Cheers, but I discovered that Thievery is stupidly OP coupled with free re-specs and the potential for easy savegame editing, so I don't need to bother with any additional cheese. Besides, I've too little time to learn how to mod D:OS 2 right now.

Perhaps this thread might serve as a basic guideline for someone who decides to go through with the same goal.

Originally Posted by Larian_KVN

On story files
Are you still able to modify them? We are aware of some false warnings and are investigating.:)

I do believe I am. However, attempting to save them requires saving to a plain-text file, which is why I believed extracting them was a prerequisite.