Defeat without death

[flanman]

Ever run into a bandit camp and feel a little guilty after slaughtering them all and looting their corpses? I know that my Holy Crusader is... I guess he isn't so Holy after he managed to kill so many bandits. It never made much sense to me that all bandits had the same mentality as every Scamp or Bear I ran across, mindlessly killing anything not in their faction. I was thinking that the game would become a lot more interesting if you were granted alternate methods of defeating opponents. I can only stand so much blood before I want to catch a bandit and turn him over to the Imperial Legion so they can deal with it, maybe even collect a little bounty or something.

 

There are a few mods that allow you to cast a spell on an NPC to imprison them, but I was thinking more along the lines of taking their weapons, silencing them, and making them follow you along to the nearest prison or guard. That would also solve the empty prison situation. Likewise, bandits could have a similar means to capture, disarm, and imprison the player.

 

I'm also thinking that a script similar to being sent to jail could apply for the player being sent to a central bandit camp. Staging a daring escape is something that honest characters don't really get a chance to do unless they don't mind a bounty on their heads.

 

Just a few related ideas I was having for players who are sick of mindlessly killing everything that isn't in the same faction as them.