#16056 Aldeth should not betray the protagonist after exposing Sarevok
Gallowglass
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Description
1. Load Attached Save
2. Talk to Aldeth (2,2,e,2,e)
(cutscene)
3. Talk to Flaming Fist/Angelo (e,1,e)
Observed
Aldeth betrays charname to the Flaming Fist. This also leads you to be tried by Angelo, and if you've already had Neb help you escape this leaves you unable to advance any further.
Expected
Since Sarevok has been exposed the Flaming Fist should no longer be looking for you. Aldeth should not betray you to the Flaming Fist.
Notes
This is happening after the ducal palace battle, meaning that Sarevok has already been exposed and the Flaming Fist are no longer looking for you on the streets of Baldur's Gate.
Original post:
This one may have existed forever, because it'll only happen in a particular circumstance, but it's game-breaking if it does happen.
Scenario: you aided Aldeth in chapter 4 (and thereby gained access to the Merchants' League Estate) and aided Aldeth again in Chapter 5 (clearing out his doppelganger colleagues), then got arrested by the Flaming Fist in Chapter 7 (and used Neb's aid to escape from the Flaming Fist Castle), then later in Chapter 7 you solved Sarevok's assassination plot (and were therefore ruled innocent of the murders of Rieltar & Brunos). Now ...
Observed: if you re-visit Aldeth in the Merchants' League Estate, then he still betrays you to the Flaming Fist (as if you were still wanted for the murders), and if you surrender to the Flaming Fist then you are again "tried" by Angelo and again imprisoned in the Flaming Fist Castle. However, Neb has already escaped (with you, earlier), and there is therefore no way out, so your game is broken.
Expected: after you have been ruled innocent of the murders, Aldeth ought to greet you as a friend instead of having you arrested.
Note: an experienced player wouldn't expect anything further from Aldeth and therefore probably wouldn't ever go back and fall into this trap, but a new player might quite credibly try it.
1. Load Attached Save
2. Talk to Aldeth (2,2,e,2,e)
(cutscene)
3. Talk to Flaming Fist/Angelo (e,1,e)
Observed
Aldeth betrays charname to the Flaming Fist. This also leads you to be tried by Angelo, and if you've already had Neb help you escape this leaves you unable to advance any further.
Expected
Since Sarevok has been exposed the Flaming Fist should no longer be looking for you. Aldeth should not betray you to the Flaming Fist.
Notes
This is happening after the ducal palace battle, meaning that Sarevok has already been exposed and the Flaming Fist are no longer looking for you on the streets of Baldur's Gate.
Original post:
This one may have existed forever, because it'll only happen in a particular circumstance, but it's game-breaking if it does happen.
Scenario: you aided Aldeth in chapter 4 (and thereby gained access to the Merchants' League Estate) and aided Aldeth again in Chapter 5 (clearing out his doppelganger colleagues), then got arrested by the Flaming Fist in Chapter 7 (and used Neb's aid to escape from the Flaming Fist Castle), then later in Chapter 7 you solved Sarevok's assassination plot (and were therefore ruled innocent of the murders of Rieltar & Brunos). Now ...
Observed: if you re-visit Aldeth in the Merchants' League Estate, then he still betrays you to the Flaming Fist (as if you were still wanted for the murders), and if you surrender to the Flaming Fist then you are again "tried" by Angelo and again imprisoned in the Flaming Fist Castle. However, Neb has already escaped (with you, earlier), and there is therefore no way out, so your game is broken.
Expected: after you have been ruled innocent of the murders, Aldeth ought to greet you as a friend instead of having you arrested.
Note: an experienced player wouldn't expect anything further from Aldeth and therefore probably wouldn't ever go back and fall into this trap, but a new player might quite credibly try it.
Post edited by elminster on
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Comments
That's a blatant "continuity error" (because you're no longer wanted for the alleged murders), and a game-breaker (because there's now no way out of the prison).