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Originally posted by Athreeren

I'm not great at the strategy, but for the quests, I can definitely help you. The key is to often go talk to everyone. The most important content is aimed at weakening your opponents during the fight against the Planar Hunters, so how much of the quests you want to do is a matter of whether you want a true challenge, or if you want to be able to complete the game. I think each of them can be weakened, and for some, the way you resolve their quest will affect their stats more or less.

Your reputation in the arena does not matter, in the sense of it not mattering if you're good or evil (or rather face or heel: this is very much wrestling). But you'll only get useful equipment if you're fully one or the other, so stay consistent and do not break kayfabe (the options to mock Dennaton are counterproductive, but really satisfying!). Don't forget that money is limited, which means monks and sorcerers are a useful addition to your team, since you don't need to pay for spells or weapons. Some fights become much easier with the right equipment; unfortunately, said equipment tend to be your reward for the fight if your reputation is established enough, so it's only useful to redo the fight more easily. I recommend checking out the lineup on the wiki to determine the best build, but if you're good at exploiting BG2EE (and toward the end, ToB specifically), you could have even more fun going in blind.

If you have more specific questions, just ask!

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Originally posted by Athreeren

The walkthroughs for this game are indeed lacking, considering the care the developers put in giving players lots of options. The best way to go around bugs is to use Near Infinity to find which global variables you need and restore the game to the state you want. I sent you a PM to tell you how to solve your specific problem, but more generally, the software can be found here. You install it in the same folder as the file chitin.key for the game, then you search for the character who is supposed to help you. You van then go through their dialogues in their file in the DLG section. There, you look for the line that is not appearing, and the items or global variables you need to get the reaction you want to appear. Once you know which global variable is involved, you can look for it in Near Infinity to find out what are the ways to make it change and progress the quest.

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