It's obvious that there's been lots of savegame loading and stability issues reported with the last hotfix, to the point where they had to hotfix the hotfix (they admitted something needed to be tweaked and asked Mac users to redo the hotfix in order to resolve their issues):

Originally posted by Wooden_Dragon:
We fixed the mac save game bug. For everyone, who encountered it: please, update the game and try to load again.

Whatever they did with 1.2.2, Owlcat made some changes beyond what's documented... tsk tsk.

Changelog for Patch 1.2.2 (added 30 January 2019):

Please, be aware of plot spoilers in the description below (in the Quest, Areas and Kingdom sections)!

Items
* Black Salt didn't have the "vicious" enchantment. Resolution: fixed.
* The number of charges on items Trailblazer's Helm [note, STILL NOT FIXED], Cloak of Sold Souls, Ring of Circumstances and Crimson Counselor could spontaneously reset to 0. Resolution: fixed.
* Ring of Circumstances gave the wrong bonus type to skill checks. Resolution: fixed.

Classes & Mechanics
* The spell Overwhelming Presence had no mechanical effect. Resolution: fixed.

Miscellaneous
* Fixed the visuals of the First Crown.
* Characters could get stuck doing their camping animations. Resolution: fixed.

It'd be nice to be told what actually was changed. Might be especially helpful for modders.




It'd also be nice for italics to work on posts in these forums :(