>Oh, you just killed 20 police officers and their dogs, not to mention 3 noblemen, impressive, I suppose we WON'T burn the village to the ground even though we are very racist.>What's that, a grey warden is taking him, ahh oh well.>Also did you know that you could mix brandy with rat poison and if you took off your armor and weapons (despite being in a dungeon full of hostiles) and went through a certain door your could convince the off duty guards that you were servants and serve them poison drinks?What were they thinking?
>>3561380Play better games.
>when the king returns from battle (they dont know he is about to die) we have to explain to him why we butchered the entire alienage>and why other alienages in the country might also rise up once word has spread>my ass might be on the line as a political sacrificial lamb>oh shit
>>3561380There's a lack of soldiers and leadership in the city because most of the nobles left for Ostagar and the Arl's son wasn't ever popular, they're most concerned with keeping the peace
>>3561380I remember it being fairly smart, Duncan basically gives them an excuse to back down when they've gone over the line and the only other way they could cover up their fuckup is mass murder.
>>3561459This+ they would have heard that the GWs are on very great terms with the king, why would they risk pissing off a perceived bigshot like Duncan?
>>3562231Not to mention that the elves probably pay their taxes directly to the king, who in turn directly guarantees their safety. You think that the guard captain would risk pissing off the King like that just to massacre a bunch of elves?AKA stop being a midwit OP.
>>3562231because the writers are actually not political savants and dont really have a firm grasp of military action or the consequences of how any such orders on the people who enact them or are subject to them.Fantasy writers trying to write videogame low tech military actions often make godawful decisions for the sake of plot and make military leaders and other high ranking officials seem mentally fuckin bankrupt. The protag gets away with literally anything "just because" or is blamed and incarcerated on someone elses say so "just because"- there is very little actually law and order of any strictness in fantasy even if you HAVE evidence or superior reasoning as the player
