[SixOfSpades]

In may game, it doesn't matter how many bandits I've killed, or even which ones. Vai will buy scalps from me as long as I haven't opened the chest in Tazok's tent.

P.S. The fight in the tent actually IS avoidable! I found that out by accident once. I had my Tank down an Oil of Speed to help kill Tazok, and it was still in effect when I got to the tent. I sent my Tank in alone; he avoided the guy who talks to you, ran over to Ender Sai, talked to him, opened the chest, ransacked it, and ran out--all without that fighter-dude asking what I was doing there, so the bad guys never turned hostile. I don't know what you'd use it for, but a neat little trick nonetheless.