to act according to your alignment.

Learn how to act according to your alignment in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. This guide covers conversations with Carth, early game combat, and strategies for saving levels.

In this conversation, you get to know a little more about Carth. He mentions being a veteran of the Mandalorian Wars. After the wars, his home world Telos was among the first to fall against Malak's fleet. After some probing by you, he stops talking about it and suggests getting back to the task at hand.

There's nothing more to do, so walk to the door. The game tells you some information, and you and Carth step outside your apartment.

Seems the Sith are looking for trouble as you step out. You are attacked almost instantly. These guys are pathetic weaklings. Duros, the alien fighting with you, will speak to you. Even though "Stay out of my way or I'll kill you too" looks like a dsp (dialogue special prompt), it's not. In fact, it doesn't matter what you say to him. He'll tell you not to worry about the Sith because he'll move the bodies to throw them off. Doesn't sound like it would work, right?

Note: You will be able to level up after this fight. Some players, however, use a different strategy. Later in the game, you will become a padawan and be able to use force powers. It is possible to save your levels until you gain access to force powers. You will have a weaker character in the beginning, but a stronger character afterwards. Strategies for those who wish to save levels at difficult fights are provided below.

General strategies for saving levels: Let your character die to save medpacks, have a different party member lead the party so that enemies will attack the party member instead of you, and take advantage of free healing areas such as the rapid transit system and medical facilities.

There are only a few drawbacks to this strategy. The first is there is a bug in the way XP is calculated regarding your party members. Party members will usually have one or two levels lower than what they normally would have. This bug will resolve itself towards the end of the game when you have reached the level 20 cap. The other drawback is that you will not get any free feats from your class of scout, soldier, or scoundrel since you will no longer be part of that class.