SPOILER ALERT
But I really need a hint. Seems everybody but me can finish the brigand's quest.
Spoilers begin here
I am still struggling, even after reading about using the mug to distract the smith. I got the tongs, the head, the helmet. And now what? I can't seem to do anything with the forge or the items, cannot combine the items, cannot use them on the forge.
Allow me a: "Huh?". Tried using the sword to cut out the teeth. Tried using the tongs to pry them out. Tried putting the head in the helmet, tried holding the helm with the tongs (it says I cannot do that just yet, so I must be onto something). I tried putting the head in the forge, tried putting the helm in the forge. Nothing. Tried putting the head in the pond to see if any piranhas wanted to clean it out for me. Nothing.
Oh, and I only just now realized that you have to do the fishing pole quest when it's dusk. I tried it at night and thats undoable.
Blackthorne, I may have discovered a bug: I did the wizards' playthrough, and got the blood into the mug, no problem. Now, when doing the fighters playthrough, using that mug to distract the smith is possible only if it's empty. However, it is possible to fill the mug with blood during the fighter's playthrough, and if you do so, the game becomes undoable, since you cannot distract the smith with that. It seems the filled container cannot trigger the same action as the empty container. In the rogue's playthrough, it was not possible to fill the mug with blood.
And may I add what a pure delight it was to suddenly discover a demo of a game I've been waiting years to try out? I got here because Lori and Corey Cole did a kickstarter for their new project, and they linked to your game.