Quote Originally Posted by Lord Condormanius
My point is that the mission message doesn't say you need to use an assassin to kill him, just that you have to kill him. So if you want the Reward, don't do it this way. It doesn't work.
Actually on the scroll that gives the mission it will say "assasination" on the top and that is the way you need to accomplish this. Its kind of the same way when the merchants guild needs you to acquire the assets of some merchant. Killing him would remove him too but thats not how they operate unfortunately...

Actually what is really fun is when the pope wants you to assasinate some heretic or another. Apparently their too dangerous to be burned in public or something or no priest is skilled enough to take the man on.