Hi Oblivion people,

I don't know if this is just me or a wierd bug but I was sneaking into Bay Roan Stables north of Bravil with my trusty bow and arrow ready to do some hardcoe murder.

The owner was standing in the room just staring at the wall so I was able to sneak past her and remain undetected. So now Im at the opposite end of the room and she's looking the other way. I am in sneak mode and the eye is transparent. Undetected, right?

Ok so to make things short, I send an arrow straight through her throat for 3x critical damage and she dies instantly. I am still in sneak mode and when I go over to loot her bloody corpse I suddenly get a bounty of 1000 gold. WTF guys...

I thought I was unseen and that shot killed instantly. Why the bounty?

If anyone has any answers - please post.

K THX BAI

...lol

One of this games many oddities is the fact that all guards are psychic, without mods. So, even if you kill an imperial forester 5 miles from any town, in the colovian highlands, the Leyawiin guard has your poster immeadiately.... Pretty dumb!

So i suggest looking at Tesnexus.com or Planetelderscrolls.com or right here on the gamesas Oblivion mods forums for a non-psychic guard mod, if it ruins your experience. Many of them exist...

Hmm... I see your point - but I didnt cause any alarm as such. If I had attacked her and not killed, she would have yelled "Help" or something. As for Legion foresters, they are guards. The NPC I killed ( or tried to kill was the woman in Bay Roan Stables ).

As far as I know, she didn't put up a fuss. One shot to the back of the head. A grunt perhaps and she's spread-eagled on the floor.

Oh well...I don't know. Are there some NPC's in the game that you can't kill without getting a bounty or something? I've tried murdering ( XD ) all the shopkeepers in the Imperial city and a 6x critical attack from behind with a shortsword kills them instantly but I get 1K bounty off that as well. Whereas going toward a beggar in his sleep and ramming a dagger into his ribs gives no bounty.

How bizarre...

If anyone else knows anything else please post.

Thanks

Outside of some quest NPCs anyone you kill will result in an automatic increase of the bounty on your head.

I did not mean guards are only psychic when you kill guards, it applies to every Murder. Whether you're stealthed or not, so long as it's not a quest (DB), you will get a bounty. Hence, my statement, the guards are psychic.

Every guard in Cyrodill will always know if you kill any non-quest-related NPC. Only player made mods will fix this.

Here is a good mod for this problem >>>>> http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11911

I have not killed many innocent npc but most does not give bounty. During the dark brotherhood quest line I only had problem killing a guard.
I know positively that killing

Wwas you using an enchanted weapon? might be that she did not die of the hit but the enchantment who kicks in fraction of a second later, self enchanted weapons from soulgems does damage over a second.
I have not killed many innocent npc but most does not give bounty. During the dark brotherhood quest line I only had problem killing a guard.
Know that non guards who walk around in the wilderness can be killed without bounty.
Killed a highelf in Bravil upstairs in a tavern as he was so rude, sneak attack with chameleon but other people in the cell, but he is a dark brotherhood victim.

GordonGekko,

I used for some time the No Psychic Guards mentioned above, which allows you two options to reduce the distance at which stealthy kills are automatically recorded. It is an excellent tool, use it. I was frustrated like hell at this most ridiculous / flawed design, and this mod solved it all for me.