Cast Targeted Spells Replaced with Attack Command

[allsenseaside]

Hi All,

 

After neglecting Aloth for most of the game (aside from just long enough to do his personal quest), I decided to try respeccing him to an almost exclusively CC/debuff build and bringing him along for [the last area]. I decided to wrap up a few WM quests to give his fancy new grimoire a test run, and all wa going well for a few fights. After one encounter (I believe in Whiteshore Hollow), Aloth became a puff of black smoke; I am not 100% sure but I THINK he died during the encounter and respawned that way. Anyway, I have tried going back a few saves, then a few saves more, but he is incapable of casting anything but AOE spells. When I try to cast, say, Curse of Blackened Sight, my pointer is replaced with the icon for an attack command, and upon clicking the bad guy whose vision I'd like to be rude to... and Aloth dutifully goes all pew pew at him with his scepter. I tried searching Google, this forum, and even Reddit's Pillars forum, but didn't come up with anything helpful. Has anyone seen this before, hopefully with a solution?

[Suen]

Is Aloth wearing the Cape of Master Mystic?

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/85767-302-cape-of-master-mystic-invisibility-persists-after-battle

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/85714-cape-of-the-master-mystic-proc-breaks-the-characters-actions

Edited April 6, 2016 by Suen

[allsenseaside]

Well that answers both my problem and why I couldn't find it when searching stuff like "targeted spells." Thanks for the assist! Also, where did the first word of my post title come from?

[Suen]

Also, where did the first word of my post title come from?

 A mystery! but if you click "Edit" and then "Use Full Editor" you should be able to edit the title (maybe).