I remember running through that frame-up scenario several different ways and that there was some way by taking one of the options presented with that whole affair that my party ended up being released from prison with it's 17 rep intact. However, I could not for the life of me defeat the bad guys in the caves at the end of the catacombs. No matter what I did. My party was only mid level (4-5) so perhaps that had something to do with it. But I found that when I fought them with the decreased rep I could win fairly easily. I concluded the AI was making it impossible for me to get around the rep decrease. So I moved ahead, accepting the decreased rep. Anyway, this thread has me wondering if maybe some people have taken the option I did that keeps the rep intact and succeeded where I had failed.
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