yep you shouldn't follow all larian's advices...
as they said all what you are reading is not obligatory true...
and Otto didn't like that his pigs are killed...
he is too stron g for being killed in the beginning too...
try entering some houses and speaking with people here <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
or go to outside mardaneus house (south east of the village... easy quest there) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
