I've been attacking merchants along the eastern road in front of Hamsah cause I assumed the guard and patrolmen didn't care. They've stood idly by while I killed merchants one by one. I've done it around a half dozen times, and to the best of my memory guards and or patrolmen were always present. But this time I got murdered by an elder patrolman and guardsman who joined in the defense of a lone merchant. Why would they suddenly care?

First log is the latest successful kill.

PROTECTED civilized <0%hp 0%m 97%mv 11750tnl (-24.34%) 8 AM>

Approaching the Gates of Hamsah Mu'tazz
Wide paving stones cover the rocky ground in an intricate, symmetric
pattern, running smoothly from the foot of the wooden bridge to the west
to one of the great gates of Hamsah Mu'tazz that stand proudly to the
east. The high sandstone walls and rounded towers of this great desert
city rise towards the sky, providing protection from the harsh climate
as well as from marauding armies that would threaten the subjects of the
Sultan who dwells within.


Wearing the loose-fitting attire of the Sultan's army, this man paces the road.
This dark-skinned soldier of the Sultan's army prowls the Eastern Road.
A well-dressed woman moves crisply along the road.

civilized <100%hp 100%m 94%mv 5903tnl (37.53%) 8 PM>

You are hungry.

civilized <100%hp 100%m 100%mv 5903tnl (37.53%) 9 PM>
str wom
You grab hold of a slender merchant's neck and put her to sleep.

civilized <100%hp 100%m 100%mv 5903tnl (37.53%) 9 PM>
ner wom
You press the wrong points and fail.
A slender merchant's punch devastates you!
A slender merchant's punch wounds you.
You have become better at staff (80%)!
You trample around loudly again.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant dodges your claw.
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <90%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>
aa
Kotegaeshi nil

Your defensive spin deflects a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash smolders a slender merchant!
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <90%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>
You grab hold of a slender merchant's wrist and twist it violently!
Your kotegaeshi MUTILATES a slender merchant!
A slender merchant has some small but disgusting cuts.

civilized <90%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>

A slender merchant's punch mauls you.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant has some small but disgusting cuts.

civilized <85%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>

You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant's punch injures you.
You parry a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant parries your molten smash.
Your claw devastates a slender merchant!
Your molten smash singes a slender merchant!
A slender merchant has some small but disgusting cuts.

ct
caltraps
civilized <81%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>
You throw a pawful of sharp spikes at the feet of a slender merchant.
A slender merchant starts limping.
Your caltraps mauls a slender merchant.
A slender merchant is covered with bleeding wounds.

civilized <81%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>

You stop a slender merchant's punch with a solid blow.
A slender merchant dodges your molten smash.
A slender merchant is covered with bleeding wounds.

civilized <81%hp 100%m 100%mv 5901tnl (37.56%) 9 PM>
sw
sweepkick

You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash BROILS a slender merchant!
A slender merchant dodges your claw.
You have become better at dual wield (44%)!
A slender merchant is covered with bleeding wounds.

civilized <81%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>
You deliver a punishing kick to the legs of a slender merchant.
Your sweep kick EVISCERATES a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is covered with bleeding wounds.

civilized <81%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>

A slender merchant's punch injures you.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
Your claw MUTILATES a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is covered with bleeding wounds.

civilized <78%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>
sw
sweepkick

You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant's punch injures you.
Your molten smash singes a slender merchant!
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is gushing blood.

civilized <75%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>
You deliver a punishing kick to the legs of a slender merchant.
A slender merchant is brought down by your sweep kick.
Your sweep kick MUTILATES a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is gushing blood.

civilized <75%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>

You parry a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash BROILS a slender merchant!
A slender merchant dodges your claw.
A slender merchant dodges your molten smash.
A slender merchant is gushing blood.

civilized <75%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>

A slender merchant's punch hits you.
You parry a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant dodges your molten smash.
A slender merchant is gushing blood.

civilized <73%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>

You twist yourself around a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
Your molten smash singes a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

civilized <73%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 9 PM>

You are hungry.
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

sw
sweepkick
civilized <74%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>
A slender merchant evades your sweep kick.
Your sweep kick misses a slender merchant.
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

civilized <74%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

A slender merchant's punch hits you.
You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant parries your molten smash.
Your molten smash singes a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

civilized <72%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

A slender merchant's punch hits you.
Your molten smash BROILS a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

civilized <69%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>
A rabbit pops out from a nearby bush and scurries down the road.
A slender merchant is writhing in agony.

civilized <69%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

You parry a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

sw
sweepkick
civilized <69%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>
A slender merchant evades your sweep kick.
Your sweep kick misses a slender merchant.
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

civilized <69%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

A slender merchant's punch hits you.
Your defensive spin deflects a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
Your claw misses a slender merchant.
Your molten smash singes a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

civilized <67%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

A slender merchant's punch injures you.
A slender merchant parries your molten smash.
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

civilized <64%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
Your defensive spin deflects a slender merchant's punch.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant parries your molten smash.
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

civilized <64%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 10 PM>

You are hungry.
A slender merchant is convulsing on the ground.

civilized <65%hp 100%m 100%mv 5899tnl (37.58%) 11 PM>

You absorb the force of a slender merchant's punch with an iron breastplate bearing the mark of
Udgaard.
Your molten smash scalds a slender merchant!
A slender merchant is DEAD!!
You receive 156 experience points (40% bonus).
A slender merchant's arm is sliced from her dead body.
You get 18 silver coins from the burnt corpse of a slender merchant.
You get 15 copper coins from the burnt corpse of a slender merchant.
The gods give you 7 copper coins for your sacrifice of the burnt corpse of a slender merchant.

civilized <65%hp 100%m 100%mv 5743tnl (39.23%) 11 PM>



The following is an attempt on the life of a merchant foiled by normally apathetic patrolmen.



You grab hold of a slender merchant's neck and put her to sleep.

civilized <100%hp 100%m 95%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 7 AM>
ner wom
With careful precision, you strike at the inner forearm of a slender merchant.
Your pressure point strike hits a slender merchant.
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <100%hp 100%m 100%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 8 AM>
aa
Kotegaeshi nil

A slender merchant's punch devastates you!
You move out of the range of a slender merchant's punch.
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz screams and attacks you!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave maims you!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave devastates you!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave devastates you!
You remain safe as an elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave bounces harmlessly off of a black
steel helmet.
A slender merchant drives your molten smash back with her connecting blow.
A slender merchant barely manages to avoid your molten smash.
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <72%hp 100%m 100%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 8 AM>

You parry a slender merchant's punch.
A slender merchant's punch wounds you.
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz screams and attacks you!
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave decimates you!
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave decimates you!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave misses you.
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave decimates you!
You remain safe as a guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave bounces harmlessly off of an iron
breastplate bearing the mark of Udgaard.
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave maims you!
Using a heavy steel axe, a guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz disarms you and sends a bodyguard's staff
flying!
A slender merchant parries your claw.
Your claw decimates a slender merchant!
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <43%hp 100%m 100%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 8 AM>
fl
flee
You fail to execute kotegaeshi on a slender merchant.
Your kotegaeshi misses a slender merchant.
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <43%hp 100%m 100%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 8 AM>
A slender merchant's punch injures you.
You dodge a slender merchant's punch.
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave MUTILATES you!
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave MUTILATES you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
A slender merchant dodges your claw.
Your claw misses a slender merchant.
A slender merchant has a few scratches.

civilized <24%hp 100%m 100%mv 5624tnl (40.49%) 8 AM>

A slender merchant's punch decimates you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave MUTILATES you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
An elder patrolman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave maims you!
You sure are BLEEDING!
A guardsman from Hamsah Mu'tazz's cleave devastates you!
You have been KILLED!!

You have died, but the Carrion Fields are not finished with you yet!
Your soul is returned to the realms in the form of a ghost.
You will return to your corporeal state in a short while.
Be careful, for even a ghost should fear some dangers!

PROTECTED civilized <0%hp 0%m 97%mv 11750tnl (-24.34%) 8 AM>

Sometimes guards decide to escort mobs down the eastern road and are joined up with them.

When you attack someone they have agreed to escort, the guards will protect them and attack you.

Not a bug.