Regarding evil book
in spells_power.lua:

1. why so
...
local creator_power = 1 + tonumber(skill_power2("creator", 1)/100)
creator_power = creator_power/2
...

but no so

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local creator_power = 1 + tonumber(skill_power2("creator", 1)/100)/2
...

2. in
local item_bonus = tonumber(Logic.hero_lu_item("sp_spell_demonologist ", "count")/100)

"sp_spell_demonologist" is bonus from "living book" but the artifact doesn't have hint that it impact on the spell.

1) Good point, it's hard to tell what their intention was, but the math would suggest it should be the second way, rather than the first.

2) It's a description problem, "sp_spell_demonologist" (which is on 2 items) affects a lot more spells than just the 3 the tooltip would suggest.

But who know about such important aspect? I have 2 living book and my phoenix kill 50-60% enemy in statistics! What is the second item you mentioned? Thanks.

Well, I suspect the developers knew, but yes, it'd be nice if the item was better described.

The second item is the "Blade of Pain", although it only gives a +10% bonus.

Tried again, nothing.

I am experiencing the same thing. No matter which one of the 3 ships I attack first, the Quest log does not update. The quest seems to be broken.

Has anybody managed to complete this quest?

I did, no problem for me. Can't remeber order of the ships, but the quest log updated after every one of them. I also fought pretty close to the painter's house, but I don't think it matters. Seem to be randomly bugged quest for some playthroughs.

The game crash just after i picked the apple in the tavern in arlania (quest "diabolical apple" from Xeona in Demonis).

Same happened to me. But I restarted the game and then it worked. I had a save game right outside the bar so I did not had to redo anything. I could just talk to the bartender again and get the apple.

I started my current game as a Skald after Patch 1 had come out, but before Patch 2. Not sure this is relevant for any of the 2 bugs.

PS: I have attached a save game just before fighting any of the 3 pirate ships (Quest: Ay Vaz's Masterpiece).

Okay, it worked thank you. Strange though, i've restarted the game 2 times and it still crashed but on my fourth attempt it finally worked.