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Foamy

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Civil war
« on: April 04, 2010, 12:16:15 pm »

Hi

I traveled to a town and went around looking for quests. got one to kill the cities lawgiver so i went to find him. when i attacked him people came running as usual. only thing was that instead of attacking me they just started killing each other. there didn't seem to be any sides or anything, jut chaos. i came back with another guy and wandered around. i kept finding bodies but because i couldn't see the fighting i didnt get the messages. anyway eventually i returned to the tavern and there was around 10 people there just fighting each other.

Is this a bug or a feature? I wondered if there was a group loyal to the lawgiver and another loyal to whoever gave me the quest to kill him.
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Time Kitten

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Re: Civil war
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 01:32:59 pm »

Clearly they are now without any law at all, and anarchy has taken it's course.
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Foamy

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Re: Civil war
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2010, 02:35:13 pm »

Thing is that the lawgiver had an impenetrable leather cloak which my bronze sword couldn't penetrate. they also attacked him when they got close. it's weird because i'd been walking around town before looking for the king and everyone was perfectly happy. everything only went crazy when i attacked the lawgiver. i assume it's a bug where instead of just marking me as a criminal it marked everyone in the town a criminal.
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Re: Civil war
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2010, 02:38:25 pm »

Were you a member of the entity?
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Re: Civil war
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2010, 03:41:14 pm »

Sounds like a Loyalty Cascade Scenario. This happens sometimes when the adventurer is a member of a religion, or because the game just felt like having it happen when you attack someone, it's sort of random, so enjoy it while they're still alive.
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Re: Civil war
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2010, 09:32:27 am »

It may have added me to the religion when  got the quest from the priest.
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Re: Civil war
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2010, 10:55:36 am »

I wish that stuff like this would happen to me.  :-\
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