@Roy (incomic): Yeah, 'were' being the key word here, the dispel magic removed it.
If they really wanted to protect from the gaze no matter what, they should have worn sunglasses.
Not sure why Roy's order to Belkar just before the gaze triggered for Minrah and not when Haley shot V. Maybe because Haley is part of the Order and Minrah isn't.
editwhiletyping: I bet Roy could use that to his advantage somehow since it looks like Belkar can't be ordered by the vampires (due to the protection from evil amulet) but is still following the order he was last given.
EDIT!: Spotted this on the GitP forum: Quote Originally Posted by Puschkin View Post
Woah, not looking good! Espeically that important heal getting disrupted. I have no idea how they are supposed to get out of this. Then again I don't know much about D&D rules. Do they have a chance to shake it off each round?
They have a chance to shake it off when given an order they find sufficiently objectionable.
I know it'd be an evil thing to do otherwise, but perhaps Roy could get Hilgya out of that state by getting as close as possible to her that any AOE spells she does would have the potential to hit Kudzu. THAT should be sufficiently objectionable to snap her out of it.
Or, alternatively, as I saw mentioned in the forums, Roy could try to reinforce Hilgyas hate towards Durkon and undead and how she's taking orders from both.