Well, I lured him 1 square into his wildland, for just 1 turn, and killing him did not clear the wildland :( Is there some more specific requirement, like he needs to be in for more than a turn? Or farther in? Or does he need to be specifically on home square (the one he starts in)?
Thanks, Primal_Savage - that's a huge help! I just might try to kite him back, got a fun game going and would mess it up if I couldn't clear this wildland properly.
I've seen this happen once, I suspect this is a general bug but haven't played enough to be sure. In my last full game, Vetrar (sp?) went pretty far outside of his wildland and stayed outside. I killed him outside, and cleared everything in the wildland but the wildland never cleared. I did get the items (fist of Vetrar? Sword of the Glacier - or something like that). Now I'm playing another long game on a huge map, and I see Delin wandering far outside of his wild
I think I've encountered the same bug (or similar, at least). I believe it is the case that if the boss wanders outside the wildland area, then you're screwed. I've seen it at least once where I killed the boss outside his wildland area, plus I killed all the wildland creatures, and the wildland was forever unusable. I don't know if this is relevant, but the boss was pretty far outside the wildland area, and it seemed in this case likely that he was