Charmed animals keep attacking
Arvia
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I never use Charm or Domination spells (with the one exception in BG2 Underdark where the game doesn't give you a choice, the alternative being worse), so I found this out by chance and don't know what to make of it.
I just picked up Khalid and Jaheira and forgot they all come with several kinds of Advanced AI settings by default. I usually only use the AI to detect traps and tell my characters to either attack or keep their distance in case of enemy surprises, the rest happens manually.
Anyway, we were attacked by a horde of wild dogs and Jaheira, without asking, charmed one of them while the others were killed. When only the charmed dog was left, I noticed he kept attacking although he was green. I thought maybe someone was still attacking him while he was being charmed and then hit him when he was already green, but shouldn't he turn red again if that was the case?
When I stopped all attacks and made my group walk on, he followed, still green, but again biting Imoen's heels.
If that is how charm spells work, what is the purpose of them?
And if not, does it mean there is something wrong and I should post this in Support?
I just picked up Khalid and Jaheira and forgot they all come with several kinds of Advanced AI settings by default. I usually only use the AI to detect traps and tell my characters to either attack or keep their distance in case of enemy surprises, the rest happens manually.
Anyway, we were attacked by a horde of wild dogs and Jaheira, without asking, charmed one of them while the others were killed. When only the charmed dog was left, I noticed he kept attacking although he was green. I thought maybe someone was still attacking him while he was being charmed and then hit him when he was already green, but shouldn't he turn red again if that was the case?
When I stopped all attacks and made my group walk on, he followed, still green, but again biting Imoen's heels.
If that is how charm spells work, what is the purpose of them?
And if not, does it mean there is something wrong and I should post this in Support?
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But if you never use charm, does that mean that you usually kill the guy in the De'Arnise hold?
Not giving more detail to avoid spoilers.
Aaaaargh don't tell me there was a way around killing him and I never knew!
Glad I haven't left Athkatla yet in this BG2 run.
Boy, this is embarrassing. Thank you.
On the dog matter: I'll post it in Support, tomorrow.
also for that dude in the de-arnise hold
Not sure, just a theory. Disabling AI or inputting another command to the dog should do the trick, I suppose.
@sarevok57 Now I feel like a complete idiot, thinking that one snap of a finger with Keldorn's special abilities would have done the job. But it's healthy to feel like an idiot from time to time I suppose. I seem to think like a dumb fighter and that's not really appealing. Maybe next time I should play a cleric or mage, to learn to appreciate spells a little more.
FWIW,
Also, be aware that he does get a saving throw- you might need more than one attempt. The Ring of Human Influence can help with that.