No. Not a second.. carrion crawlers are disgusting, stinking (cover your nose Boo!) scavengers that are driven by only two urges: food and reproduction. And if they don't get food they will even attack and kill living creatures.. and as @Kaltzor already mentioned.. it's for Lilarcor.. some chars would even do far worse things to get it !!!
The Alternatives mod contains a component (created by @Jastey, I believe) that allows you to finish the quest in the sewers without sacrificing Quallo's true friend. I don't think it's been updated to work with BG2EE yet though.
Why wouldn't you kill it instantly? It's a horrid, gross, loathsome creepipede that wallows in filth, paralyses its prey, attacks faster than a lawnmower and hates everything you know and love, as well as being one of dozens you potentially killed in that sewer alone. The only possible cause not to shoot first and not even bother to ask questions later is a blue circle that your characters can't even see.
If I am playing good character I don´t do it. This is not the behaviour of good person to kill domesticated, harmless (seemingly) creatur to solve some unimportant quest. In this point of game the character doesn´t know what is the reward (Lilarcor).
Well, I did and created the component for Alternatives, like @Shin mentioned (just to prevent misunderstandings: The mod is authored by berelinde, I contributed only two little things.) Only to learn then that **attention possible spoiler**
Quallo's dialogue line after killing the crawler (if you talk to him again) doesn't sound unhappy. So I am wondering whether not killing that "friend" is the evil way to go, actually.
Quallo is one of the only characters in the game off the top of my head that reacts to your negative actions not with rage, but with pure, silent sadness. I felt bad.
Given his mind controlled state and his reaction when he's broken out of it, I wouldn't consider it evil either - at least not to Quallo. Then again, that particular carrion crawler isn't aggressive and never does the player any harm. Maybe it's unique amongst its brethren and really does consider Quallo its best friend.
I actually never really bothered to figure out it was Quallo's friend, I just read a guide that said I needed to kill it and loot its blood. I've only ever talked to Quallo by accident so no I don't feel bad!
I'm still in therapy over this. It really ripped me up to have to end a friendship like that. It was his "one true friend" after all. I cry myself to sleep near every night!
I actually never really bothered to figure out it was Quallo's friend, I just read a guide that said I needed to kill it and loot its blood. I've only ever talked to Quallo by accident so no I don't feel bad!
Considering it was never truly his best friend, and the guy was just being mind-controlled for the sake of a stupid and obvious riddle game.... no, I don't.
If I don't kill it, I can't get Lilarcor, and Quallo will remain in his mind-controlled state. If I do kill it, I get a nifty weapon and Quallo becomes free.
It is regrettable, but that Carrion Crawler has to die for the greater good! ;-)
If I am playing good character I don´t do it. This is not the behaviour of good person to kill domesticated, harmless (seemingly) creatur to solve some unimportant quest. In this point of game the character doesn´t know what is the reward (Lilarcor).
Who says it has been domesticated? Not to contradict other things I have posted, but "Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly." If the Carrion crawler got hungry enough, I'd bet it would eat anything. And who is to say that Quallo is particularly picky about who it eats other than himself?
To be fair there should be a swath of satisfied carrion crawlers following in the wake of CHARNAME chowing down on the hundreds of corpses left in his path. Carrion Crawlers should probably revere CHARNAME as some sort of deity of plenty.
Who says it has been domesticated? Not to contradict other things I have posted, but "Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly." If the Carrion crawler got hungry enough, I'd bet it would eat anything. And who is to say that Quallo is particularly picky about who it eats other than himself?
Just playing devil's advocate here.
I undestand but Quallo and his carion seem to be relatively calm and fine. At least measured by BG standards. They don´t attack me on sight, they don´t attack me after the conversation. It is better than three quater of all people (and monster) that the charname has met so far. So why bother them? View form metagaming perspective: Lilarcor is not so great. There are better swords.
@velehal - LOL. Fair enough. I mean, who is to say that Cats are domesticated?
You could look at it from another perspective. Clearly Quallo and the Carrion Crawler are "meant" to be there by some prophesy. It is therefore reasonable that the beast is "meant" to die by some higher power. In other words, the Gods themselves have decreed it, so who am I to argue?
Again, for devil's advocate as much as for any other reason.
Additional question: Does anybody know how this situation is handled by Virtue mod? Because I think that there is a small drop of virtue (not reputation) for killing the carrion. But I am not 100% sure, it is long time since I´ve played with this mod.
I feel worse about the 3 gold I pickpocket from Quallo. Talk about kicking someone when they are down.
Quallo has the character model of a beggar that's only wearing a loincloth. I shudder to think from where you actually picked the 3 gold from. And since you're in a sewer, there's not really anywhere close for washing your hands afterward.
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Only to learn then that
**attention possible spoiler**
Quallo's dialogue line after killing the crawler (if you talk to him again) doesn't sound unhappy. So I am wondering whether not killing that "friend" is the evil way to go, actually.
It is regrettable, but that Carrion Crawler has to die for the greater good! ;-)
Just playing devil's advocate here.
View form metagaming perspective: Lilarcor is not so great. There are better swords.
You could look at it from another perspective. Clearly Quallo and the Carrion Crawler are "meant" to be there by some prophesy. It is therefore reasonable that the beast is "meant" to die by some higher power. In other words, the Gods themselves have decreed it, so who am I to argue?
Again, for devil's advocate as much as for any other reason.