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So I was in the Academy location, and I wanted to take a piece of gear off one of my companion (Fane), so I can swap it out with another gear in anticipation of the final boss fight at the end of the Academy quest line (the Embodiment fight). So I went to inventory and took off Fane's belt (wanted to replace it with a weaker one), but as soon as I took the gear away...my entire team went into combat mode.

At first I wasn't sure who we're fighting against. It turns out my 3 companions are fighting against me (I'm playing Red Prince) for some reason. I tried to move the Prince as far away from the companions as possible, but as soon as the Prince move back to my team, they went to combat mode again.

I tried killing my main character and resurrect him later...but same thing, back to combat as soon as he is revived. Is this some kind of bug/glitch?

FYI, I do have a mod installed that allows me to gain exp at a much faster rate than the base game and high elemental resistance...but that shouldn't cause this issues, right?

Did you pass through the persuasion or attitude check before you enter the academy?

Yes, I was able to get all 3 of my companions to agree that my Red Prince should be divine before entering the Academy. I already killed off the other Godwoken enemies and the Bishop, just trying to take a belt off one of my companions to prep for the Embodiment of the Gods fight at the end (since I heard they mirrors the stats of my group).

I will say it's a bug because I had no issues going through with it.

Also, don't worry about the stats. They don't use abilities the same way you do. The only one thing you want to add to the fight is the "Pick up all items in that area" spell.

Yeah, the belt that I wanted to remove was a modded item I installed. Stat-wise, it gave 200% resistance to all elemental damages...so that's why I wanted to get it off my companions first. I tried fighting the Embodiments with the mod item still on the companions, but I don't seem to be able to deal any damage at all to the Embodiments, so that's why I was so keen of getting rid of it for the fight.

It's too bad I can't take the gear away without my whole team turning on me. I tried retreating from battle or killing my Prince and reviving him, neither worked...it's all back to fight mode when my Prince gets close to the companions.