I killed those evil traders in hommlet for some righteous treasure. They both have about 40 hp. Haven't seen any negative fall out so far.
Back when I played this mod with pen and paper I took one of them along to clean out the moathouse. After some dubious actions while killing the bandits in the courtyard, I cast a know alignment then killed him (no lawfull goods in that party). When I retruned to town and news got out that I returned without him I wound up killing the other curious spy that ran the traders post. Nobody in town seemed to mind, as a matter of fact, they took over the shop and prices for my party dropped.
killed those evil traders
killed those evil traders
What if the hokkie pokkie really is what it's all about?