I'm having a go at the war of the golden skull. The fight with whats-his-face Wendle? outside the Homlet Elder's house worked as normal. The Hextorites must be a bit scared at hearing of me offing thier boss, because all of them just stand around. They occasionally have little messages float above them. Even if I start a fight, they won't respond. Combat happens as normal, but they won't take their turns. They sit and think for a minute or so and then just pass their turn. They will take attacks of opportunity. Has anyone else experienced this? Any way to fix it? Thanks Phil.
I faced the same issue multiple times when I was exploring possible evil routes. Hommlet attacker quest: vs Terjon at church Scarlet Brotherhood revenge: at some random encounters (some other encounters were ok) Wilfrick assasination quest: vs Wilfrick and his guards Countess Tillahi rescue reward: if you attack reward delivery squad Prince Thrommel rescue reward: if you attack reward delivery squad I couldn't find any solution, so I had to kill unresponsive enemies and move on.
Basically, you are getting outside of the programs parameters and without a programed response the default decision is to pass on their turn.