Guess I will start over then. My character was only level 27, that is quite a long way from level 31 (Raze's char) and certainly Kiya's char (level 33). I did not complete any quest in Verditis yet and I don't want to miss out on the fun there. I don't look foreward however to going through the initial level upping once again, I always find rpg's much more enjoyable when your character has some skills and you aren't killed by the first snake that comes along.

Any idea if the bug could reappear when I start a completely new game? I hope chances are very slim. Think I'll start with a clean install and patch all over again.

PS. How useful is the lock picking skill? So far it seems to me that all the doors or chests have quite easily retrievable keys and that you don't seem to need this skill much. It would be nice if you keep into account that I'm not that far in the game yet (atleast I hope so!) so please no spoilers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I was just wondering. Any other character development skills would be also greatly appreciated. I am scared to wander through the rest of the forum and spoil the whole game by reading stuff I should not read. Just some useful tips to make up for the starting over <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> BTW. My current char was a mage, combat skills were meteor strike (level 5) and freeze (level 4). For normal combat I use a bow, never did any melee damage, was always on the run or freezing people. Great fun though <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

BIG THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THE HELP!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

PS. Can you believe I only found out about this game a couple of weeks ago when looking for a new RPG to play (after having completed Morrowind). Saw this game in the store, made by people living in my country, looked just like Baldur's Gate and instantly fell in love with the game when I first started playing it (you might wonder why I'm only this far in the game, reason is that I've been on vacation and couldn't play).