i think the only problem he's noting is that from a gameplay perspective, killing off an important vendor limits the player unnecessarily. there are a number of semi-prominent characters in arx that could have died instead
It's this. Important NPC's keeling over and dying isn't my biggest complaint, it's that it's costing the ONLY skillbook vendor in Act 4 for FIVE skills.
i don't actually think he's that necessary of a vendor so when i made this choice and found him dead (didn't realize that was why he died, at the time) i wasn't too upset
He's the only elemental and polymorph skillbook seller. At least on the Lady Vengeance I could get books from Gareth, the fletcher, and Tarquin.
The last battle has different rules, so I wanted to try out some skills I otherwise would have passed up, but because of this, I could not - not unless I wanted to redo a couple hours and a couple more hours of shopping.
