I am on a goody two-shoes run of the game, so no stealing whenever possible (currently 2 items stolen, total 50 groschen, not bad eh?). I figured that I couldn’t do the Absolver quest, because none of the guides gave any other option but to steal the sword (and then choose who to give the replica to). But still, I wanted to try something. In stead of actually stealing the sword, I thought I’d look for the poor dude who owns it. And when I finally found him, I was pleasantly surprised!

You can actually tell Basan that Thomas wants to steal his sword and it ends up with Basan attacking him in the middle of the camp. I was sad when Basan ended up dying, so I reloaded, but the next time Thomas was the one who bit it. So the duel isn’t even scripted in anyone’s favor!

Anyway, figured I’d make this post, because none of the guides showed this option and maybe someone else wants to do a good run.