Thanks I might give the mod a whirl though it still dosn't absolve Larian from their mess. Regarding the initiative - it's not a new problem. Not sure what the problem is but sometimes some of my characters just miss a turn for no apparent reason. This time there was only one opponent involved so it could not have been because I killed someone...
The attacking each other is new - I never had it before, and it was not due to the Saheila encounter. It was just as I picked Sebille up - Beast for some reason took an intense dislike to her and started smacking her. Lohse joined in shortly afterwards. No idea why. BTW I don't have any mods. Just seems to me the patch has broken more than it fixed. Larian should rather work on the story and balancing the game - they don't seem to know how to patch bugs...