[301] That passive halberd guard on the bridge - what gives?

[IndiraLightfoot]

The halberd guard stands like just over the bridge, 25 m away from Meldreth’s gang. When we start to kill each other, you’d think he’d react. But there’s no response whatsoever - a bit bizarre, to say the least, still I'm aware of this kind of lacking NPC reactivity being almost staple stuff in CRPGs.

[Hormalakh]

Why would the guard get involved? He's not guarding the village, he's part of the duke's royal guard and could pretty much care less about the village as long as they find the duke's daughter.

[IndiraLightfoot]

Good point! I did talk to him, as he waved us in, and he was all preoccupied by that missing daughter. I mistook him for being the village guard, but he actually isn't.