Comments on: Annotated 18-1

By: T

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:01:18 +0000

Yes, it was. The short, in-universe explanation is that after Byron came back from seeming death, Harky sent the occasional scout to that gravesite to make sure those adventurers were well and truly dead. And sure enough, one day one of those scouts reported the gravesites were dug up and empty. News reached Harky’s allies from there.

By: Gorcq

Gorcq — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 14:10:13 +0000

Are we sure they count as slurs? I read them as terms of respect for Auragu’s enemies.

By: Sahara

Sahara — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 01:06:26 +0000

Agreed. I like how it turned out, because sometimes there was a clearly functional mechanics, but then other times… the lines blurred. It kept me guessing. And with the idea of the Five “breaking” what was expected of the game’s performance, it seemed totally on par for things to act more real and uncontrolled beyond what HR was trying to program into it.

By: Psolo Ghoti

Psolo Ghoti — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:23:23 +0000

Auraugu had to work very hard to make me dislike him. This scene was where he worked the hardest. He kind of lost it after this.

By: Weatherbeard

Weatherbeard — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:11:33 +0000

The idea of and subsequent push for functional game mechanics makes sense for a lot of the series. It would help with the “Is it all real or just a game?” aspect I feel like you two were going for. But HR gave you an out when describing how the Five kind of break things around them and go beyond the normal bounds of how things work. Even later with his increasing mucking about things should have become even more broken and unpredictable. Kind of like a game forcing in patches that aren’t fully tested.