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Help Recruiting Jan & Spider Figurine

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Help Recruiting Jan & Spider Figurine

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So I decided I wanted to add Jan to my party. I took a quick trip to pick him up before going to kill the Red Dragon and he would not talk to me. I am a little foggy on this but I think he spoke to me before but I told him that I did not have any time.

Now what?

Is there a way to get him to talk that does not require some special program or editing?

If not what is the simplest way?


Also

The spider figurine should reappear in your inventory once the duration has run out or it died, correct? Once it dies it does not return.. Anyone know why?


Thanks!
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Post by Grombag »

Not sure how you get Jan in your party the legal way, but you could try the shortcut. There is a topic which shows all the CLUA commands and ctrl combinations. It's between the stickys. If you would want to do this is up to you because it would be cheating :angel:

You are however incorrect about the spider figurine. It does not return after it has worked out, it returns after you rest.
Hope this helps.
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Post by Katoya »

Grombag wrote:Not sure how you get Jan in your party the legal way, but you could try the shortcut. There is a topic which shows all the CLUA commands and ctrl combinations. It's between the stickys. If you would want to do this is up to you because it would be cheating :angel:

You are however incorrect about the spider figurine. It does not return after it has worked out, it returns after you rest.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.

I looked for the CLUA command before I posted this. I found lots of options for weapons but nothing for starting conversations. I could start romances but that would not help.

Maybe I missed something.

Cheers for the info about the spider figurine. In the past it returned after usage. The last time it was killed but did not return to the inventory...
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Post by Onkel Bob »

If you have the cheats enabled you can just place the pointer over him and press Ctrl+Q and he's in your party. You could even add Kangaxx or Firkragg to your party this way if you wanted...
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Onkel Bob wrote:If you have the cheats enabled you can just place the pointer over him and press Ctrl+Q and he's in your party. You could even add Kangaxx or Firkragg to your party this way if you wanted...
Cheers. I'll try that.

Are there any non-cheating methods that would work? Maybe just punch him in the face?

It seems strange that he won't talk to me I should be able to re-engage the dialogue...
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Post by Celacena »

Spider Figurine

I have found 2 circumstances in which I think you can lose it - 1.the character who had it dies 2.there is movement between areas.
add - I think that even if a character is restored, the figurine is lost and perhaps the movement between areas is not always fatal.
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Whatever you do don't punch him! That will turn him hostile and give you too much trouble! It's important to clarify weather Jan talks to you and says (after dialog has been initiated) that he doesn't want to talk to you, or it's simply impossible to talk to him no matter how much you click on him. If it's the latter (as i think the former is impossible to accomplish - there is no way to get him "mad" at you. Unless maybe you turned him in to the authorities? I don't know as i always stick for him :) ) it's just some glitch and you should try exiting the area, resting and coming back.
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