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Author Topic: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events  (Read 704 times)

pickupsticks

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[Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« on: September 07, 2008, 05:41:19 pm »
I like the Surroundings option when in conversation with people.  It's a good way to find out about the local area, and some of the things that have gone on.

Sometimes I find myself punching it over and over though, skipping the repetitive reports regarding regional creatures... and hoping for a juicy tidbit.

When I'm not after local colour, but rather keen for tales of blood, I'd apprecitate another avenue of conversation.

Presumably Surroundings picks a nearby site and then grabs a random piece of information about it.

It would be nice to be able to ask for Recent Events and get a grab from actions involving legendary people within the last 5/10/50/longer years, depending on how exciting the local area has been.

Or something like Trouble! to hear about local bad-deeds... maybe this town is quite untroubled here, but there's a cyclops over in Crazyfish who keeps knocking buildings down, and is getting quite the reputation.


Whaddayathink?

I'm sure conversations will end up much more elaborate in the long term, but I'd love for some more development in this area to make enable "local knowledge" to focus more on the fauna than the flora.
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Draco18s

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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2008, 07:05:58 pm »
Also, "Beliefs" or "Religion" to get them to talk about the objects they worship (I'd say dieties, but megabeasts count) as the last time I went adventuring I wanted to ask about the dragon so many people held in dubious worship to see what they thought of her.  Could not for the life of me get them to talk about it.
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pickupsticks

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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 09:08:34 am »
Oh, yes - definitely!
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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 09:12:53 am »
Good idea, sort of a branching system of questions?
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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2008, 10:16:24 am »
Hmm, it might be worthwhile for people to remember what they've told you in this conversation, and not repeating themselves.
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korora

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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2008, 11:40:19 am »
Quote from: Granite26 on September 08, 2008, 10:16:24 am
Hmm, it might be worthwhile for people to remember what they've told you in this conversation, and not repeating themselves.

Or say "Like I said,..." or something to that effect, if you repeatedly ask the same questions.  In case you forget/miss something.
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Re: [Adventure mode] Tell me about recent events
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2008, 01:26:54 pm »
Or give us the "shutupshutupshutup!" option if they keep repeating the same things.
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