Thanks for the answer. But that is not the case - I was very careful and the gnomes were not aggroed, they just... did not talk to me afterwards as if they were freed, i. e. the key dialogue in the quest was not prompted.
oh, yeah. I know. I'm just piling on with additional problems with the encounter.
But that is not the case - I was very careful and the gnomes were not aggroed, they just... did not talk to me afterwards as if they were freed, i. e. the key dialogue in the quest was not prompted.