So...Silver Basilisk.. Have you spared it? ;)

[Zeretrelle]

After all.. the last of its kind in the wold ;)

[Fantredath]

Look around Her nest. There's several Carcasses that might be Horses, and a Deer down below. Truthfully, I don't think it Eats Humans. It must only be Killing them because it feels it's nest is Threatened.

I'm not saying that It did'nt kill people, and I know people want it dead because of their loss and the Danger it continues to pose, but, I think if the guy Did more then a Few Signs, and stopped Compensating a Guild that's Sending their people to die, because it's easier to get paid that way. Well, then maybe it would'nt be a bad thing to let it live.

The Count talks about it possibly creating a New Cross breed, to which Geralt Replies "I Hope Not", but, since we Know that it's weak to Fire, it's just as likely to pass on that Weakness. The Increased potency of the Venom is a Concern, but, Seriously, I think if a Normal person got attacked by one of these things, they'd be Dead anyway.

This thing is a Killer, but, it does'nt just Kill indescriminately.

Think of it like you would a Lion. It's Dangerous, but only if you're stupid enough to get too close

In that way you could say it's doing us a favor by weeding out the stupid people.

Also what about the Succubus in Novigrad. She may have Purposely Killed several Guards.

She says that she did it in self defense, but, the Bodies showed signs she'd fed on their life force, which isn't something they do as an attack, they trick men into bed, and drain their life while they're having sex, so, if she did that, she may have just been Feeding on them, and lied to you.

I think the best thing is to leave the Silver Basilisk alone.

It's likely that it will truly be the last of it's kind, whether or not some new Subspecies forms.

[Van Damage*]

killed it... The thing lives way too close to humans...

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[Sunohara]

Killing it would not give any new mutagen to make decoctions, fighting it seemed like a chore, and either way, the guy did post warnings all across the board telling people to not go there, them entering the area means they understood the risks involved.

i spared it in the end, much like the others before it. like the 2 succubi or that one... shapeshifter person.

[Gabriel Angelos]

I spared it. There were warning signs and they decided to ignore those for whatever stupid reason. A faster trade route perhaps? Its the last of its kind would you want to be responsible for the extermination of a species?

Geralt doesn't like to fight Dragons either just for that reason.

[Jedster]

I spared it too, I showed a mercy, one of five vertues of knights, than I get that silver sword from wather nimf which you have met in W1 :)

[Arlen]

I spared it - signs were posted, warnings everywhere, I took a practical approach to this - When you lift the hood of your vehicle, there is a sign that reads "do not stick your hands in the fan area while engine is running", pretty straight forward, but you just know for a sign to be there, an idiot actually stuck thier hand in there while it was running.

[mad_le_zisell]

No. After all it was a monster. Dangerous one. Also discounts from merchant guild. Ergo no choice at all.

[HappyPorcupine]

I killed her, Felt kind of bad in doing so but it's for the good of all in the end. If I would not have killed her she would simply kill again and get more contracts put on her. Besides, there is no saving a sub species with 1 remaining member. That is not how biology works. Even if she had eggs, there would not be enough genetic diversity for the species to survive

[Sentient_Toaster]

Should have had an option to track down the employer that was deliberately ordering its caravans to travel through the area knowing of the risk and collecting the payoffs.

[RolloTreadway]

I was very tempted to kill the basilisk. I don't care about coin or merchant prices or whatever - my Geralt is loaded - but cannot stand that Count, and his unwarranted sense of superiority. The impression I got is of an aristocrat who believes the lives of working people are worth next to nothing, that his interests are far more important.

But that letter about bandits killing the travellers swung me. It's not enough of a threat to humans. Something can hopefully be done to allow it to live, and to prevent people dying. Although I'd have loved the chance to give the Count a smack.

[Masamune]

Honestly i think it is better to kill it workers are been lured not knowning fully what lies ahead.
Warning signs or not the merchants that hire them will keep sending new people dispite the warning signs and they know that the count will compensate them generously.

[TheItzal]

Spared... for comparison think of it like a company shipping it's goods across a lion preserve only the lions can fly and spit acid strong enough to go through your truck... that said the count could spend some of that coin he's paying out to the merchants to maybe hire some people to guard the entrances to his lands and keep people out.

[fireorfrog]

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But the problem was specifically, again if you LISTEN to the conversations carefully.

That the people harmed were disobeying the notices at first place, because he tried to warn anyone to not go into the area of basilisk. It would just have it's natural prey from animals etc in that region.

Also there were some folks from the trade guild that were trying to use it to their advantage because he said he will repay any loss life. So they would sent out their colleagues not knowing, just to collect the "insurance money" from him afterwards...

If disobeying some posted paper notice carries a death sentence, then the problem isn't with disobeying the notice, it's with whatever causes the death. Not to mention that not everyone necessarily knew what they were getting themselves into, or believed the notice. The monster is the problem, not disobedience.

Besides, I doubt anyone would cry over the death of the last drowner. Basilisks are cool-looking, so it's easy to feel bad for them. But they're monsters all the same, a dangerous non-native species, and they gotta go.

[Junaio]

The silver basilisk attacked the goods, because of their strong scents. The merchants got hurt in the process, but not killed by it.

It seems it was a bunch of bandits that do the luring and often also killing of the merchants, making it appear the basilisk did it.

This is even further supported because you can see Iocaste flying around and there's literally no way to get her to aggro you.