The Black Ribbon duels seem surprisingly safe...

I have defeated Colonel Pommery twice already, when will those bloody sorrow-spiders stop kidnapping him in the middle of our shootout?
Is it because the Colonel is intended as training only? Or do I need to defeat him a certain number of times? Or with a high-enough &quotrunning battle?&quot

Pommery will always be kidnapped by spiders. Many of the black ribbon will suffer similar fates. The exceptions are captain vendrick and fedducci.
edited by suinicide on 3/29/2017

Thanks for the help. So I guess I should take the Balck Ribbon as a training ground for Dangerous until I am ready to kill capitain Vendrick

If your goal is to be a killer, yes. Killing Vendrick will give you Bringer of Death, which opens one route to PoSI and also gives you a special Opportunity Card which allows you to become a serial killer when you go insane.
edited by bjharts on 3/29/2017

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Which Opportunity Card is that?

I think it’s called &quotYou’ve been killing people again…&quot

I think it only appears in A State of Some Confusion and only if you have Bringer of Death.
edited by bjharts on 3/29/2017

[quote=bjharts]I think it’s called &quotYou’ve been killing people again…&quot

I think it only appears in A State of Some Confusion and only if you have Bringer of Death.
edited by bjharts on 3/29/2017[/quote]

Man, the things I miss by not going insane after becoming a POSI

I know, right? It’s been weeks since Drake went insane. I kinda miss it.

[quote=Luke McBowltrick]I have defeated Colonel Pommery twice already, when will those bloody sorrow-spiders stop kidnapping him in the middle of our shootout?
Is it because the Colonel is intended as training only? Or do I need to defeat him a certain number of times? Or with a high-enough &quotrunning battle?&quot[/quote]
I think part of why many of the duels are not-quite to-the-permadeath is to allow more pacifistic characters the chance to raise their Dangerous, gain some qualities, and experience an interesting story without feeling like a total monster.

[quote=bjharts]I think it’s called &quotYou’ve been killing people again…&quot

I think it only appears in A State of Some Confusion and only if you have Bringer of Death.
edited by bjharts on 3/29/2017[/quote]

I think you’re speaking of Skeins of Blood.
Its text does begin with a phrase that sounds very much like your quote.
edited by Bertrand Lyndon on 3/30/2017

Until the end, in which case the more pacifistic you’ve tried to be earlier, the more of a monster you’re probably going to end up feeling.

(Trying to be the nice guy in the Black Ribbon gets my vote for the most feel-bad bait-and-switch in the game. Can you tell?)

Yes, that’s the one! Oh, the haberdashery!

[quote=Bertrand Lyndon][quote=bjharts]I think it’s called &quotYou’ve been killing people again…&quot

I think it only appears in A State of Some Confusion and only if you have Bringer of Death.
edited by bjharts on 3/29/2017[/quote]

I think you’re speaking of Skeins of Blood.
Its text does begin with a phrase that sounds very much like your quote.
edited by Bertrand Lyndon on 3/30/2017[/quote]

Given the context, this may be the most disturbing thing I’ve heard you say. However, far be it from me to condemn a pun.
edited by Siankan on 3/30/2017

Until the end, in which case the more pacifistic you’ve tried to be earlier, the more of a monster you’re probably going to end up feeling.[/quote]
Huh? Why? You really don’t have to kill anyone, in either the Black Ribbon or anywhere else in the game.

I was thinking of the Vendrick situation. I suppose, come to think of it, that you can use certain other duelists to bypass that mess, if you don’t mind loose ends.

I thought the idea was to work your way up the sequence of fighters rather than beat on old Pommeroy repeatedly…
edited by Jermaine Vendredi on 3/30/2017

Duelling Vendrick is completely optional.

And dueling Vendrick specifically to the death only happens if he thinks you’ve killed the Drowny, which is also optional.


edited by dov on 3/30/2017

In a way, yes, but no specific duelist is mandatory.

Each duellist has their own cap as to how high fighting them will raise your &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot quality. So it’s much more effective to start with the easier opponents, until you’ve raised &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot enough that beating them won’t raise it further and then move to the next opponent.

This means you can &quotbypass&quot any specific duellist and always fight the next one (though it will likely take more actions). And specifically for this thread - you never have to actually kill anyone.


edited by dov on 3/30/2017

In a way, yes, but no specific duelist is mandatory.

Each duellist has their own cap as to high high fighting them will raise your &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot quality. So it’s much more effective to start with the easier opponents, until you’ve raised &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot enough that beating them won’t raise it further and then move to the next opponent.

This means you can &quotbypass&quot any specific duellist and always fight the next one (though it will likely take more actions). And specifically for this thread - you never have to actually kill anyone.


edited by dov on 3/30/2017[/quote]

I got tricked by this one, I chose the fight to the death option with the Captain because he was the only one (aside from Feducci and I was tired of grinding) I hadn’t fought and all the other FTTD battles had just resulted in comedy text on success.

To find I had properly killed him was a bit of shock.

In a way, yes, but no specific duelist is mandatory.

Each duellist has their own cap as to high high fighting them will raise your &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot quality. So it’s much more effective to start with the easier opponents, until you’ve raised &quotA Fearsome Duellist&quot enough that beating them won’t raise it further and then move to the next opponent.

This means you can &quotbypass&quot any specific duellist and always fight the next one (though it will likely take more actions). And specifically for this thread - you never have to actually kill anyone.


edited by dov on 3/30/2017[/quote]

I got tricked by this one, I chose the fight to the death option with the Captain because he was the only one (aside from Feducci and I was tired of grinding) I hadn’t fought and all the other FTTD battles had just resulted in comedy text on success.

To find I had properly killed him was a bit of shock.[/quote]

But it was what he wanted. The Black Ribboners are all characters who are seeking true Death but cannot seem to find it.