dismiss" your familiar.
If you want to fix this "problem", I suggest you use EE Keeper and alter your HP manually.

If I remember correctly, Baldur's Gate II used to give you 1 extra die worth of HP upon character generation. You now have a few extra HP for your lost familiar instead. Is that so bad?

Volatile

Certainly not 'bad'. A bit like cheating, but not bad.

Balrog99

Hmmm, maybe your ferret decided he'd rather be the King of the Ferrets, and in order to free himself from his shackles he 'sacrificed' a few hit points to you for his freedom. Works for me!

Grond0

I think the problem is that the abilities and HPs of a familiar are different in SoA from BG1 (and different again in ToB). Therefore just maintaining your existing familiar wouldn't be correct. I do agree though that characters should lose the existing HP benefit for their familiar as part of the transition process.