What unfortunate choices did I make? You haven't answered any of my questions. "What exactly does 'the state of the region' mean? Which region given that you are about to step into Shadowfell? There are also a lot of choices in the Nightsong sequence - Which party member does the talking; what you do about Balthazar; what you do with Nightsong and what happens with Shadowheart afterwards if she is present. That's a lot of permutations involving a lot of information that you are unaware of when you get the warning. You cannot make choices about things you don't know - that is guesswork not choice."
We could add: why is the warning at that point rather than before you start the Gauntlet? Or why is it possible to reach this point with so much of Reithwin still unexplored?
The warning at the end of Act 1 is exactly that a warning that you are about to leave Act 1. I left Act 1 having chosen not to bother with the owlbear, the kuo toa or the mad monk. I had no intention of retuning at some point to do them. The warning just outside the Shadowfell transition is not about leaving Act 2.
I hate to bring up logic again but given the context of where the warning occurs and what the Nightsong is, any consequences would, to me at least, be with things connected to the Nightsong and not some feverish guy in an inn several miles away. I'm happy with my choices regarding the Nightsong and I'm fine with the fact that certain plot elements will have changed to reflect my choices.
And once more from the top - failing the find a cure quest was not a choice - it was a consequence of losing a fight. Once I spoke to Halsin and the cutscene started, I think I am correct in saying that there is no way out of the fight.
I didn't know, you had any questions to be answered, sorry. With unfortunate choices I meant,
that you decided to enter the Shadowfell without helping Halsin first, without exploring anything that is to explore - there will be consequences. You can explore the Gauntlet, do the trials and stuff, just leave the Shadowfell alone before you are ready to proceed. With going back to the Last Light Inn instead of Moonrise, you will probably loose Jaheira. If you go directly toMoonrise, you will loose Halsin. If you did Halsins quest before the game told you
The state of the region is that if you leave important stuff unfinished, like for example not solving the goblin problem and leaving - that storyline will finish and the tieflings will be attacked on the road by Minthara and will be dead. Or not helping Halsin before initiating the battle for Moonrise Tower, which entering the Shadowfell is, since Aylin will directly rush to Moonrise to confront Ketehric, which she tells you, Jaheira said, when the signal is given, the Harpers march to Moonrise - the signal was given by the blinding light, when Aylin was freed - there was even a cutscene, where Jaheira gave the commando.
You can role with it, the game will still go on, or go back to an earlier save.
Yes, the warning in act 2 is not about leaving act 2, it just tells you, that you reached a point of no return for some quests, if you proceed, because whatever happens in the Shadowfell will make the Harpers move to Moonrise.
And yes, of course it is guesswork, the game doesn't always tell you, what a good or bad choice is. I made some decisions in act 3, that might come back to haunt me or might turn out to be good. I don't know and that is ok for me. It sounds, like it is not for you and I'm sorry, but I guess, there is nothing more to tell you.
