Merchant slaying

lord_modred · Post by **lord_modred** » Sun May 09, 2004 9:52 pm

ive read alot on the forums about people killing merchants and people not liking this and ideas about making rules against people killing merchants and making merchants invincible... well i have an idea that to me seems much simpler...

make the merchants into bosses! thats right! it's not as if a weakling commoner would be able to amass this vast horde of magic treasures anyways, only a true and mighty avdenturer could gather such treasures! and if some enemy from another faction wants to cripple the economy of another faction, lets them try! and if they succeed, good for them! they've accomplished the feat of slaying one of the mightiest warrior-merchants in the known realm!

now to me this seems to be the most reasonable solution yet, enemies can still kill merchants, people can still buy and sell their gear, everyone wins!

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Sun May 09, 2004 9:58 pm

And if the merchant kills the attacker they lose an item to the merchant!

(Hey! Where else would he be getting his goods to sell?)

Then make it so that there is another display case added that sells those spoils of war!

ATI · Post by **ATI** » Sun May 09, 2004 10:48 pm

People are killing merchants now? The EQ of some people is lacking. Killing a merchant is lame, makes everyone elses day that much harder. If you feel killing merchants is a great way to make you happy, you my friend need some therapy.

My only question is why?

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Sun May 09, 2004 10:57 pm

Alignment compulsions? CE, NE...

Mokihana · Post by **Mokihana** » Sun May 09, 2004 11:05 pm

attacking merchants and n00b vendors is really bad form and is looked down upon. Its just good gaming ettiquet to leave theese chars so that new players have the resources they need to start off.

Please leave the poor tired overworked merchants alone.

Rokker7 · Post by **Rokker7** » Sun May 09, 2004 11:36 pm

roflmao. people haven't killed the merchants, THE STORE ISNT OPEN. they're open from 7am - 9pm. me and eurrk'tval ran itno htat problem too. sept.. we were smart enough to figure it out.

dond · Post by **dond** » Mon May 10, 2004 1:36 am

people have been killing merchants............there was a group that went to every city to kill elvin..

Lothy · Post by **Lothy** » Mon May 10, 2004 5:08 pm

i think its ok to kill other faction's merchants.

the factions are at war. we must destroy enemy economic infrastructure to cripple their resources, thus giving us advantage to win the war.

killing merchants is called "strategy/tactics"

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Mon May 10, 2004 5:42 pm

Until merchants become beefed up or invulnerable there isn't much you can do about it.

tyrant · Post by **tyrant** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:18 pm

I say a dead merchant is a good excuse to hmmmm.....heres a thought....defending your town. they raid...you defend..makes for an interesting challenge.

Billiard · Post by **Billiard** » Mon May 10, 2004 9:37 pm

Even during times of war civilians are usually offlimits except for the very uncivilized. If you are playing a non-evil or perhaps a non-chaotic charcter then perhaps you need to take some alignment hits for killing other faction civilians.

Æ · Post by Æ » Mon May 10, 2004 10:15 pm

That makes sense to me... for example, a paladin from LA shouldn't be able to tear into garagoth and kill shop keepers and other civilians, even if they attack him first, without losing the ability to gain levels as a paladin. There are other ways out of the situation (paladins can cast sanctuary can't they? if not there's plenty of invisibility potions and blue powder lying around) }: )