How to take a head? (slight spoiler)

[Furio]

I sided with the Duerger slavers and killed Nere in combat. Then the quest updated and now says "We couldn't retrieve Nere's head".

Does the game expect me to take his head while he's alive?

[Hawke]

I looted the head from the body after defeating him and the duergar in combat. Is the body (and the head) are still present or were thrown into the lava river?

[Myth Alric]

Yeah if you loot the body you get the option to cut off the head, though it is a skill roll you can fail.

[Furio]

Hm, I did loot it during combat. I wasn't presented with the option to remove a head. Maybe I should wait until after combat before looting.

[Hippy]

yeah i looted during combat as well; and no option to take the head.

[djheat]

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

Yeah if you loot the body you get the option to cut off the head, though it is a skill roll you can fail.

I failed the skill roll and still got it, I think the background party members just commented on it being particularly grisly lol

[Furio]

So basically don't loot it during combat, which will also make you miss the Lantern interaction.

[Andy P]

Seems like that fight and the whole of Grymforge is just one bug after another. I was able to get Nere's head (looted after the fight, not during) but then everything in the whole level disappears - every enemy, every NPC, everything. So further story progress is impossible. Tried it three different ways, always the same result. Heard lots of people with the same problem (and lots more who aren't affected).

[|--EasyPeasy--|]

You will not receive any reward for it in any case [/spoilers]

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Andy P:

Seems like that fight and the whole of Grymforge is just one bug after another. I was able to get Nere's head (looted after the fight, not during) but then everything in the whole level disappears - every enemy, every NPC, everything. So further story progress is impossible. Tried it three different ways, always the same result. Heard lots of people with the same problem (and lots more who aren't affected).

It should be possible to reach the next act even if there are no NPCs in Grymforge - the elevator out should not be affected. There is also another path in the north-west corner of the surface map (behind the Githyanki).

[Andy P]

Originally posted by Hawke:

Originally posted by Andy P:

Seems like that fight and the whole of Grymforge is just one bug after another. I was able to get Nere's head (looted after the fight, not during) but then everything in the whole level disappears - every enemy, every NPC, everything. So further story progress is impossible. Tried it three different ways, always the same result. Heard lots of people with the same problem (and lots more who aren't affected).

It should be possible to reach the next act even if there are no NPCs in Grymforge - the elevator out should not be affected. There is also another path in the north-west corner of the surface map (behind the Githyanki).

Thank you, but I meant "story progress for all the different stories in Grymforge" - the forge itself, whatever happens with Shadowheart and the Dark Justiciars which seems to be a thing that happens there, etc. - rather than progress towards beating the main plot of the game.

I'm romancing Shadowheart, and it would truly suck to play the game for another 90 hours only to realise that that (or any other) story arc can't be completed because Grymforge was bugged. And I don't know or want to know what her arc is, and it's just one example I know about, there might be others - I just want to play the game as it was intended, without being blocked out of a big chunk of it by a bug.

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Andy P:

Originally posted by Hawke:

It should be possible to reach the next act even if there are no NPCs in Grymforge - the elevator out should not be affected. There is also another path in the north-west corner of the surface map (behind the Githyanki).

Thank you, but I meant "story progress for all the different stories in Grymforge" - the forge itself, whatever happens with Shadowheart and the Dark Justiciars which seems to be a thing that happens there, etc. - rather than progress towards beating the main plot of the game.

I'm romancing Shadowheart, and it would truly suck to play the game for another 90 hours only to realise that that (or any other) story arc can't be completed because Grymforge was bugged. And I don't know or want to know what her arc is, and it's just one example I know about, there might be others - I just want to play the game as it was intended, without being blocked out of a big chunk of it by a bug.

Understandable. I hope, it will be fixed soon.

[Azunai]

Is that even a Bug? The dwarves are mercenaries and they have no reason to stay if you kill their employer. I thought it was intentional that they leave after the bossfight.

[Falcow]

you need to knock him away from the barell with a spell :)

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Myth Alric:

Yeah if you loot the body you get the option to cut off the head, though it is a skill roll you can fail.

i failed the roll but you still get the head off :D
failing just makes you completely butcher the process of removing the head (made me lol) and your companions give you ♥♥♥♥ for being a noob :P

[tom]

You can loot during combat. After combat, go to his body, right click, pickup, and then you now have his head.