[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Assassin: This is what I gathered from this thread: in a battle where Cernd is taken into your party, and then you challenge Faldorn, Cernd will lose unless you have Rebalanced Shapeshifter is installed. However, if you use the conversation with Cernd to initiate the challenge, then he will win 1/2 of the time on Core rules.

How do I use the conversation with Cernd to initiate the challenge? Do I just go back and talk to him after beating the last Shadow Druids gaurding Faldorn's "inner sanctum"? Or do I have to let Cernd re-join my party then enter Faldorn's area with him?

I'm hoping to finish off the Druid Grove quest tonight, so I would like to know exactly how to get Cernd to challenge Faldorn.

On another note, I had a strange bug happen last night with the game. After defeating Kyland Lind and his crew, then killing all the myconids on the bridge between there and the shops, I went into the first shop where the lady is supposed to be selling potions. Except she refused to sell to me. I initiated dialogue with her and she said she could "smell the stink of the djinni on me". Then she turned hostile and summoned her two back-ups to attack. OK - I knew I would have to face this fight eventually, but having just finished a really tough fight right before this, I was in no condition to take them on. It's nothing 8 hours of rest won't fix, but I was just wondering how she was able to detect the "stink of the djinni" on me in the first place. Is this a change made in the latest version of Tactics?