"Hostile mercenaries 2" event ?

[Percussigant]

After I killed a bandit leader as part of a contract to drive away brigants, bounty hunters came, as they often do, to claim the leader's hard-earned head, like the vultures they are. I decided to refuse to hand it over and then proceeded to flee the battle. I was then able to go back to town and sell the head. Is this intentional or is it a design oversight ? I assume it's perfectly acceptable realism-wise to say that my guys ran away, but gameplay-wise it feels a bit like cheesing the event.

[suejak]

Nah, I think that's part of the design. Bounty hunters are often kinda OP anyway.

The same is true of events where you end up fighting lawmen from a noble house, although in that case you turn an entire noble house against you.

[SwampDragon]

No you ran away, which is legitimate. It's not guaranteed you will be able to easily get away anyway, especially if they have war dogs. There's always a risk so I am sure it's by design. You have the option to hand over the head without risk, fight, or try and run.

Another example is the quest asking you to return artefact from *random undead place*. You can easily just grab it and run, fighting is always a choice in those missions, and I am sure it's by design. Running away is a big part of the game (or at least it is in my games).

[MagnusGrey]

Mercs are super strong, fast, and have nets. If you managed to get away, you deserved those extra crowns (its always fun when you manage to crush the buggers though).

[turtle225]

Dang I got this event in my current run but my guys were too beat up from the bandit fight to risk suiciding into Bounty Hunters so I just gave the head.

I thought that running away might work but I wasn't balsy enough to try it. Thanks for the info.

Definitely seems a bit cheesy, but like you said there is a realism to it as well. Seems fine to me.