Don't start an honour mode on patch 6

[marbeltoast]

This patch has plenty of bugs that screw up quests, game progression, and otherwise. Currently there is (to my knowledge) no way to get the owlbear cub, and honestly I could just leave it there because how dare you Larian my sweet little baby owlbear is dead because you made me kill him

So yeah, honour mode's lack of loading saves can really screw you over if you love owlbears. Wait for a hotfix

[Govi]

Apart from patting it, is there any other point to the owl bear cub?

[kenskog]

You can still get the cub, me and the wife just started a co-op honor run. We left the cave with the cub chasing us. After we took a long rest we went to the goblin camp and the cub was there as usual.

[Dizzy Ladybug]

Originally posted by Govi:

Apart from patting it, is there any other point to the owl bear cub?

Cub + Dammon can be useful in the late game.

[marbeltoast]

Originally posted by Govi:

Apart from patting it, is there any other point to the owl bear cub?

If you have the Cub and Dammon at endgame you can summon a juiced up cub, now adult, to help in the final battle. Mostly though it's just SOOO CUTE

[Frenker]

Originally posted by marbeltoast:

So yeah, honour mode's lack of loading saves can really screw you over

Would always be the case in my opinion i guess this time around bugs add to that.

The games roleplaying experience is not good enough to support one save file gameplay.

[Brian_the_Brute]

Baby owlbear isn't that useful in the final battle other than for cannon fodder. None of the other summons are either really as they all have low damage output compared to your party. Not that important anyways as you should be able to use dimension door to get to the brain in 1 or 2 turns if you pair up and tag team casting dimension door scrolls.

On my last play I used a mod to duplicate baby owlbear and add them to the party, that's the best use I found for them. It was fun for awhile, but I had to bench them in late ACT 2 as their claws only do 6 damage and they don't really do much unless you give them items and things like the everburn blade to attack with.

[Steffan]

Originally posted by Brian_the_Brute:

Baby owlbear isn't that useful in the final battle other than for cannon fodder. None of the other summons are either really as they all have low damage output compared to your party. Not that important anyways as you should be able to use dimension door to get to the brain in 1 or 2 turns if you pair up and tag team casting dimension door scrolls.

On my last play I used a mod to duplicate baby owlbear and add them to the party, that's the best use I found for them. It was fun for awhile, but I had to bench them in late ACT 2 as their claws only do 6 damage and they don't really do much unless you give them items and things like the everburn blade to attack with.

They were useful, though. If you kill the dragon, you can overwhelm the battlefield with allies and then proceed towards the final encounter through the portal. You definitely need to ration your resources well.

[Steffan]

As for the owlbear cub, I had a weird bug pre-patch 6 where I visited the goblin camp after the goblins have left for Moonrise. I was still ask to take part in the chicken chasing. The bug was not critical, though I ended up shoving the cub, which provoked a fight with the cub. The result was that the cub got badly smacked into unsconsciousness. No owlbear cub for me in that run.

[Jonas]

From My side, I lost Halsin, Minthara and the Tiefling due bugs this week.

Knocked out Minthara in the goblin camp but then she dissapeared the next day so the halsin quest couldn't be complete => I killed him and so did all tieflings die due the quest: kill the goblinleaders was not complete. Beside that: Minthara was in moonrise towers, I could free her out the jail but then guards turned immediately hostile without any charisma check on them so a zealot jumped on minthara and insta killed her. Also weird dialogues, The voicelines were said by Laezel because I grabbed Minthara with Leazel as follower.

This is an honour mode run so nothing to restart I guess. Guess I have to play with the 6 origin characters + the vessels. Well maybe I can recruit jaheira (and minsc) if they also don't get bugged ! ....

[Woldy]

Originally posted by Govi:

Apart from patting it, is there any other point to the owl bear cub?

if you keep the cub and dammon alive the cub will become an adult in the final stretch of the game and can be summoned to fight.

[Govi]

Originally posted by Woldy:

Originally posted by Govi:

Apart from patting it, is there any other point to the owl bear cub?

if you keep the cub and dammon alive the cub will become an adult in the final stretch of the game and can be summoned to fight.

The heart man?

This advice is timely I’m at the last light inn and about to stop Isobel’s kidnapping

Now I know I have to stop it

[Steffan]

Originally posted by Jonas:

From My side, I lost Halsin, Minthara and the Tiefling due bugs this week.

Knocked out Minthara in the goblin camp but then she dissapeared the next day so the halsin quest couldn't be complete => I killed him and so did all tieflings die due the quest: kill the goblinleaders was not complete. Beside that: Minthara was in moonrise towers, I could free her out the jail but then guards turned immediately hostile without any charisma check on them so a zealot jumped on minthara and insta killed her. Also weird dialogues, The voicelines were said by Laezel because I grabbed Minthara with Leazel as follower.

This is an honour mode run so nothing to restart I guess. Guess I have to play with the 6 origin characters + the vessels. Well maybe I can recruit jaheira (and minsc) if they also don't get bugged ! ....

That's sad. I lost Halsin, Minthara, Jaheira and Minsc in my blind run so I know how it feels. Then I discovered I really like Minthara and have gone for her (can be done with or without ignoring the Grove quest).

I never negotiate when trying to free Minthara. In my DU Honor drow run where Minthara actually took my character to bed it was a great rp moment. No quarter was asked, nor given.

Just close the door behind yourself and deal with the two psychic torturers. Violently. Then move in, and attack the isolated guard not far from the torture door. I can kill him w/o aggroing the others within a round. Then deal with one or both of the scrying eyes (shatter or bombs or sneak attack). Then move on the two guards and slaughter them. Minthara can stay safely behind in the dungeon. Then exit with her. I usually also kill one of the partolling guards who is on the way (mostly for rp reasons). If he is far enough, the other won't care.