Borked quest "A troublesome Grimoire"

[Kamiyama]

So I got Salomet's Grimoire and went back to Gran Soren. Before turning it in I took a look at the book and it said something about granting great magical power but crumbling to dust after one use. Thinking it gives a stat bonus I thought I would just read it and fail the quest because I would rather have a stat bonus than gold.

Just to be safe, I saved right before using the book.

Well it rained fire down on Gran Soren and I got thrown in prison. The game auosaves when you get thrown in prison, so quitting the game and reloading the save just put me back in prison with no book.

So not only did I have to bribe the guard to get out, I went back to the quest giver and there's no option to fail the mission. I don't have the book and the quest is stuck at the part where I'm supposed to turn in the book I don't have.

Is there any way I can manually cancel a quest?

[Q_suke]

If you accept the later quest "Come to Court", it will fail.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

Is there any way I can manually cancel a quest?

The quest won't fail as long as you can clear it. And you can get grimoire gifted by other player for instance. Or obtain a forgery (see if you can buy it at the Black Cat) and deal with the consequences.

The quest will fail eventually, after progressing the main quest line too far, like most quests.

[Q_suke]

Originally posted by zadymek:

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

Is there any way I can manually cancel a quest?

The quest won't fail as long as you can clear it. And you can get grimoire gifted by other player for instance. Or obtain a forgery (see if you can buy it at the Black Cat) and deal with the consequences.

The quest will fail eventually, after progressing the main quest line too far, like most quests.

Well, if BLACKCAT isn't selling fakes, I can give it to you.

[Spirit]

open the pause menu and select load checkpoint. that will load to the last time you rested at a inn

[Kamiyama]

I was punished for sleeping at the encampment
Now I've been punished for my curiosity wanting to know what was in the book.

They even designed it so it ruins your save when you get arrested. So there's no going back.

The game would be great if it didn't troll the player like this.

[Kamiyama]

Originally posted by Pudge:

open the pause menu and select load checkpoint. that will load to the last time you rested at a inn

That would be great. But there is no load checkpoint option. I'm playing on the Switch.

*It worked but to load the last checkpoint I had to kill myself first. Thank you!

[Q_suke]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

Originally posted by Pudge:

open the pause menu and select load checkpoint. that will load to the last time you rested at a inn

That would be great. But there is no load checkpoint option. I'm playing on the Switch.

Is there no option under PauseMenu>Save/Quit?

[Drakeeper]

The item is mostly useless though I'd say. If there's a quest item you should definitely keep for yourself it's the Wyrm King's Ring.

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

I was punished for sleeping at the encampment
Now I've been punished for my curiosity wanting to know what was in the book.

They even designed it so it ruins your save when you get arrested. So there's no going back.

The game would be great if it didn't troll the player like this.

man literally tells you not to open the book

[Kamiyama]

Originally posted by Grr. SG CMD Majah Lazah:

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

I was punished for sleeping at the encampment
Now I've been punished for my curiosity wanting to know what was in the book.

They even designed it so it ruins your save when you get arrested. So there's no going back.

The game would be great if it didn't troll the player like this.

man literally tells you not to open the book

I would never remember that. I'm not using a guide or anything and it took me days to find a lead on the bandits. I rescued a travelling merchant who finally told me where. I had completely forgotten everything the quest giver said by the time I found the book.

If they want you to remember details about the quest they should put it in the quest log.