(spoiler) lose reputation for doing the right thing?

[HappyBoi]

When looking for pavlena i brought straw to the bailiff, why do i lose reputation for bringing in a murderer??

[Raywhisper]

Hey,

to my understanding, the reputation is not tied to the whole region but mostly to the affected characters.

In this particular scenario, sure you lsot reputation with Straw, which is understandable, since he certainly doesnt like going into jail. But you did good deed for the village and this is reflected in your reputation with the bailief.

[Fokkas]

I have noticed a lot of this too, if you pick a righteous or chivalrous option I 'believe' it's tied to specific characters and not just the town in this game.

[rustypup]

Originally posted by HappyBoi:

why do i lose reputation for bringing in a murderer??

You lost rep with Straw and his useless brother

[Solutha]

The follow to this is with the herb woman is also stupid, you say you don't want to murder someone and you lose reputation.

[Rocketpants]

Nah I checked and I definitely lost overall reputation in the town, it wasn't just for his brother and him. Maybe it's a bug?

[BingusDingus]

The game should really specify where that reputation is coming from and who it's going to, all it needs is just character names and town names.

In reality though it would be understandable to loose reputation as you've essentially gotten a young man killed, even if he deserved it, people would see you as a ♥♥♥♥ disturber. They also hang his body out on that big tree, which can't be a nice sight for the villagers.

[awolcz]

Just came here because I have the same issue. I have a save before bringing him in and after. My reputation in Troskovice went down from:
97 / 97 / 97
to
94 / 95 / 83
I'm confused. You bring and convcit a murdered and reputation goes down, including reputation with the Bailiff himself.

[Raywhisper]

Maybe you said somethign to the bailiff while delivering the prisoner and failed persuation check.

[Halabec]

Originally posted by Raywhisper:

Maybe you said somethign to the bailiff while delivering the prisoner and failed persuation check.

Absolutely not. You get a 20 point rep hit as soon as the game transitions to the bailiff's area before conversation even starts. I can see the rep lost in the corner as soon as the game force transitions you to a new area during the cutscene.

I suspect it's for some stupid reason like you're in a forbidden area (which that area technically is) but the game doesn't prevent that when the cutscene force changes your location into that area.

Also, the other people in this thread are wrong. The rep hit is absolutely with Nobility, of which Bailiff Thrush is a part according to the game's text in the reputation tab.

[Halabec]

I wonder actually if it just teleports you randomly to wherever the bailiff is at the time, and if it's in the prison, you get the rep hit? I'm going to do more testing.

[FantomDestroyer]

Originally posted by Halabec:

I wonder actually if it just teleports you randomly to wherever the bailiff is at the time, and if it's in the prison, you get the rep hit? I'm going to do more testing.

Did you have any further findings? I just lost rep for nobility too and am really confused. I think the teleport to a forbidden area like you said sounds likely. My only rationale is that Bailiff gets confused or perturbed because straw says he only killed in self-defense which is the part of the conversation when the rep goes down.

[Tenchuu Khan]

Losint Reputation doesn't mean ♥♥♥♥ btw.


Played that quest a fe times now and I think the best option is to not killl the dog - everything is rather optional

[FantomDestroyer]

Originally posted by Tenchuu Khan:

Losint Reputation doesn't mean ♥♥♥♥ btw.


Played that quest a fe times now and I think the best option is to not killl the dog - everything is rather optional

Thank you, I just realized killing him is an option. The rep hit for killing Straw is rather low if nonexistent, might be the best option. Death to the murder!

[Arnold Carns]

Originally posted by FantomDestroyer:

Thank you, I just realized killing him is an option. The rep hit for killing Straw is rather low if nonexistent, might be the best option. Death to the murder!

If you take him to the Bailiff, Straw will be found later hanging out from a tree west of Troskowitz. So he'll die anyways. There's no need to kill him yourself and loose reputation.
I did the quest before the patch hit, and I didn't loose any reputation.

[FantomDestroyer]

Originally posted by Arnold Carns:

Originally posted by FantomDestroyer:

Thank you, I just realized killing him is an option. The rep hit for killing Straw is rather low if nonexistent, might be the best option. Death to the murder!

If you take him to the Bailiff, Straw will be found later hanging out from a tree west of Troskowitz. So he'll die anyways. There's no need to kill him yourself and loose reputation.

I realized I actually didn't lose rep. I killed him before his wife found us fighting so no one saw :D Justice served

Edit: No rep loss indicator came up either. An odd quest really...