Marek and Lothander Quest Bug. Am I doomed?
thesoloer
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>got approached by Lothander and was told I was poisoned
>talked to the Diviner and he told me to see the High Priestess of Umberlee
>talked to High Priestess of Umberlee and she told me she needed a Book of Wisdom
>talked to priest in Temple of Tymora and got Book of Wisdom
>instead of giving the Priest of Umberlee the book in exchange for the Geas removal scroll, I told her I didn't trust her, and she gave me the scroll and asked me again for the book. I lied and told her I didn't have the book and she said "how dare you show such impudence" and turned hostile, so I killed her.
>brought geas removal scroll to Lothander, he gave me antidote and I got 1500 exp
>talked to Marek and he immediately turned hostile with no dialogue options. I killed him, and only received 650 exp. I did not receive 10,000 exp for curing the poison, nor did I receive a notification that my poison was cured.
>I die after 10 days even after doing all of that
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>talked to the Diviner and he told me to see the High Priestess of Umberlee
>talked to High Priestess of Umberlee and she told me she needed a Book of Wisdom
>talked to priest in Temple of Tymora and got Book of Wisdom
>instead of giving the Priest of Umberlee the book in exchange for the Geas removal scroll, I told her I didn't trust her, and she gave me the scroll and asked me again for the book. I lied and told her I didn't have the book and she said "how dare you show such impudence" and turned hostile, so I killed her.
>brought geas removal scroll to Lothander, he gave me antidote and I got 1500 exp
>talked to Marek and he immediately turned hostile with no dialogue options. I killed him, and only received 650 exp. I did not receive 10,000 exp for curing the poison, nor did I receive a notification that my poison was cured.
>I die after 10 days even after doing all of that
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IIRC, the curing should happen automatically once you pick up one of the bottles that Marek drops when he is killed.
BTW, you didn't drink the bottle that Lothander gave you, right? You need to keep it in your inventory, and it gets automatically combined with one of Marek's bottles and then drank automatically.
(Sorry, I had to)
I seem to remember having to have every party member drink the potion, did the ee change that or has it always been this way?
You did mean upstairs at the Blushing Mermaid, right? Marek won't show up on the ground floor.
Marek isn't dead, is he? If he is, then C:CreateItem("potn47"); and you will have what you need...as long as you go upstairs.
Even after all these years, the Marek/Lothander quest still causes people lots of problems.
p.s, the fix is to replay the battle until he does.
Our quest is vain
Onward, to futility
Going back to lothander doesn't help any suggestions?
The chances of it going wrong are large and if you kill the two of them the moment you get to Baldurs Gate, Boots of Speed and a really good bow.
What's not to like?
XP?
I bite my thumb at your XP as I speed away shooting over my shoulder, Pah.
I consoled in the book and dominated the greeter witch... but was disturbed by the other witches (they pace about their rafthouse like hamsters) so I had to turn invisible, wait in a corner for the witchies to come close, crack some skulls, dominate the greeter witch again, pay fifty gold for donations to lure out the head witch and FINALLY get my geas scroll. Good times!
Chaotic neutral.
Just to be clear: does everyone in my party have to drink the potion or just my main guy? else why get ten potions?
The walkthroughs are not clear on this point.
So..a little clarification is appreciated. thanks.Gorris
I only received the 650 experience and the Marek and Lothander quest is NOT marked as finished in my quest journal.
Will I be ok?
AH! I reloaded for the 7th time or so and after taking a swig of the 10 dosage antidote bottle I received 10,000 exp and had a journal update saying "Marek thought he could refuse to hand me the antidote that would save my life from the poison. He should have had an antidote to save his own life from me"
So strange I did not do anything different this time....but I think I am good to continue all the way through the series.
Are you definitely talking to the right guy - Chanthalas Ulbright, the male cleric in the Lady's Hall? If you are then I can't think of a reason he wouldn't have the book. You can still complete the quest by pick pocketing or killing Jalantha Mistmyr in the Temple of Umberlee in order to get the scroll you need.
The book's too heavy to pickpocket. Just flatout. It weights 50 pounds, and no matter how potions of master thievery you drink you can't get it.
The scroll the High Priestess of Umberlee uses to cure the geass on the other hand, the scroll she gives you in exchange for that very same tome, is borderline wieghtless. If you've got a high level bard with a decent Dex score you can probably steal it with no potions at all.
And if you want to get the best of both worlds, the guy with the Tome of Wisdom will part with it if you tell him the sob story of how you're dying, and then you can just keep it for yourself and pickpocket the scroll anyways.
I say that because the party definitely obtained it legitimately (as in, no consoling it in), and the priestess was no longer available to request it...
Which is to say, I had totally forgotten about Marek and Lothander in that game, so I was surprised when my party took out the priestess for getting mouthy over the kid she killed and discovered both the body I was after as well as the geas removal spell. When the party picked it up, I was like "Oh... cool"