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Originally posted by Lord:
Why bother, though? You can easily get the quest with ease. It starts in one of the places that you visit a lot, so there's no big deal to it.
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Several reasons.
The non-UB Sarles quest is a minor combat (Neb is not major) quest. You can even do it with no combat at all. In the UB version, you might have to wipe out a Lich (esp. with Tactics "Always Toughest Spawn") just to get to the point where you can take a step in the quest (I'm ignoring the fact that the person you came to meet stands around idly & unharmed during the battle if you have taken the time to get to that point in the quest).
You *will* have to kill many "+1 or better To Hit" enemies (still trying to avoid spoilers as much as possible, but it's probably clear by now). You may be faced with a "+5 or better To Hit" enemy.
The Sarles quest itself is time-of-day dependent - you can only get to that point in the quest by doing a prior step during a certain time of day. This alone leads to a lot of back-tracking.
The original version was one of those "do it early & easy" quests to get some XP. Now, it's not. You have some "maybe not ready right out of Chateau Irenicus" combat in store.
I don't mean to criticize the UB version at all. I found it highly enjoyable & the dialogue to be priceless... Minsc-like even! It just makes sense that he should be there whether you've got the Sarles quest yet or not.
Maybe if he were in a different room even (maybe the room right before the SL's jail keeper?), or even a more easily accessible area (then again, all I'd like is for him to be where he is all the time), it may make less difference whether he's there all the time or only after you've received that aspect of the quest.
- Imrahil