munkless: OMFG!!!!
I just figured out what I've been doing wrong for the past 30 years I've been playing this game. When the blind person says "Very good, that will be 'X' gp. You pay:", I'm not supposed to answer yes to this but enter an amount of gold pieces I'm willing to pay.
I have been trying to figure out this game for the past 30 odd years without reagents thinking that I couldn't buy them and that was a bug in the game.
Holy shit.
HOLY SHIT!
im glad you figured it out, hopefully this will act as a lesson to prevent anyone else from the same mistake in future
and dayum you have to be kicking yourself about this dude