

This has got to be one of the shittiest deals in DAO
Fuck me. I thought HE was going to pay me 100 gold to not kill him. Turns out I have to pay him 100 gold when I can just kill him and get the proof against Loghain anyway? After defeating him, he offered to sacrifice all the elves for you to gain a whopping 1 Constitution. I've never been insulted so much by a video game character in my life!
This game's strongest part is its writing and how you can be an active participant in the world. But a time like this really gives you an illusion of choice; in reality, it forces you to be a good guy. Of course, an argument can be made that you can go full murder hobo regardless of rewards, but the point is that the game doesn't incentivise it. It should be a tempting but evil deal, and given the circumstances, as a Grey Warden, you might have to accept it, which is kind of the whole point of this game.