From: PartOfYourWorld | #036
All joking aside, a robber doesn't deserve death, and this scenario is actually giving me a way to make sure we both escape his robbery unharmed. In a normal robbery without the old gods, I might shoot him out of self defense - how am I supposed to know whether he's packing or whether he'll shoot at me if he discovers my presence? Here, I can let him get away. Sure, it sucks to give a petty criminal five grand, but I'd rather do that than kill a petty criminal who doesn't deserve it.
But the thing is, the guy is willing and actively trying to kill you. If you give him the $5000, what's to stop him from breaking into your neighbor's house and trying to kill them? It worked so well for him the first time after all. And odds are, they won't have protection from the elder gods on their side.
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