[projectaon] Re: 04tcod footnote issues
- From: Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:50:59 -0700
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 18/10/2011 21:42, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Simon Osborne<outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> 245: Deleted "Your other man is also now beyond all help."
>>
>> But what if you came to 245 from 127 where you have that extra man.
>> Does this solve one problem and create another?
>
> Possibly...though I must admit I'm not up on how many men you are assumed to
> have in various Sections.
>
> According to Section 178 (also linked from 127): "You drag the loathsome
> creature away from the ranger only to find that the man is dead."
>
> On reflection, I think that copying Mongoose and deleting the offending text
> lessens the inconsistency, so I find the change preferable--a man described
> as 'pinned beneath an Elix' not being mentioned again is easily inferred to
> have died; conversely, finding out explicitly that he's dead, losing the
> other man, and then (apparently) being told of a third also being beyond
> help is confusing.
Agreed.
--
Jon
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