Hi Jon Jonathan Blake wrote:
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."
. . . Yeah, now you point out that phrase as well I can understand where you're coming from. Personally, after consideration, I would still opt for removal of this confusing game mechanic entirely, but I do have sympathy for not wanting to be excluding so much original text. Really, this is what the original editors should have been doing back in 1990.
I will, of course, defer to the consensus of opinion, though. If your proposed standardisation is preferred, Jon, let's do it.
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.
Then why record where this one is stored? ---------- OFF TOPICCan I quickly ask for decisions on two non-specific occurrences of "on to" which occur in several books, please?
* latch on to (as in, "The wolves latch on to your cloak.") I think this shouldn't be changed, but I'm not 100% sure.
* tipped on to (as in, "The cart is tipped on to its side.") This maybe should be changed, but I'm not 100% certain.
Decisions on these two should resolve about 10 more "on to" issues, leaving (if I can count) only 19 still to be resolved.
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