I've been having this issue as well and I haven't been able to play my game for over a month . I've resorted to trying to find a work around for it, but I haven't had much luck so far. I know helping the blacksmith and his pet monster can potentially trigger it, so I'm thinking maybe I can just avoid that quest altogether or just try to save and reload after I do it until I get a functioning save.
I didn't know much about Larian prior to this game, but now that I see how slow they are to fix major bugs and how willing they to ship games with major game breaking bugs I doubt I'll be supporting them on day one again like I did for this game.
Last edited by Momurdamo; 03/12/15 08:33 AM.
