Talk:Brage/@comment-98.5.151.24-20170726015903

In vanilla BG, it's possible to charm Brage before he initiates dialogue, pickpocket him three times (and receive his two-handed sword, a potion of stone giant strength, and his body), then proceed to talk to him and resume the quest as normal. You can then get both rewards. You won't receive a second two-handed sword and potion when he's scripted to give them to you however.

It's notable that his cursed sword can be pick-pocketed because of a limitation in the infinity engine. The intent is that he gives the player his sword if he's taken back to the temple, but it's impossible to manipulate equipped items by scripting in vanilla BG, so instead he's given the animation of a character wielding his sword, with the damage and thaco bonuses the sword would have given him, while the actual sword itself sits in his inventory.