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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2143634" data-attributes="member: 3649">It sounds like there was just the threat of torture. Threats are empty unless someone means to back them up. If they were serious about starting to torture the prisoners, i'd say you would be justified in being angry. But it doesn't sound like they did. If you suspected they were serious, some mention of it right then is the best thing to do. Emails are very impersonal and it sounds like it was written when you were really angry. Never do that. Instead, I'd say you should have set aside some time at the beginning of the nest game to air your questions and concerns.On the other hand, I can see their side of it even if they are Good. You don't mention if there were other options available to them, either. They offered the veteran the deal, and he didn't take it (and I would expect he would not, given that he's an old veteran). I wouldn't expect the mage to take it, either. I assume you assumed they would take the Zhent's prisoner? If they take them prisoner, they risk the prisoners escaping and killing them, plus all the problems that having prisoners around entails.If they are surrounded by enemies and trying to sneak around, I don't see they have much choice, bad as that choice is.The only thing I could think of would be leaving them tied up in such a manner that the party could make good their escape before the soldiers got free. The mage pretty much has to die, regardless; he knows their faces and distinquishing marks, which he can feed to a diviner.</blockquote>

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