Anyone who's killed Gortash already *spoilers*

[GordoBoss666]

I need some help to figure out if this was a bug or if it's really like this.

So in Baldur's Gate I first started doing the investigation on the murders, pretty early on when I got to the city I had information to seek out the Demon to try and steal the Ophric Hammer, since Rafael was always a pain the ass that was my first priority.

During the investigation I entered the sub warehouse, got into the sub and gave up when Gortash threatened the hostages, just before going to the house of hope, near Undercity Orin appeared disguised as Laezel. After killing Rafael (best quest ever) I tried looking for Laezel, I had the bag of hands from the killer, went in front of Baals temple but couldnt get in. The quest log said I was in though.

Then I headed to save the hostages, but the mission was bugged and they wouldn't move, after freeing them and destroying the steel guard thing, I went to wyrm rock and the whole castle instantly aggroed me, including Gortash all the way up there.

So is this part like this or is this a bug? the thing was so anti climatic, the fight was pretty bugged with mobs buffing each other in loop every round and doing nothing else, one npc would stand still for almost a whole minute and then would skip turn. On the second floor Gortash came running from his room, exploded a mine on the way, got beaten up by the whole group while his two other bodyguards just kept on the buffing each other endlessly thing.

Getting this just after Rafael's quest was like playing a different game or something, no cut scene or nothing, actually this whole quest felt incomplete and that is excluding the hostages not moving bug.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Same thing happend to me.
Having to press end turn several times to get to him.
He had nice enchanted robe.
Mine now.

[GordoBoss666]

it felt so weird, the bugged battle was actually the only time it happened, I'm getting to 250 hours now, that I can understand, but some script must have broken on the way to have such a straight forward "go in and kill the boss, and no cutscene for you", even some goblins had cool cutscenes when dying, poor Gortash :(

[Angarvin]

gondians can get stuck, but can be unstuck if you push them.

gortash relies on steel watch heavily, so if you disable them - he's not much of a fight.
there is a small cutscene if karlach is with you. and you can also cast speak with the dead on gortash body to have a little chat with his god instead, but i'm not sure if he needs to get a blessing from him for that to happen and i do not know how he gets that blessing - it happened only once in three times that i've killed him.

overall i'd agree that gortash quest feels very weak.

[GordoBoss666]

I just started playing this save again, and when I use speak with dead on Gortash I get subtitles but no audio coming from him though, surely something went wrong with my save

[Angarvin]

Originally posted by GordoBoss666:

I just started playing this save again, and when I use speak with dead on Gortash I get subtitles but no audio coming from him though, surely something went wrong with my save

doubt it. i also had no audio.

third act is borked in general. and the finale is even rougher.

[GordoBoss666]

*DOS 2 flashbacks*