Talk:Marek and Lothander/@comment-68.104.97.45-20180918045232/@comment-67.183.86.95-20190924055746

I did a little better than you did, but still got messed up by it. These guys seemed bad and dangerous, so when they confronted me, I hit them with everything I had (holds, horror, potions of explosions, oil of fiery burning, etc.) and killed them. Seemed great at the time. I didn't get poisoned, either. (Not sure when or how that's supposed to happen.) Unfortunately, this meant I never got the quest, and it seems that there's no way to get the Tome of Understanding from Chanthalas Ulbright (other than killing him, which obviously I can't do).