Horrible game-killing bug

[jgibson@richmon]

OK, I'm close to finishing this $@#! game, and suddenly it's become basically unplayable. Whenever my 10th level barbarian does an attack, the game hangs at the end of her turn. The little column on the right is empty, and I press the red "next turn" button at its base (or I don't -- it makes no difference), the game hangs. It never advances to the next character, or lets me do much of anything at all.

I can move the cursor around, go into her inventory, and access the options screen, but I can't access her radial menu or the main menu. I noticed the problem before, but it was never as frequent and usually went onto the next character after a slight pause.

Help! I'm so close and this is soooooo frustrating!

[Lord Plothos]

Are you using Scather or Fragarach? Those weapons cause this problem, especially against enemies that do fire damage when you attack them (e.g. flamebrothers, the Balor). You basically have to use some other weapon against them. Another player reported that s/he had to actually deposit the weapons back in town to avoid the problem, but that's the only time I've heard of that. Anyway, if you're using either of those weapons, chances are that's the problem. Ditch it for the time being and see if that solves the problem.