I was unable to reproduce during the attack on the grove. Something (other than enemy view) was pulling my stealthed characters into combat as they approached the area. Maybe only big story events are protected by combat area trigger volumes? At least the mechanic is there to stop it. Hopefully it's used more often than not.

I discovered the exploit while fighting the Crypt skeletons, and that was my only test case before writing the op. If not for the responses here that confirm the issue, I would hope It was because I (kinda) spoiled the Crypt encounter by pressing the button while stealthed. Otherwise, everyone would have entered combat immediately. which I'm sure is what Larian intended.

As a funny side note. After the Grove battle, I somehow ended up with 2 Gale's.
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Last edited by K!EF; 02/09/22 03:04 PM. Reason: Added OT pic