Talk:Contract: An Elusive Thief/@comment-27082117-20181121054457

Morally saving him seems worth it, plus you ultimately get more gold. But I've collected so much crap I can make up for the extra 100 in gold I'd get. Plus the diagram you get for saving him is either a low level sword OR a lvl 42 sword with 2 sockets. By the time I'm lvl 42 I'll plenty of better options. Killing him is the onle and only chance to get the trophy and mutagen. I'd rather have the decoction made and another head to put on my horse.

If it makes you feel better just remember the letter said his friend told him he can be a begger and make more money. Also as a doppler he could easily change form and not leave like you asked or get found out and burned at the stake anyway. I don't care that the new journal entry says it was a mean choice to kill him. I never read those things anyway since they get lost in the dozens of other completed quests in the list.