Comments on: Chapter 16 – Page 2

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:41:56 +0000

Actually, given what H.R. said about NPC reacting to the Five, I think the autonomus advanced scripting can only kick in if they’re present. Or, at least, that’s what he believes.

This is actually an interesting variation on the old “If a tree falls” question – will an NPC interact with another NPC in a meaningful way if a player isn’t around to witness it? For example, the NPC Flinders is scripted to be robbed and potentially killed as a PC walks by. If the PC doesn’t walk that way, will Flinders be robbed and possibly killed, or will he be spared, or will his instance be left permanently waiting for a PC to walk by and resolve it, like Schrodinger’s famous Cat?

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:24:05 +0000

I think that Mr. Wizard McNeckbeard has already initialized stage one of Project: “To heck with you all!” all by himself.

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:22:02 +0000

so, it’s more like a really slow drum line.
Monday: Thunk
Tuesday: silence
Wedensday: Thunk
Thursday: silence
etc.

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:20:09 +0000

This is Gastonia – its probably all three, driven by a lack of rules relating to non-human imprisonment (since, ya’know, they normally don’t). I can just imagine the local jailors trying to hash out talon procedure before giving up because its so far outside the manual, and going out to get drunk instead.

By: The_Rippy_One

The_Rippy_One — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:14:52 +0000

“The Payet Best of nations.”

That…may actually be an absolutely correct statement. I mean, like, a metaphor that captures the essence of this local reality perfectly.

Best was always convinced of his correctness and his central place in the world, reacted badly when this conviction was shaken, and yet never seemed to realize the incongruity of being the “good guy” while behaving so poorly.

Now go back and read that again, but with “Gastonia” and “their” replacing “Best” and “his.” That’s eerily accurate…