Question about killing certain NPCs in Fort Joy.

[cam_robert]

In my playthrough I am trying to maximize experience gain, so I'm basically killing everyone after they have outlived their usefulness. My question is if I kill an NPC (in this case, a magister named Delorus who returns in a later act if you saved him in Fort Joy) as he is running away from me after updating my journal with our conversation, does it affect a future quest he is involved in? The journal does *not* update to say the NPC in question is dead, in fact it says he's alive and well and I get 500xp for killing him too. In a nutshell: as long as the quest log says he's alive, will he be flagged as bing "saved" and return later for his quest?

[† Holy Discontent †]

From what I've heard, later in the game he gives you a bow after completing a quest. I'm assuming that if he dies, it's permanent.