Oh noes! I kill a town and get arrested? Please, play Fallout 1 or 2 some time and you'll understand consequences in a game.
And yes, bad stories fall on the developmental head. He is the director, after all.
I would rather end up too powerful than fighting for my life against a wolf when I'm a super-mage.
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