Going into turn-based mode in Waukeen's rest and saving creates a save file that crashes when opened.
Turn-based mode saves will load properly in the other places I checked.
On the plus side, talking to the councilor no longer bounces you out of turn-based mode. That's a big help.
On the minus side, the best way (even if it is tedious) to save both the councilor and the trapped man is to use turn-based mode. But you have to do it in one run because of the noted bug. Turn-based mode is tedious enough already; losing quite a bit of play time to bad save files is just twisting the knife.
Clarification after a few tests:
1) There has to be at least one person in the burning inn where the councilor is. I haven't tried the side buildings to see if those trigger the problem too.
2) It is definitely turn-based mode that triggers it: if you turn off turn-based mode, the save file will work.
Last edited by RBarbare; 20/12/20 09:15 PM.