Hey Larian and fans,
First off, absolutely love this game but that's hardly news.
So I went to moonrise, got the quest to find Balthazar in the Shar temple, and eventually made my way to him. Here, I was able to learn from him that the artifact he's looking for is the source of the General's invulnerability.
The game then presents an option to tell him that finding it isn't your problem. It even forces an intimidation check to do so. I succeeded it and he let me roam free. At this point I got really excited that I learned what I needed to and then successfully found an excuse to escape.
Upon returning to the Harper camp, there is no dialogue options with the Jaheira to report what you've learned. I was kind of expecting her to want to know... well exactly what she wanted to: the secret to General Voss' invulnerability. It seems logical you could return to the Shar temple and meet up with the Harpers, racing to the artifact and earning yourself a couple of NPC allies to fight off Balthazar with.
Even returning to moonlight towers doesn't make sense - you can't report to the half-orc lady that Balthazar is alright and things are "going according to plan". She expressed she primarily cared that he isn't dead. And obviously he's a much more trusted individual than I am, so I don't know why I couldn't report this to progress the story.
In the end, I'll go back, help Balthazar, and do what I think the game is trying to get me to do. It's just doesn't feel right compared to how insanely well programmed the other story options are etc.
Anyways, again, love the game. Thanks for reading my little disappointed rant.
Kindly,
Stratosfyr
