Can i save a certain deep gnome?

[Artemis]

Meerna gets punted into lava if I save Nere but I presume she dies with him if I skip time. Is this unavoidable?

[Janos]

i've tried everthing and hadn't been able to. apparently the cutscene just happens, you can let them suffocate but that also kills the other gnomes. Honestly, it's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

In life and in games, you can't save everyone.
You have to decide who lives and who dies.

However, there is one way.

1. Blow open the hole, and instantly hit the turn based mode to stop the cinematic triggering.

2. Attack Nere to start combat, and kill him.

3. All gnomes survive.

[Hayden]

Originally posted by Tech-Priest:

In life and in games, you can't save everyone.
You have to decide who lives and who dies.

However, there is one way.

1. Blow open the hole, and instantly his the turn based mode to stop the cinematic triggering.

2. Attack Nere to start combat, and kill him.

3. All gnomes survive.

This appears to be incorrect of the current patch, specifically Meerna vanishes if you attack Nere before the scene triggers.

[nathin61]

Talk to the gnomes mining the rock, pass the checks and tell her you will take care of the true soul. Can then stop her from being killed, but he will attack you, or at least attacked me.

[infiCathi]

Originally posted by nathin62:

Talk to the gnomes mining the rock, pass the checks and tell her you will take care of the true soul. Can then stop her from being killed, but he will attack you, or at least attacked me.

I tried this but he still does the kick. I'm wondering if it's because I said something about saving them too soon?

[PocketYoda]

Can you sleep her? entangle?

[Steefy_92]

Originally posted by Tech-Priest:

In life and in games, you can't save everyone.
You have to decide who lives and who dies.

However, there is one way.

1. Blow open the hole, and instantly hit the turn based mode to stop the cinematic triggering.

2. Attack Nere to start combat, and kill him.

3. All gnomes survive.

That abuse of game loop (plus you risk inviting some game breaking bug) and means you are already know what's coming. But from immersive, RPG point of view, you are going to watch gnome fly into lava, no matter what.

[Pellaeon]

I just killed Nere before he punts the gnome by attacking him before he finishes his first sentence. But now all the remaining gnomes are kind of stuck thinking they still need to mine the rocks. Meerna's brother is still shouting for her even though I can't find her anywhere. And that gnome I'm saving a second time in the game still can't take a social break to talk because he needs to mine. I can't complete the "look for survivors" part of the quest. Bug?

[Antearz]

Originally posted by ArtemisOrNova.ttv:

Meerna gets punted into lava if I save Nere but I presume she dies with him if I skip time. Is this unavoidable?

The Cutscene Triggers when You Talk to the Guy after blowing open the collapsed Tunnel.

If instead of Talking to him. You immediately Attack him with a Ranged Weapon or Magic. You can Save the Gnome.

[Eddie]

Yeah I also did the turn based combat thing in my first playthrough. Beat Nere and saved the gnome, but everyone else just stood there and did nothing. I assume it broke a script so, unfortunately it's lava time for her in my new playthrough ):

[Antearz]

Originally posted by Pellaeon:

I just killed Nere before he punts the gnome by attacking him before he finishes his first sentence. But now all the remaining gnomes are kind of stuck thinking they still need to mine the rocks. Meerna's brother is still shouting for her even though I can't find her anywhere. And that gnome I'm saving a second time in the game still can't take a social break to talk because he needs to mine. I can't complete the "look for survivors" part of the quest. Bug?

I saved the Gnomes First.
Killed all the Duergars before opening the collapse.

That way they got a text of *we still need to save our friends*
Then after I killed they guy inside i could tell them to escape.

[Zaris]

I looked that up some weeks ago and in one post someone stated that she was savable in an earlier EA version build during the cutscene, i remember seeing a screenshot with dialog options for that but during the later EA versions it got removed for reasons only Larian knows (maybe she identified herself as woman and not gay druid bear, who knows).

[Eddie]

Originally posted by Zaris:

I looked that up some weeks ago and in one post someone stated that she was savable in an earlier EA version build during the cutscene, i remember seeing a screenshot with dialog options for that but during the later EA versions it got removed for reasons only Larian knows (maybe she identified herself as woman and not gay druid bear, who knows).

Little quirky

[Pellaeon]

I redid the fight. This time I made sure to talk to the gnomes beforehand and they told me to blow up the wall to save their friend + talked to the windmill gnome. After the fight ended they reacted appropriately. However, I must've killed the wrong guard in the process and now every Dwarf is attacking. I will need another redo since I allied with the Dwarf renegades to take down Nere.

[Oni]

Yeah I tried everything.
Killed every dwarf before clearing the rubble, talked to Laridda and got the powder, talked to the gnomes like three different times, tried letting Nere out first and tried attacking him immediately.
The only result is that Meerna just nopes out of existence as soon as you turn Nere hostile, or she gets yeeted into lava alive while your character just stands there completely unfazed with a snarky look. That's it.

Really wish this game would be more consistent with this crap, all these spells and dialogue abilities and solutions for stuff and you can't even save a single NPC from a scripted cutscene. Pretty weak for a game that everyone has been putting on a pedestal tbh.