No Flind Dialogue

[Bill]

Been trying to get Flind fight done but for some reason no matter what I do (sneaking up, not attacking, attacking, waiting 1-2-3 turns, Long Resting, etc) the Flind dialogue never starts, my current theory is that it is because they have already killed Olly and Rugan but I have no way to verify if this is the case or if it is just a bug. Thoughts?

[Metallicus]

I always hide 3 of my party on the hill above the gnolls then I simply stroll up to the Flind making sure that he encounters my main first before the encounter begins. I always get the dialogue this way.

[IRMcG]

You need to do a fair amount of damage to her (not sure what %) to trigger the dialogue, don't know if the Zhents in the cave dying affect it though.

[arikel.pv]

There's another two points of interest of all this.
1) The dialogue with Flind appears only if you haven't used your illithid mind-connecting skill before that day. To start, it needs to be the first one (and it shall cut off any further use of it that day, perhaps, it gets your larva too tired).
2) When you encounter Flind, it is busy drawing the Absolute symbol on a stone wall. Make sure you find its previous masterpiece on a flat stone nearby (needs not very high Perception check). If you don't spot it, you won't have any common themes to discuss with Flind, and it will attack at once.

[arikel.pv]

There's another two points of interest of all this.
1) The dialogue with Flind appears only if you haven't used your illithid mind-connecting skill before that day. To start, it needs to be the first one (and it shall cut off any further use of it that day, perhaps, it gets your larva too tired).
2) When you encounter Flind, it is busy drawing the Absolute symbol on a stone wall. Make sure you find its previous masterpiece on a flat stone nearby (needs not very high Perception check). If you don't spot it, you won't have any common themes to discuss with Flind, and it will attack at once.

Originally posted by IRMcG:

You need to do a fair amount of damage to her (not sure what %) to trigger the dialogue, don't know if the Zhents in the cave dying affect it though.

The dialog should start even without any damage done to Flind.

[Metallicus]

If you just walk up to the flind it will initiate the dialog. Don’t encounter another gnoll first…start with the Flind. It works everytime for me.

[Detective Costeau]

Like others said, pretty sure you need to find the painted symbol on the wall first for the dialog to trigger properly.