Can you reunite Lootra with Aida without getting DS points...

[Markus Ramikin 107]

...if you have high strength/persuasion?

 

The problem is removing the guards blocking Aida's escape. If you have high strength, you can't provoke a fight with a failed [intimidate], so you have to choose "you'll die anyway", which gives DS points.

 

Similarly, you can't provoke a fight with Sasquetch (which would let you kill the guards, I think?) if you actually succeed at [intimidating] him to release Adana.

 

Now of course a single DS hit isn't a big deal, but I am curious if some LS way to solve this problem exists that I am failing to notice.

 

(crap, probably should have posted in Kotor general).

[Domino5555 119]

No, you should post it in TSLRCM.

[Sith Holocron 2,480]

No, you should post it in TSLRCM.

Why?

[scoutception 17]

...if you have high strength/persuasion?

 

The problem is removing the guards blocking Aida's escape. If you have high strength, you can't provoke a fight with a failed [intimidate], so you have to choose "you'll die anyway", which gives DS points.

 

Similarly, you can't provoke a fight with Sasquetch (which would let you kill the guards, I think?) if you actually succeed at [intimidating] him to release Adana.

 

Now of course a single DS hit isn't a big deal, but I am curious if some LS way to solve this problem exists that I am failing to notice.

 

(crap, probably should have posted in Kotor general).

Ok, if I remember correctly, after you've convinced Saquesh to release Adana and ease up on the refugees and all the jazz, you should have an option to try to intimidate him into easing up even more on the refugees. In my case, that always lead to a fight without getting dark side points. 

[Kainzorus Prime 206]

Or you could just keep pissing off the Gamorreans by opening the crates, and aggro all of them. This will let you murderize the lot of Exchange thugs.

[scoutception 17]

Or you could just keep pissing off the Gamorreans by opening the crates, and aggro all of them. This will let you murderize the lot of Exchange thugs.

True, but trying to intimidate Saquesh gives you light side points even though it ends in violence, so that's the more beneficial way of doing it. 

[DarthTyren 103]

What I do is have Kreia in my party, then use the intimidate options after selecting her as the leader of my party. Since she has really low strength, this usually provokes a fight. No DS points added.

[LiliArch 115]

I just intimidate Saquesh when I first talk to him, before trying to do any other convincing. It turns all of the Exchange persons hostile, or at least it has worked this far. No DS points.