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I'm getting "arrested for assault" in circumstances in which I kill a baddie and there doesn't appear to be anyone around to see it. Happened once in Goblin Camp: a goblin sorcerer who wanders into an annex at the far north end, beyond where everyone's doing the spit roast, he stops and stares at an engraving of Selune for a couple of minutes - no red zones, no one else in the area, one-shot him, "You're being arrested for assault." Could be the goblins at the spit are reporting me but it's curious they see that and don't see me pilfering the barrels and chests, and more curious that a goblin pretty literally teleports out of nowhere into a position to arrest or fight me. Happened again in the Shattered Sanctum: rescued the torture victim, killed his torturer and a guard without arousing attention, made their bodies disappear, came back and one-shotted a level 1 guard patrolling the hall when he was just outside the torture room, made his body disappear, there's this level 3 guard patrolling that hall whose routine has him stand outside Abdirak's room and stare down into Priestess Gut's lower level for a moment - I put the clock on, put him to sleep, one-shotted him, "You're being arrested for assault." I imagine it's better than angering all the goblins, but I snuck up and there was no red, and Abdirak was facing away, and there did not appear to be anyone in the Priestess Gut level in a position to see up into the adjoining hall, and again a goblin appears out of nowhere next to me to arrest or fight me. Usually killing outlying folk is straightforward as long as you're sneaky enough but, in these two cases, there seems to be something else going on. Any thoughts?

i would assume someone seen or heard him die... then you just happened to be standing there covered in blood

woah

So many layers.

1. What enemies can and cannot see is not always reported correctly by red zones. Apply logic to their cone of vision.
2. Sometimes enemies can incorrectly see through walls (and windows), especially in Act 3. They can see you on the xth floor from the ground up as well. This is why you should always be in stealth mode when doing something illegal. It makes preternatural instances far more rare. No stealth check forced on them = enemy automatically detects your action = bad.
3. The person you've just killed can report you to allies one second before death in some circumstances. Condition one: they're made temporarily hostile by attack, condition two: the damage takes long enough to calculate (so especially multiple sources/stacks of damage, etc.). Can only force a stealth check to try to avoid it.
4. Some goblins are indeed all knowing, have been since early access, but that's a goblin camp thing. This is usually a problem with theft for me, and a certain item that's not even marked in red, but I'll absolutely believe someone may get this with other crimes.
5. This is pure speculation based on Skyrim, but the "person" witnessing the crimes could be something that shouldn't be able to -- a rat, a rock, etc. This area is uniquely problematic in that you'll never know for *sure* if you're unseen, even with no lifeform around within 50 feet.

Against what others have said, in my experience, goblins completely ignore blood. It shouldn't be causing any reaction. The level 3 guard you're talking about is an absolute dumbass as well. If everything works, it's remarkably easy to wipe out portions of the stronghold at a time. You only have to commit once you attack Minthara or Ragzlin. However, Ragzlin can sense bear Halsin from remarkably far away: this is because there's an actual hole in that wall.

The moment you unstealth (remember, red zones CANNOT be trusted, they're a guide!), it may be chaos. A red zone specifically means that, in this zone, an enemy will FORCE A STEALTH CHECK. it does not mean that this is their entire area of perception. Those two usually overlap and are somewhat similar, but almost never identical. It's also why you have to stealth outside the red zone, even when no one's testing your stealth. Somewhat annoyingly, enemies can force a stealth check outside the red zone in combat, but not usually outside of combat. Really, you're spoiled in terms of causes of odd behaviour in the goblin camp.