Comments on: Annotated 36-8

By: T

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 01:39:38 +0000

This is a fair point and, IIRC, not something we really considered at the time, caught up as we were with the question of how much of Lectrus’ story to show. We liked the “who tests the tester” idea a little too much to really consider other interpretations.

By: Almond Magnum

Almond Magnum — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 22:30:56 +0000

Lectrus contributed his lamp which, as far as we know, can’t be controlled and works exactly as advertised as a lie detector.
That’s what bothers me with the whole thing: how little difference there is between “Lectrus was a cultist” and “Lectrus was a good guy who honestly fought the good fight, but whom the cultists succeeded in disappearing, which they had good reasons to do”. OK, he was a cultist, but what would he have done differently if he wasn’t? Been smart enough to ask the right questions? He wasn’t the only interrogator. Does that mean Scipio and E-Merl are cultists too?

By: Quinch

Quinch — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 01:52:02 +0000

No, it’s a club made of banned books. Ironically, because of its weird balance, you need high wisdom to wield it without penalties.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:53:27 +0000

Those were roughly my thoughts: Why did nobody consider that Lectrus (who has been exposing the inhabitants of this village as cultists left and right) may have fallen victim to those same people? Definitely feels like Scipio is jumping to conclusions a little too fast (or based on some information which the readers don’t have, in which case he should have at mentioned some supporting facts).

To be fair: The information that got Byron into a trap was obtained with Lectrus’ help, and it was very probably a set-up, in hindsight. But then, Scipio himself was just as much involved with obtaining that information, while being in a room with Lectrus and the suspect, and it was him who informed the others, so …

By: Velgar

Velgar — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:52:39 +0000

“Hey, this one guy we have used to 100% ID cultists has gone missing.”
“Ha! Knew he was cultist all along!”
“Or… The cultists killed him so we could no longer ID them so easilly…”
“No! Definitely he’s a cultist!