I can't seem to pay for Raina's freedom. I do not get the option. I have all the patches set up. No idea.
Bug. I'm not sure, but I think you need a high charisma female to talk to her and she will join. All you get is a naked first level Rouge. The whole brothel scene is very bugged and basically a waste of time, unless you need a few XP to level up.
You actually need a male character to talk to the madam. Beyond that, I'm not sure. I managed to get her to join once, but it involved me talking to her and the madam and possibly doing the Nulb quests in a certain order before it would finally let me buy her freedom from the madam. I believe I also had Serena in the party, but I'm not sure. But yeah, the brothel was never finished and some of the quests got added into the regular game, so things go screwy when you try to do both.
ive never got her to join us but i did get things settled between her and mona and introduced her to her sister. i did have to have a female character with a high cha and good diplomacy to get patch things up with her and mona and then she wanted to become her lover. like bertram and a male character in the party.
I'm not even getting her to talk to any of my characters... I think it's a bug since even her photo doesn't appear. It's Riana I think she is right behind the stairs on first floor of the brothel, right?
yeah right behind the stairs. i just ran it again last night and got her freedom and got her to join with actually ever paying. when i went to the madam to buy her freedom it said i would have to come back later even though i had the money. i tried that a few times and then went up to talk to rianna again and it said i had bought her freedom even though i never paid the madam. so if you want her go talk to her again after you offer to pay the madam and she should be free and offer to join. the first time when i had her sister with me they had a lil talk when we first met. this time they didnt say anything to each other. oh i remembered wrong on the girl wanting a girlfriend that was jenadal on the top floor but nothing ever comes of it in the times ive been through it. the but i cant get around is with mickey, i talk to him get him to agree tell the madam about it and think its done but it says in the log that im not done with him yet. maybe ill have to kill him to end it.
Intimidate works good on Mickey, I always put my max ranks on intimidate for my fighters, just "persuade" him it'd be good for his health to stay away from the snake pit!