An update on this:
On a whim, I made another account and ran around Felwithe and Gfay. Felwithe has reliably locked up on me within minutes if not immediately. This account, despite being played from the exact same computer, had no issues.
I tried another, older account that was GM flagged (GM not turned on, just the account has high enough status). No problems. Trying to reproduce the effect, I race changed the character to one that can't normally be that class (barbarian/enchanter in this case, versus the one that locks up which is dark elf/ranger). I'm leaving her running in Felwithe for a while, but so far she still hasn't had any issues. At the same time, I logged in my trouble account and had her run around Felwithe. Things desync'd almost immediately. Logged out and back in: same difference. This happened at the exact same time I had the other accounts running around the same zone and interacting with NPCs.
I haven't changed anything with the problem account other than the race change as far as I'm aware. Apart from having played her for a few weeks (during which trouble was noticeable pretty much as soon as I was able to get into Kelethin without being KOS, and from the first time I zoned into Felwithe) I have no idea what's different. I'm going to take a hard look at it to see, but this is somehow even more confusing than before.
Is it possible that the bot data could be affecting the character? I've been raiding with her, so she has something like forty bots. I've discounted bots before since this happens with or without their presence, and because my friend has been able to use them without issue. The only thing I can think of relating to them is if somehow having that amount of bots regardless of being spawned is interacting poorly, which still seems unlikely.
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