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Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 21st, 2010, 9:35 pm
by Eschalonian
I can't seem to complete this quest. After I killed the prospector, I came back to the mayor, but the mayor became hostile, so I couldn't talk to him to close this quest. Is this a bug, or did I do something wrong, like, perhaps, taking Wraithbiter, that caused him to be angry? Killing him didn't complete the quest either.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 21st, 2010, 10:32 pm
by Randomizer
Taking Wraithbiter shouldn't make any difference.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 21st, 2010, 10:45 pm
by Eschalonian
<sigh> It must be a bug then. I guess I'll reload an old saved game and hope that I won't encounter this bug again.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 21st, 2010, 10:45 pm
by silverkitty
I can't think of any reason for the Mayor to be hostile unless there's a chest near him which you looted before he disappeared (I don't remember if there's a chest near him, though)

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 2:18 pm
by Dragonlady
silverkitty wrote:I can't think of any reason for the Mayor to be hostile unless there's a chest near him which you looted before he disappeared (I don't remember if there's a chest near him, though)
I think this happened to me one time during beta testing. I later figured out some of the bad undead had chased me to where the Mayor was and I used a spell that had damage outside of one skeleton. I figured the 'blast' area had touched the mayor without my noticing. Luckily, I had a save not too far back.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 2:44 pm
by Nephrinn
I just completed this quest and everything seemed to go okay. I did have trouble talking to the mayor at first because it said he was too busy to talk. After walking around I stumbled into an undead archer who I had turned and was constantly running away from me, which for some reason was messing up the mayor. Killing the lone skeleton did the trick though.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 22nd, 2010, 3:52 pm
by Eschalonian
I think silverkitty's explanation is the most likely. Upon replaying, I did notice a chest. It is far enough from the Mayor that he's off the screen, but who knows. Maybe he was wandering close at the time I looted it. I didn't cast any spell that could affect him because I'm playing a Ranger, and shooting is all I do.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 23rd, 2010, 11:23 pm
by corwin
...er what happens if the skellies KILL the mayor before you get back? That's what has happened to me, the mayor is DEAD!!

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: May 24th, 2010, 12:37 am
by CrazyBernie
corwin wrote:...er what happens if the skellies KILL the mayor before you get back? That's what has happened to me, the mayor is DEAD!!
Well I suppose that's a chance you take if you don't clear the undead around the mayor before you take on the prospector... :? The mayor's pretty tough, but I enough of a swarm will still take him out.

Re: Curse of the Prospector

Posted: July 18th, 2010, 1:49 pm
by stelegrey
Not intending to bump an old thread, but I just encountered the same thing and it's almost certainly because there's a chest just to the southwest of his position that I looted and didn't notice the message. I'm playing a thief type character, so there couldn't have been any accidental collateral damage.

...now I have to decide between abandoning the quest and replaying everything I did today... serves me right for saving so much progress in the same slot.