Talk:Undead Male Merchant/@comment-173.186.193.133-20141231204724/@comment-4511886-20141231231143

Depends. The Uchi can be bought from Shiva of the East at a somewhat later, but required, area. The Iaito can also be found at the begining of the same area.

There are also plenty of other good Dexterity weapons around at the start, like the Rapier and Scimitar. (Both sold by him, ironically.)

The merchant has high value as he sells other weapons unique to him. He also has some deceptively useful items in stock, such as Firebombs and Lloyd's Talismans. He also is one of very few merchants who sells Repair Powder.

Despite all the points against killing him, there is little reason to keep him alive if you don't use him. If you don't want/need his items, go right ahead. Just make sure that you're completely done with him for that playthrough before killing him.