So after scewing myself by deleting pre-pit savegames (my computer bogs down with more than a dozen saves--for some reason I have no such problem on D:OS, which I am starting to prefer since this debacle), I got advice to use the console to extract my party from the pit.
I can access the console, but the areatransition command doesn't seem to work. I will type "areatransition valewood east1" and nothing happens, and any other combination of area name and location (north1, west1 etc.) also fail.
What am I doing wrong? Can someone give me a confirmed command that will work to get myself out of the pit? TIA
(Also, while I understand that I literally am responsible for the predicament that I am in, I did *not* comprehend that the DLC was inaccessible once the main quest was completed. This is literally the first RPG I have played where that is the case (most will put you into NG with your existing, leveled character or give you the option to roam around before starting a NG with the same, leveled character.) That was a very poor design decision, and there should have been an express warning to that before entering the pit (sorry "point of no return" tells you nothing about DLC access).)
