Virgil is cursed HELP!

[onizuka88]

Hi,

I've been playing Arcanum for a month now and I really was carefull not to give any unidentified weapons to my NPCs but somehow Virgil came into possession of what later I discovered the Inferno Hammer. Apparently it was cursed because now Virgil's DX is 1!!! (other possibility is that he might receive a curse from a trap in some dungeon area and I might haven't noticed that - yes I know - stupid).

I'm playing a tech character and magical vendors don't really want to talk to me. So...

Is there a magicall scroll to find, a person to whom I can go to? Is there anything I can do to take that curse from Virgil?

Note:
On all my saves Virgil has this curse.
I became attached to Virgil and I don't want to leave him behind.
Progress it the game: Just visited Bates.

Please HELP!

[TwoHandedSword]

Unfortunately, while cursed items are SUPPOSED to revert any lost stats if removed, a number of such items have a glitch. Sometimes this works in your favor (for example, the Dark Helm

Spoiler

gives you a permanent +20% MA for an equal hit in alignment, each time you remove it and put it back on

) but as you found out the hard way, oftentimes not so much.

I know of no fix for a game already in progress; before you start a new game, make sure you have the latest official patch (1.0.7.4) installed, and then download and install Drog Black Tooth's unofficial one. The following link should lead you to it; if not, google it up for yourself.

Unofficial Arcanum Patch (Original Thread) :: The Codex Forums

And it's always good advice not to let a follower carry unidentified magic items, as they can 'sense' how valuable they are, and will often equip them to their own detriment.

Hope this helped, and good luck.

[onizuka88]

Thanks, but...

Thanks!

I will be more careful from now, that's for sure.
But I think I'll just keep going It's much more difficult but hey! It's still worth playing
Now I'll protect Virgill!