I don't know what the development team is capable of at this hour.
I think the "fix" should be that the Kithrak doesn't assume they have the weapon. The Kithrak can mention they're looking for a weapon, but he shouldn't assume the party has that weapon.
He should order that the party be killed because they're infected, not because they have the artifact. I'd accept him leaving if the weapon weren't on the table, if it was just about trusting his underlings to kill the party because they're infected.
I don't understand the need for him to think the party has the weapon. If that's something he *needs* to know for the plot to work, I think it's something he should figure out after the encounter, not during the encounter.
Sounds odd ...
Sory but that Nautiloid is the only lead he have right now, its totally logical he asume that you could have the artefact he seeks. :-/
If you let Lae'zel talk and she talks the truth, he believes her that she does not have the weapon ...
But he ordered her decapitation anyway, since she is infected.
That is the only outcome that makes sence ...
Even if you will claim that you dont have the weapon, i cant imagine something so smug and proud as Kith'rak to take word of "lowly commoner"
