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I think I know the answer to this but want to confirm before either abandoning the game or digging into a really complicated attempt to fix:

Is there any way to add the scholar tag to a player character in a 4-person multiplayer game that is already well underway?

Our party is on Reaper's Coast and we're hitting major roadblocks in our campaign by not having this tag. All of the companions have departed, so recruiting one of them is not an option. We tried getting rid of one of the player-characters to substitute with a mercenary but we were unsuccessful in getting rid of the player character (tried all kinds of stuff, including going to war, killing him, etc., to no avail). Even if we did get that to work, there'd be severe limitations for someone in our party.

We did find instructions for hacking a save-file that might be possible, but boy is it complicated and messy.

We are considering abandoning the game and switching to ESO if we can't get this fixed.

Any tips?

As of right now it isn't possible. I'm having the same issue trying to do the bloodmoon island quests.

I just started the process to modify the saved game file. It isn't as "scary" as I thought it'd be. I'll need to spend some time to finish the mod and test it, etc. I'll post an update when that's complete.

Are you aware of any other "MUST HAVES"? I'd really rather not have to go thru this again.

the speaking in forked tongues quest requires a lizard with pet pal

treated like cattle requires a character with both mystic AND scholar tags (on the same character) in order to read a certain book to get a potion recipe. if you know the recipe beforehand or you look it up online you can still complete the quest, but otherwise it's a roadblock

there are probably others but that's all i can think of

For the "speaking in forked tongues" you can use Fane's Mask of the shapeshifter and turn your character with pet pal into a lizard.

If anyone needs instructions on how to add the Scholar tag, just write me here. I have detailed instructions with screen shots (seems difficult to copy/paste into the forum?).

I wrote you a message, please. Thank you.

[quote=drwargame]If anyone needs instructions on how to add the Scholar tag, just write me here. I have detailed instructions with screen shots (seems difficult to copy/paste into the forum?). [/quote]

Are you using Norbyte's pak extractor tool too? I downloaded that one but I can't seem to figure it out. Can you please share how you did yours?

I finally understood how to use Norbyte's tool. Just followed this guide. Cheers!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DivinityOriginalSin/comments/74f5lk/how_to_edit_your_characters_in_your_save_file_a/?st=J99WWJLR&sh=e8dbd298

... okay thank you for the information,

I could follow till I see my char in that notepad, but was not able to find the position in that file , where that SCHOLAR TAG should be , as I could not find ANY "part" of that section ...

could anyone post a STRING, which could be searched for that part ?

Thanks

PS: LOL just found it ...

<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="SCHOLAR" type="22" />
</node>
___________________________________________
So that is now the full section of my main char ... now I have to get that into the save

<node id="Tags">
<children>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="GENERIC" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="NOBLE" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="SOLDIER" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="SCHOLAR" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="AVATAR" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="CHAMPION_FTJ" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="COMPANION" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="HERO" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="CHAMPION_DW" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="DWARF-FRIEND" type="22" />
</node>
<node id="Target">
<attribute id="Object" value="ELF-FRIEND" type="22" />
</node>
</children>
</node>

I posted step-by-step instructions here:

http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=641108#Post641108