wondrous gloves

FredN

.....OK, this is annoying as heck. These gloves can only be worn by a Bard, and are found in Watcher's Keep. I have a Blade, who right now is level 13, in Shadows of Ahm. I decided to take a foray to Watcher's Keep, mostly to score the weapon Foebane. While I was there, I decided to go down a bit lower. I ended up getting the Bard Gloves. These apparently didn't seem to do anything, despite my fairly decent lore.
.....So, I googled them, and found out they could be upgraded to a fairly nice item. I collecred all the gems needed, and took them to Cromwell. Cromwell, however, told me I had nothing he could work with. Huh? He didn't even say something like "Sorry, that's beyond my skill"; it was as if he didn't see them. For him, they didn't even exist. Apparently, only Cespenar in the Pocket Plane can do the work.
.....Seriously, what's up with that? Are we intended not to go to Watcher's Keep until ToB? If so, why even make the area accessible in SoA at all? Apparently I now have to keep this item tucked away for all the rest of SoA, and hope it comes along with me when I transition to ToB, because it won't be in Watcher's Keep anymore at that point. Should I go back to an earlier save, and not do that part of Watcher's Keep at all until ToB?

Mathsorcerer

Cromwell cannot upgrade those gloves...

...but Cespenar can.

atcDave

Watcher’s Keep was added by ToB, so items found there can only be upgraded by the imp.

Tweaks mod can fix this.