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By Rizzu
#16474521
Kill him to get his bell, then bring it back to the Twins in Roundtable and hand it over. This will let the Twins sell everything that he was selling.
This works with every merchant in the game. As a rule of thumb (with the exception of our imprisoned friend here), kill only the merchants with donkeys. You have zero reason to keep them alive, and even less reason to come back to the middle of no where to purchase from them again.
By Anonymous
#16488236
you're evil
By Anonymous
#16490636
Wow the lack of humanity with some players
By Anonymous
#16495439
I did this too. Felt bad about it but there was no way I was gonna trudge through that cave to find him just to get magic arrows.
By Anonymous
#16505918
When he dies, he makes the same innocent remarks, but with a bit of insanity at the end going 'Heheheh'.
It was intentional to have him summon those assassins, they don't aggro each other but can be damaged by each other.
By Anonymous
#16508958
Why does it sound so evil yet so efficient at the same time...
By Anonymous
#16477569
Drops his bell bearing when killed, like all the traveling merchants. You should definitely be careful though, since he spams frenzy fire magic when you anger him.
By Anonymous
#16477842
If defeated drops Imprisoned Merchant's Bell Bearing
By Anonymous
#16494994
Since he is in the middle of nowhere, it is better to just kill him to grab his bell so you can give it to the Roundtable maiden, allowing her to sell the same stuff as him in a much more accessible (and less risky) location. Be careful when you engage him, though. Spawns a blood assassin (same mob that you had to fight to reach him) when attacked, also has a huge health pool and his yellow crazyness spell hits a massive area in front of him, while also dealing huge damage.
By Anonymous
#16557017
yeah i agree, did just this but he's pretty tough with the assassin and buggy behaivor of the summons. at least I can buy 1k Burr Bolts
By psyconius
#16631635
Ahh.. he spawns an assassin? I thought it was just him. Some flame spray melted me
By psyconius
#16631649
Yeah I went back to him and I think those assassins spawn on their own
By Anonymous
#16632351
Whether you aggro him or not their will always be a knight spawn trap
By Anonymous
#16522969
Yeah, sorry buddy, I know your not here because you want to be, but i really want your stock at a more accessible location
By Anonymous
#16534171
This is the first and last one that i killed, he was a sad prisioner. But the location is horrible for a Merchant -
By psyconius
#16631633
Clearly a joke, but damn he caught me off guard. I had him to half health with like 3 swings when he turned aggro officially and then hit me once for about 40% HP then did some sort of flame spray that melted me instantly.
By Anonymous
#16568098
super ****ing annoying that this guy is in the middle of a hell-zone and is the only infinite source of dwelling arrows
By Anonymous
#16574911
Just kill him and give his bell bearing to the old codgers at the roundtable
By menacingturnip
#16756674
Thats kind of the point I think...... Its almost as if FromSoft does real playtesting. God I love these games.
By Anonymous
#16587263
dam felt bad enough this was the only merchant i killed for a better location, they really made me feel guilty with some of those lines he says when you attack and kill him.
By Anonymous
#16603608
I don't care how inaccessible his vending location is. I refuse to kill this man. He is just too lovable.
By psyconius
#16631626
He's really tough anyway. I had him to half health when he turned aggro officially and then hit me once for about 40% HP then did some sort of flame spray that melted me instantly.
By Anonymous
#16675295
Im im im im immafraid I have very little to offer
By Anonymous
#16803241
I simply can't bring myself to kill any of the MerchMAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD