spoilers. Kotaro and the merchant

[SenMithrarin85]

found kotaro at the temple. gave him the white pinwheel he wanted and then used the fan tool to "spirit him away". I also have the merchant asking for "someone big and strong and thick"

according to fetralife, you are supposed to find kotaro in the illusion realm of the monkeys and offer him the red and white pinwheel to get him to work with the merchant. well the fat lump won't take it...

Guessing I screwed myself over?

[ObiJonShinobi]

if hes already in the illusion realm where you fight the 4 monkeys, then i think you already gave the crying monk the white pinwheel, and cannot give him the red/white one no more

[Krono]

You have to initially try to give him the red and white one instead of the white one. He thanks you for trying and concludes that you are a good person, so he can trust you. After that you can send him off to the merchant where he becomes his assistant.

It's manipulative, and made me feel bad at first, but it actually kinda turns out well for Kotaro. The merchant tells him that they're "preparing the bodies for burial" as a reason to strip and collect their weapons and armor. Obviously that's a lie, but Kotaro is still cleaning up bodies, digging them proper graves and giving them their last rites as a monk. He finds fulfillment in this, so I don't feel too bad about it

[Samurai]

If you gave him the white pinwheel it's already done and over yes. The merchant upgrade is hardly worth it though.

[Nickk]

Originally posted by Krono:

You have to initially try to give him the red and white one instead of the white one. He thanks you for trying and concludes that you are a good person, so he can trust you. After that you can send him off to the merchant where he becomes his assistant.

It's manipulative, and made me feel bad at first, but it actually kinda turns out well for Kotaro. The merchant tells him that they're "preparing the bodies for burial" as a reason to strip and collect their weapons and armor. Obviously that's a lie, but Kotaro is still cleaning up bodies, digging them proper graves and giving them their last rites as a monk. He finds fulfillment in this, so I don't feel too bad about it

You just killed Kotaro indirectly don't feel good. During the invasion if you go back to the merchant you will find him and Kotaro dead on the ground, before he dies the merchant will give you an item that gives you 10% discount when purchasing from merchants.

Best way is to spirit him away to the illusion hall as the other 2 options will kill him anyway.

[ObiJonShinobi]

Originally posted by Nickk:

Originally posted by Krono:

You have to initially try to give him the red and white one instead of the white one. He thanks you for trying and concludes that you are a good person, so he can trust you. After that you can send him off to the merchant where he becomes his assistant.

It's manipulative, and made me feel bad at first, but it actually kinda turns out well for Kotaro. The merchant tells him that they're "preparing the bodies for burial" as a reason to strip and collect their weapons and armor. Obviously that's a lie, but Kotaro is still cleaning up bodies, digging them proper graves and giving them their last rites as a monk. He finds fulfillment in this, so I don't feel too bad about it

You just killed Kotaro indirectly don't feel good. During the invasion if you go back to the merchant you will find him and Kotaro dead on the ground, before he dies the merchant will give you an item that gives you 10% discount when purchasing from merchants.

Best way is to spirit him away to the illusion hall as the other 2 options will kill him anyway.

yea... i was pretty upset when i was towards the endgame and found that the bandit merchant guy died... i didnt get to buy some stuff off him .. rip

[Nickk]

Originally posted by ObiJonShinobi:

Originally posted by Nickk:

You just killed Kotaro indirectly don't feel good. During the invasion if you go back to the merchant you will find him and Kotaro dead on the ground, before he dies the merchant will give you an item that gives you 10% discount when purchasing from merchants.

Best way is to spirit him away to the illusion hall as the other 2 options will kill him anyway.

yea... i was pretty upset when i was towards the endgame and found that the bandit merchant guy died... i didnt get to buy some stuff off him .. rip

Should have checked him every now and then since he upgrades his ware if you help him ear drop the soldiers to find out what they want, but hey there's always NG+, beside he isn't tied with any achivement so it's good.

[ObiJonShinobi]

Totally off topic, but is the blackhat merchant guy gone too during the invasion? i cannot find him anywhere

[Krono]

Originally posted by Nickk:

You just killed Kotaro indirectly don't feel good. During the invasion if you go back to the merchant you will find him and Kotaro dead on the ground, before he dies the merchant will give you an item that gives you 10% discount when purchasing from merchants.

Best way is to spirit him away to the illusion hall as the other 2 options will kill him anyway.

Oh, I forgot about that. Awkward

Originally posted by ObiJonShinobi:

Totally off topic, but is the blackhat merchant guy gone too during the invasion? i cannot find him anywhere

If you've completed his quest line, you find him dying, and if you talk to him he tells you about how he saw some soldiers chasing a kid (almost certainly Kuro) and he wanted to do something heroic for once, so he saved him.