Can't save Cora!!

[KateG]

I have tried every dialogue option to save Cora at the wine festival and no matter what, the assassin kills her when the fight commences. That is with the medicine check and warning her that the wine is poisoned.

How do I save her!!?!?!?!

[druzilsupreme]

When I warned her I had the assassin start combat because I'd ruined things and I was able to save her

[Muhspaceaids]

I think if you talk to the assassin instead of her, you can just confront him and engage in combat and kill him.

[KateG]

Figured it out... the internet failed me. You have to warn her before the medicine check otherwise she gets slaughtered. If you warn her first she runs off inside before the fight.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by KateG:

Figured it out... the internet failed me. You have to warn her before the medicine check otherwise she gets slaughtered. If you warn her first she runs off inside before the fight.

Yes, I think its perception check, you also have to have found several clues beforehand, ahem, a certain guesthouse level 2

[sleeve]

Originally posted by KateG:

Figured it out... the internet failed me. You have to warn her before the medicine check otherwise she gets slaughtered. If you warn her first she runs off inside before the fight.

The dead talk skill is also important FYI

[Psychotron80]

Yeah the game was solid up until this point. She dies every time and I cant kill Metzil because hes a god or something. I see the game cheating against me in this fight and I dont like it one bit. whoever coded this fight needs the sack.

[SickofTired]

I missed this part thanks to long rest, but try the initiative potion and use sanctuary or feign death spell. The Alert feat that gives +5 initiative is something every character should have.

[alex010300]

You need to tell her about her assassination attempt on her and the killer will whine how she knowing ruins it so he just escapes.

[Ichthyic]

it might have something to do with how well you researched the assassin before you trigger that scene. I had a line that offered the "waiter" to try the wine himself, first. that was enough to immediately expose him and save Cora. I'm guessing not everybody gets the same lines? I investigated EVERYTHING about this killer, including reading all his mom's journals and notes before I entered the lower city.

[Amarok]

I threw her like a yard or so away from the assassin before I talked to any of them and somehow that saved her life. combat didn't even happen. she wasn't pleased with me, but she lived.

[Etragorn]

Originally posted by alex010300:

You need to tell her about her assassination attempt on her and the killer will whine how she knowing ruins it so he just escapes.

He doesn't escape if you counterspell him. That's what I did, and I killed the little freak.

[Kettlebloke]

You can save her by directly attacking the assassin or by casting Globe of Invulnerability.

[Koveras]

I believe you can also start a fight in dialogue. That worked for me.

[Anawer]

I'm at this point right now.
I can warn her, and combat starts, I can tell him to try the wine for himself combat starts, and I can start the combat myself.
Regardless of the option taken, combat starts with him not being surprised. With him having 15! initiative (none of my companions can even get that number), and first what he does is he sticks a dagger in Cora. And then proceeds to dimension the door out of the scene. If I counter spell it, he does it again, and if I use the second counter spell he does it again for the third time. So, looking at that he has at least 4 actions in his turn without haste.
That is some BS in my books...

[OdinsUdons]

Originally posted by Amarok:

I threw her like a yard or so away from the assassin before I talked to any of them and somehow that saved her life. combat didn't even happen. she wasn't pleased with me, but she lived.

The funniest solution I have seen so far. Just the thought of that scenario is enough to bring me to laughing tears