Close call encounter

[Kaios]

I'm pretty sure he means people would be less likely to leave scents knowing that someone could actually attack their town with a good chance of succeeding if the siege system were reworked.

[Onionfighter]

People are less likely to commit random crimes if they know they could be punished for it.

[Mvpeh]

After a brief sailing he gets out of his boat and i pick it up. Feeling generous I said I will give you your boat back if you will stop chasing me for no reason. I put his boat down and he jumps in and sails after me yet again bashing my boat. After a 30 minute boat chase i try to talk to him. He jumps in my boat and punches me takes me down to 9% defense.

Your two mistakes:

You were generous to someone trying to kill you.

You attempted the have a conversation with(30 Minutes? Wow. =o).