I missed Gale until the end of Act 2
I totally missed Gale in act 1 and didn’t get him until near the end of act 2. he was very hungry for magic items so I fed him. I finished off act 2 and then he left, saying his condition is worse. I never ran into Elminster because I guess I didn’t have Gale in the party, he he leaves immediately when I leave camp. oh well… I’m a bit sad about it, I literally had time to level him up, get him equiped, and then he left.
oh that’s rough. it took me a lot of learning for that stuff too. I missed Gale because the game said the portal was unstable and have me the option to use it, so I looked around and couldn’t find anything portal related and then it disappeared