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Hi Lava, some questions.

1) Shadows Below the Friendly Arm Inn - what are the conditions to trigger this quest?
2) Kobolds Dream Too - you previously mentioned to ask at the FAI - whom to ask?

I'm in Chapter 5, playing mostly CE / murder hobo style / low CHA, but try different approaches to quests before "committing".

So I raised my Rep to 16 via donations, and made a companion with 25 CHA party leader. But Bentley still only gives his "Sorry, cheap stuff is out." line.

Err, okay, and while writing this, I accidentally talked to Bentley *with* the 25 CHA NPC, and all of a sudden I actually get *options*.

So, forget my previous questions, but is this intended?

I generally prefer a consistent approach in the game (and might also get fooled from inconsistent approaches already present in the base game ), and the way merchants react to the party leaders CHA instead of the one initaiting the dialog is so core to the gameplay experience for me that deviating from this mechanic feels very counter-intuitive and alien (IWD style vs. BG style, if both games actually were committed to consistency).

EDIT:

Turns out I can save some money. Talking to Bentley with 5 Rep and a 25 CHA companion also gives me the quest options, whithout the need of that companion being party leader.