Gah!
Well, sometimes players do suddenly get "oh-er.. um - hang on? does that
mean?!" style
pangs about these things, so I guess it would be nice to completely clear
this up
I agree completely with Simon's inference that each entry in your list of
choices counts as just one choice, even if that choice is "3 Fireseeds"
or "3 meals" (some books even give you "4 Special Rations" I think?)
Likewise a Quiver containing 6 Arrows only counts as one choice!
Can't think of any other examples off the top of my head...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Osborne" <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: [projectaon] Re: Freeway Warrior - Proposed XML changes and
pending
concerns.
> Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>> Footnotes:
>>> ==========
>>>
>>> Starting a new game & taking the three meals.
>>> I always played this as the 3 Meals only counting as 1 item from the
>>> four you're allowed to select, despite taking up three backpack slots.
>>> Does this need discussion/clarification and appropriate footnote?
>>
>> I don't know that there is an official way to look at this, but we
>> could footnote this just to say "It's your choice." That would mean
>> that we should go back and footnote other books.
>
> LCW Newsletter Summer Special 87 states:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> In some books you can choose Fireseeds at the start. It says "3
> Fireseeds"--if you take all three does this mean you have taken three
> separate items from the five you are allowed to pick?
> (Colman Perkins, Portland USA)
>
> The Fireseeds are Special Items which count only as one item no matter
how
> many of them you possess. However, when you have them be sure to note
how
> many you have left. Also, for the purposes of determining your maximum
> number of Special Items (12), all Fireseeds
> count as one item.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> It could be inferred, then, that any pick of stacked items at the start
of
> a book always refers to *one* item regardless of how large the stack is.
> If placed, this footnote would need to be added to virtually all
> previously published works, I think.
>
> --
> Simon Osborne
>