Valid point. I myself don't roleplay too hard, so be me it was a successful hit. I didn't like some of the prior assassinations where I had no choice but to throw caution to the wind and attack outright...
I also don't go to deep into the actual role play but on this one I did. Which hits did you have to attack outright? I can only think of the vampires but they lived in a secluded spot and by killing both there was no witnesses.