Baldur's Gate: The Zero Reload Saga

One thing I like about reporting your findings to Aegisfield is that the issue of all the flayed corpses lying around in Rejiek’s basement is the one your character mentions last. As if it’s not important.

“How do I know he was the murderer? Well, this old, senile guy told me that he found this leather on the murder scene, and a prostitute said she smelled something funny. Oh, and there was a fuckload of dead people in his cellar, plus this tunic made of human flesh. Dunno if that helps at all, though.”

And of course he immediately rewards us with a hefty sum of gold without so much as going to check if a single word we said is actually true, let alone launching an actual investigation. Is it really any surprise that this city is so utterly rife with criminals?

Anyway. We're not going to be putting together the proper, magical Human Flesh Armour, so there's no point in holding on to this icky tunic. Therefore, we’re just going to go ahead and ditch it. Even if I wasn’t concerned that my more moral party members (Jaheira) would object to me killing Adalon for the dragon‘s blood component, and if doing so didn’t break a quest, there isn’t anyone in the party that it’d be worth giving the completed Human Flesh +6 to anyway. The only people we have that can wear it are Korgan and Viconia, and there are better suits of armour available for both of them.

We’re going to get creative, though. Rather than just dropping it in the street like with any other item we don't want and can't sell, we’re going to break into the house of some innocent civilians and plant it in their wardrobe. That’ll be a nice surprise for the kids. Vespero’s behaving like a veritable goddamned Santa Claus, and it‘s not even close to Christmas. I think he deserves a reputation boost for that act of charity.

No?

Fine then. Go ahead and stifle me with your phoney morality system. See if I care.

Where are we going to head to after we’ve rested? Good question. I don’t think there’s an awful lot more we can do right now that won’t result in Quest XP, so I think it’s high time we stop tentatively licking at this game's chocolate exterior and delve right into its gooey, caramel centre. In the next update, we'll be recruiting Keldorn and starting on a mission to rake in some real experience. Don't miss it. Even if it means waiting another year.

This is Lorph Halys, and you’ve been reading Baldur’s Gate: The Zero Reload Saga. Thank you, and goodnight.