Boots of Speed not working

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:34 pm

Right, slightly perplexing problem. I'm in ToB, and I can't get the boots of speed to increase Edwin's movement rate. All my other characters have them and they work fine. Edwin's were made from Boots of Speed and Boots of the North (item upgrade), and I thought that might be the reason, but nobody else's boots work on him either. I tried removing the Robe of Venca and the Staff of the Magi to see if either was stopping the boots taking effect, but no joy. I don't know if they worked in Shadows of Amn because I never tried them on him.

Another quick question while I'm here for those passing through (spoiler if you haven't done the Viconia romance).
Viccy dumped me during SoA (I understand that this always happens, it was fairly amicable), but I thought I'd still get her ending with the poisoning. Should I have gotten it, is it possible for the romance to start again in ToB, and if it is does not getting the poisoning thing affect that?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:56 pm

Does Edwin have any items with the 'Free Action' effect active on him? That negates any haste effects such as the Boots of Speed.

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:13 pm

Nope, no Free Action items. I just tried removing everything (except the Ring of Human Influence which is permenantly needed due to over-zealous use of the Rod of Terror early on) and re-equipping the Boots, but no joy.

Deadalready · Post by **Deadalready** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:21 am

I've heard that the Robe of Spell Deflection or whatever causes movement problems... maybe this? Have you tried just dumping all his items and trying things out slowly.

krunchyfrogg · Post by **krunchyfrogg** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:36 pm

I remember reading about a bug that Edwin won't be affected by Boots of Speed. I'm pretty sure the Baldurdash Fixpack handles that bug.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:18 am

if edwin turned into a girl and changed back, it causes a perminent stutter.

have you tried control-r with cheats activated? or killing him and resurrecting him? those are the only two ways it might fix him.

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:18 am

Edwin has done the Nether scroll thing. I'll have a go at killing and resurrecting him, thanks

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:16 am

Ah. I can't ressurrect Edwin, his charisma is at 0. Looks like I'm stuck!

Thrifalas · Post by **Thrifalas** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:28 am

Do you still have that uglificationrod? If you have the ring that sets the charisma to 18 I think you can uglify him so much that you turn his stats around (when it goes to -1 you get 25), and then uglify him back to his normal stats. Then kill him and ressurect him. ^^

I don't quite remember how it's done, but try to give him the ring and uglify him to -1 or something. (17 with the ring equippde)

Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:38 am

It should work exactly like that, except he will probably stay at 18 with the ring. Watch the dialogue line until the stat drain is indicated.

The faster solution would be to SK him back to normal CHA.