So, yeah, topic^^

Does entering The Celestial Sapling via console trigger any quests or dialogue that I wouldn't want to trigger prior to entering it normally?

Usually there's somebody waiting in the Spaling who might give you a quest which depends on the outcome of an Act-I quest (has to do with Lord Raedric). I don't know if that may cause problems - but it sounds as if it could. There are also some dudes that are part of a quest that gets initiated on the way to Twin Elms (after Stormwall Gorge). I again don't know how the game behaves - most likely the dudes are just not there until you initiate the first part of the quest. 

Safer: you can simply level up a soulbound item via console instead of jumping to the taverns. Check out the "LevelUpSoulbind <owner> <item>" command here:
 https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Console

Doesn't break anything afaik. 

Edited June 17, 20214 yr by Boeroer

lol, this is far simpler, thank you ❤️

Though now I have another problem...

I thought the +Dex stats of CCC and the Belt of RDC stacked (according to demon72), but on my stat screen they are mutually exclusive... 

These 2 would have been epic for my talkative heroine xD

Yes, in PoE1 item bonuses don't stack at all - unless one item is a weapon or shield (then it stacks with everything). That's the reason why a shield with Preservation (+50 to all defenses when prone or stunned) stacks with an armor with the same enchantment. But the armor won't stack with a similarly enchanted helmet. 

Same with retaliation enchantments: they will only stack if one is a weapon/shield (Aura's Supper Plate) and then the other is something else (Hiro's Mantle). And so on.

If you want to stack the same attribute bonuses from more than one item you need a weapon with that bonus (e.g. Abydon's Hammer, +4 MIG) and whatever other item with bonus MIG (for example Meagfolc Skull, +4 MIG, together +8 MIG). 

Edited June 17, 20214 yr by Boeroer

Imma give the belt to GM after all I guess xD