Outsider!

The key turning point to the game as to whether you will live or die at the end of your adventures (should you make it to the end that is) is in the second target presuming you killed Copper firstly that is. This man is one of the men described in your mothers diaries so killing him might not be the most appropriate course of action.

Actually, two out of the three men mentioned in the diaries should not be killed if you wish to play through to the end. They are both as vital to your survival.

When you have successfully killed Copper, you are sent to assasinate a necromancer who is one of the three men listed in your mothers diaries. If you don't kill him and if you let him teach you the ways of the left-hand path, you will have an opertunity to read a book in which are details of how to bring back the undead. Proceed with reading the book and carry this out. Your mother will reappear but won't tell you who your father is. However, you will have a long scar across your arm which we'll come to in a moment.

The other important turning point in the game if you followed the above course of action involves Defender. Defender is the last of the three men your father could have been, and again, if you don't murder him, he will offer you the opertunity to learn the secrets of the right hand path with him in exchange for the sword of one of his ancestors which you must fetch. If you successfully do this for him, you will be rewarded with a pentagram on your right palm which will again we'll come to in a moment.

Finally, after you have vanquished the prince after of course uncovering his plot to rule the city and idora has returned to you, you will meet your mother who you unwhittingly brought back from the dead when studying under your necramancy friend. She'll reveal your father to you and then you must kill her.

Depending on how you encountered and dealt with the second of your potential fathers, the count, you will reach one of two optimal endings if Idora survives the cataclismic battle between the mother and you.

you don't bring your mother back, but still never involve yourself with the thieves? I always thought that was one of the main turning points as well, if you tick off the thieves or not when you do the lil crossbow bit.

involve yourself with the thieves but still take the steps above?

ending that doesn't involve the count,

If I remember, you and Idora just ride off in to the sunlight to lead your new clear of wetworks life.

In Outsider!, when you have to kill the kingpin, how do you get to him. Trying his gambling fails, trying his vice gets you killed and to get him via drugs you must fight several nigh indestructible foes. Even with a zombie bodyguard and chemicals from Fiorentino I can't seem to get to him.