[SixOfSpades]

Now THIS is a weird one.

You don't need "permission" from anything or anybody to leave the Promenade--the Slums should be accessible to you the instant you leave Jon's Dungeon, whether you're in Multiplayer or Single Player.

Question: Have you cheated at any point in the game so far? I ask this because using the CLUA console to teleport yourself past important points--such as CLUAing the party directly out of the Dungeon and into the Promenade, thus bypassing the whole Cowled Wizard abduction--could cause one heck of a lot of unpredictable badness.