Which Cliché HOPA task is the Most Annoying?
Jul 31, 2022 8:44:11 GMT
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Post by Valkara on Jul 31, 2022 8:44:11 GMT
And how is it you can get out of jail but the poor pile of bones sitting there couldn't but could leave you with the means to?
I LOVE this phrasing!
I love it when someone is in danger (like drowning) and you are required to do a HO and solve a few puzzles before you have equipment to save them supposedly
I added a near-drowning to my alternative version of King's Heir (the one that follows the game up until Edmund is nearly hanged; I actually killed Edmund off and left Randall to languish in captivity until he escapes several months later, and seeks refuge in the neighboring kingdom).
The neighboring king is suspicious of him and puts him in the charge of Duke William Bennett (who wasn't in Griffinvale the day that the king's murder happened, which is why he didn't manage to prevent Edmund from being hanged; I've decided that Duke William is a "dual citizen" and spends time in both kingdoms).
The court goes on progress, and they're camped by a river, the king wanders over to the riverbank, and falls in (people who stare down into the water can experience a kind of hypnosis that often leads to falling into the water; I've experienced that and it's extremely scary). Since the Kingdom of Ravensmoor is more land than water (the opposite of Griffinvale, where the capital city we see in the game is actually an island crisscrossed by numerous canals and bridges), this king never saw any reason to learn to swim, and neither did anyone else at court.
Randall, however, could swim from early childhood and I decided that there's no reason why 11th century people couldn't figure out CPR. So Randall doesn't bother going on a Quest For Stuff when he sees the king is drowning and nobody else is helping him. He yanks off his boots and cloak, jumps in, and rescues him.
Is the king grateful? Does this rescue lessen his suspicions? NooOOOooo, of course not. The King of Ravensmoor is a jerk. He won't even say "" until Duke William tells him he should.
Jul 5, 2022 3:30:02 GMT CatChat said:
Yes. I'm in that exact situation right now. The entire room is on fire, except the chair my friend is sitting on. But, I'm not only going to waste time to play games and wonder back into town, I'm also apparently holding onto the one blanket that WON'T smother it (interesting that the dinky, dingy towel I eventually come up with does, though).. Good thing my friend and said chair are fireproof, however. phew.Or how about the situations where your companion has been injured/poisoned/both and you have to find a first aid kit and Some Fancy Potion to cure them, which takes traipsing all over the place, climbing up and down a mountain cliff or two, and mixing up the potion?
Just once, I'd find it more realistic if the game said, "You took too long, your companion is dead, so good luck with the rest of your quest!"
I think something like this happened in a Fighting Fantasy gamebook. Some books say that you have only so many paragraphs' worth of time to do something and if you take too long, something awful will happen.