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First off, love the game. I'm a diehard cRPG, been playing them since about 1989. Love the SSI games (EOB, Ravenloft, but especially Dark Sun), and this game is very very impressive.

Also, I am so far not finding crafting too overpowered - I've crafted some weapons for my dual wielder dex fighter since that's obviously key for damage output, but I've barely relied on craft wondrous items or scribing scrolls thus far. But, I do agree that crafting lessens the thrill of loot, which is a huge portion of the fun of these games (especially a linear game with, accordingly, limited replay value - though I guess there's always Ironman mode).

Anyhow, teeny bug: In the cave in the SW, if you talk to the Thri-Keen by the river before the you talk to their chief, you can ask the Thri-Keen about their problems with the Dwarves, even though you of course would not know about this problem until talking to the King.

Dark Sun II had a bunch of these dialogue problems - in fact, you could talk to the head of the Mines about the mindflayer infestation immediately, which really spoiled what would have been a wonderful reveal.

if you talk to the Thri-Keen by the river before the you talk to their chief, you can ask the Thri-Keen about their problems with the Dwarves

You're right, you're supposed to talk to the tribe chief first

you could talk to the head of the Mines about the mindflayer infestation immediately

Yeah. You could also poison the mindflayer food, that was nice!