[projectaon] Re: 14tcok erratum

  • From: "Jonathan Blake" <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:01:05 -0700

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> 5) If we delete the line about keeping these in the Backpack, how
>> should we fix 336?
>>
>> I don't have a good suggestion here.
>
> Personally, I'd just drop "...from your Backpack..." from 336 to leave:
> "Guided by instinct, you hurriedly retrieve the statuette and hold it high
> above your head."

I suppose deleting that portion isn't so bad, but it starts to feel
heavy-handed when we also need to delete another phrase later:

"Eager to continue your search for your captive friend Banedon without
further delay, you slip the statuette into your Backpack and hurry
through the archway into the darkness beyond."

>> My recommendation is that we standardize on the following:
>>
>> "If you wish to keep this Statuette of _____, mark it on your Action
>> Chart as a Special Item which you keep in your Backpack. If you
>> already carry the maximum number of Special Items allowed, you must
>> discard one item in its favour."
>
> But if it is a Special Item stored in the Backpack, why discard another
> Special Item in its favour, since other Special Items are /not/ stored in
> the Backpack?

They may be; we're mostly never told where they are stored.

--
Jon

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