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Ok, I know I'm late to this, but here's what worked (so far) for me: I simply edited the "NewsArchive.xml" file. In my case it is located at %userprofile%\appdata\locallow\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity II\ I removed the <News> and <Packages> statements, and to be safe, marked the file as a read-only.

Player Character freezes during combat after attempting and failing (abandoning) to perform an action from another class, most likely, that of the enemy. For instance, Marauder might try casting a spell or chanting. After abandoning action, the character becomes unresponsive until death or reload.

Captain's Banquet prevents Confusion, so Frenzy has no downside.

I believe that Arcane Dampener removes drugs' effects and causes drug crash for any class, I observed this with Rogue/Cipher.

When retrained the Watcher loses all story and training related abilities, such as Gift from the Machine, Awe of Death's Herald, etc.