Act 2 Harper ambush

[Shining Spear]

A little ways into act 2 I've encountered a group of four or five hostile Harpers just southwest of the Shadowed Battlefield waypoint, and I'm confused as to why they're attacking me. They're not marked as "temporarily hostile," and all of them have the Blessing of Selune (as do I). Are these guys always hostile, or is there something I'm missing here? For reference, these are the things I've done that might be of some relevance:

- Entered act 2 via the mountain pass
- Summoned the drider but told them I had other things to do before setting off
- Successfully defended Isobel and the Last Light from the attack
- Agreed to infiltrate Moonrise at Jaheira's behest

Did meeting with the caravan screw this up or something?

[Kafik]

No you summoned the dude they were sent to kill.

[Recjawjind]

If you go with the drider, you will get ambushed by the harpers and have an option to side with them against the cultist. If you don't summon the drider, you'll be on the side with the harpers, ambushing the cultist caravan.
I assume summoning the drider set the flag for the first event and spawned the ambush, so they were just standing there, waiting for cultists to come along, and spotted you, so they attacked.

[butbka]

Funny. I'm big friend of Giant Spider man who is Absolute follower. Why these good guys are shooting?

[Shining Spear]

See that's the thing, I'm not getting attacked while with the caravan- they're all still sitting at that camp down the road. I was just wandering around and BAM, Harper attack. Maybe I can salvage this if I kill the cultists at their campsite.

[Daermon]

Originally posted by Shining Spear:

See that's the thing, I'm not getting attacked while with the caravan- they're all still sitting at that camp down the road. I was just wandering around and BAM, Harper attack. Maybe I can salvage this if I kill the cultists at their campsite.

Sounds to me like you need to trigger the convoy with the drider to start and when they hit the harper ambush, side with the harpers.

[Shining Spear]

Originally posted by Daermon:

Originally posted by Shining Spear:

See that's the thing, I'm not getting attacked while with the caravan- they're all still sitting at that camp down the road. I was just wandering around and BAM, Harper attack. Maybe I can salvage this if I kill the cultists at their campsite.

Sounds to me like you need to trigger the convoy with the drider to start and when they hit the harper ambush, side with the harpers.

I went back and just killed the caravan at their campsite, which appears to have despawned the Harper ambush party entirely. So, problem solved?

[DragonMaster]

Originally posted by Shining Spear:

Originally posted by Daermon:

Sounds to me like you need to trigger the convoy with the drider to start and when they hit the harper ambush, side with the harpers.

I went back and just killed the caravan at their campsite, which appears to have despawned the Harper ambush party entirely. So, problem solved?

Yes but were you able to get that Pixie lamp you need to traverse the whole area? I ended up reloading in my first play through and killing both sides just so I could get the lamp. Other wise siding with the Harpers on of them takes the lamp and I don't get it back. If I take it the Harpers go Aggro and I have to kill them any way.

[Shining Spear]

Originally posted by DragonMaster:

Originally posted by Shining Spear:

I went back and just killed the caravan at their campsite, which appears to have despawned the Harper ambush party entirely. So, problem solved?

Yes but were you able to get that Pixie lamp you need to traverse the whole area? I ended up reloading in my first play through and killing both sides just so I could get the lamp. Other wise siding with the Harpers on of them takes the lamp and I don't get it back. If I take it the Harpers go Aggro and I have to kill them any way.

If you kill them without the Harpers, you can either take the lamp or free the pixie, who then gives you her blessing so you can wander the cursed areas freely without worry.