As the subject says, I've had the game hang after entering the Old Adventurer's Guild for the first time. Rabbie makes a comment about needing to make a speech, and the character is automatically advanced to a spot I expected Rabbie to appear and start speaking. However, Rabbie never appears and the game hangs here. No input is accepted.

I had to Task Manager out of the game to stop it. I reloaded the save near the Guild, stepped in again, and the same thing happened. Basically, I cannot advance in the game!

I was able to get there before Patch 2 was installed, but I restarted the game after the patch because I did not like my character build. I activated the Kickstarter DLC, if that matters.

EDIT: The interface unfreezes after waiting 1-2 minutes, but Rabbie stands there and you cannot talk to him and he still doesn't give his speech. I can wander around and pick up stuff and talk to others, but the game will not advance since I cannot leave the Guild (nor would I want to, since the most important quests in the game trigger off talking to him after the speech!).

First I've heard of this. I don't have any workarounds, but I haven't personally restarted the game yet. I am considering doing so after the patch roadmap is completed...

I'd experiment with it, but right now I'm taking a break from the game till the next couple patches come out and the majority of bugs and QOL stuff are fixed/patched in.

I even tried reloading the game inside the Guild... Rabbie makes his initial bit of speech ("I hope I'm not interrupted this time") and then proceeds to stand there on the red rug and do nothing forever. I reloaded from a save at the totem outside the Guild, and then entered the Guild. Same thing. Very, very frustrating.

I uninstalled the game, reinstalled to a different location, and started over. Get to the Old Adventurer's Guild. Rabbie hopes he won't be interrupted this time. It's kind of hard to be interrupted if HE NEVER STARTS HIS SPEECH! He stands there on the entrance rug and ignores the world rather than stepping forward to speak. The game interface lockis up for about 90 seconds, probably the duration of the speech he never made. Cannot leave the Guild or continue the game.

I give up. Critical path bugs are the worst! I might try again when patched 2-3 more times, but the game's already been patched twice with no effect on this bug. I'm actually having more fun playing BT1 than this steaming mess.

I managed to get Rabbie talking by lowering the graphics resolution. I guess he finds something about having lots of pixels... objectionable. Now, if only I could figure out why my 4 GB video card is not good enough to keep my inventory from becoming invisible...