Hmmm ... fighting but not kill the other feels to me like "trying to intimidate"
(but intimidation can also be done via dialog options and personally I love that much more that fighting to intimidate" or something ...
Risen? O yes 'Risen and the combat system' ... it was one of the reasons I sell that game back to where it come from : I send it back to Hell !!
(I mean a gameshop, just kidding

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