QUOTE(bloodyfish @ Mar 29 2006, 06:10 PM)
He follows you after you start the quest and talking twice activates it.
Nah, man he didn't do that at all, no matter how many times I talked to him, or if I opened the gates and walked out, or if I did...... anything. As I mentioned, I went so far as to clear out the sewers and sat in the chair for 30 minutes real time. It wasn't going to happen at that point.
Essentially, the programming rescued the game for me by resetting his position to the Elven gardens while I slept so I could go to him. I think I nearly broke it because the game is designed to have him pop up right after you get book #3, but I so quickly fast-traveled to the Arcane U that the game didn't know how to get Baurus to get from there to the Gardens. He just kept walking that crescent up around the arch-mages tower... but no worries. Next time I'll just stay in the bookstore (1st Edition) a little longer and wait for him to show up.