How do I save Nicoh?

[Haarlock]

The guy defending the two kids in the candle district?

[Pawamax]

you can only kil lhim then take the kids i guess

[Mango]

You can talk with him and teleport him and the kids to the sewers

[bun]

anyone got idea why i have to fight him and wont let me safe him?
now the kids blame me for killing him.

[doooooorgassssss]

You can save him... however nobody has a clue how to do so all the time, because it's either random, or there is some hidden trick to prevent him from going hostile.

[Anathema]

I just talked to him and he agreed to come with me. I don't know what your problem is.

[Ryvucz]

I imagine certain choices you've made earlier have an effect on this. Not sure what, but I've never had a problem with the guy.

[Xamikaze]

When I saw him first I didn't got the choice to save him, I was thinking that maybe he changes his mind and give more conversation options once you bring the Black Legion trough the gates. I'll have to try that out on my second run.

[Haarlock]

Originally posted by Tom:

The guy defending the two kids in the candle district?

Okay, let's lay this out.

Some people have no idea how to save him. Others have no clue what I'm talking about.

There has to be a specific set of convo choices that gets him to come with you willingly.

To those people who got him to come along willingly; what did you say to him? Which convo choices did you pick?

[bun]

Someone in the crate forums found out it is rng, Its a nice touch from crate.
At least i know i did not cause the death deliberately with the 1 way choice.

[rakkhot]

Originally posted by bun:

Someone in the crate forums found out it is rng, Its a nice touch from crate.
At least i know i did not cause the death deliberately with the 1 way choice.

I don't really see why this is a nice touch. It's pretty annoying getting blamed for something I couldn't even control, without knowing that I couldn't control it. It's a pretty stupid descision in my opinion.
And now knowing that it's completely random I also can't feel that I accomplished anything if I save him.

[Old Iron Johnson]

If you're dead set on not splatting him, you can always walk away if the conversation's heading toward conflict. Reload the game and you get another shot, since it doesn't store the result outside the session.

[km_md60]

It's a fine example of the fact that not everything is about your decision. Sometimes, with enough pain and fear, people can do irrational things and you don'y have a choice about it.

[Gilgamesh]

My all five chars all saved him from some reason :O

[vidra]

7 characters no saves. I even tried boosting my rep with Malmouth Resistance, but it made no difference.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by vidra:

7 characters no saves. I even tried boosting my rep with Malmouth Resistance, but it made no difference.

it's completely random,(confirmed by dev),
this is the only "solition" if you are insistent on saving him -->

Originally posted by Old Iron Johnson:

If you're dead set on not splatting him, you can always walk away if the conversation's heading toward conflict. Reload the game and you get another shot, since it doesn't store the result outside the session.