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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · Oct 17

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stop sign scofflaw @wuhanclams.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Chevalier Logan @chevalierlogan.bsky.social · 17h

Dragon Age: Terminus Zine

Loghain Mac Tir - Part I

#dragonage #terminuszine #loghain #zine #greywarden

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

i only ever open rsdw to build things. i gotta make pretty house

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

99 construction was my first 99 on my main and it's very quickly looking like it'll be my first on leagues too my dedication to building things in rs is absurd

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Grinda Goat🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @grindagoat.bsky.social · 1d

"you need an Always Evil Species so your players don't feel bad about shivving kobolds or something for gold" Wrong. your players just need to learn to enjoy playing characters who will shiv people who are just annoying or in their way for gold.

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

honestly smth like this makes it very easy to brush off minor little inconsistencies in character 😂 like yeah, they're not okay, it's fine

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

precisely! tbh i like that the backstory is kept minimal; there's points where player headcanon would have to take over, and that's fine, but keeping the player vague enough to allow room for headcanons is a skill in its own right. but there's still a personality there, and as you say, a method

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

pirate quests are PEAK player character voice i swear 😂

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

exactly 💀 i know it's odd to call a blank slate character ooc, but that's a really good example of it happening

the mildness of the player's reactions, with the occasional smarmy quip, plays well into rs's dry humour tbh. bro can kill an army and be a bit miffed at having to clean out bloodstains

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

true, but there's some instances where it feels so out of left field, like the attitude towards hooknosed jack was so ???? adventurer my guy what the fuck is wrong with u

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

sure they're a blank slate character but there's still elements to them that have a defined personality. just ask the dragon age fandom they're opinion on hawke vs inquisitor vs rook and you'll get a pretty solid answer on blank slate characters having a vibe about them

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

tbh when i talk about player voice, a good example of what not to do is ratcatchers quest
seriously why is the adventurer so nasty in that quest 😭

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

but that's me! i dont know how well flashback or in-the-past quests are taken. river of blood and pieces of hate both happened while the 6th age was ongoing, and that seemed fine, but maybe there's reasons why it can't always be done like that

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

take necromancy/fort for example (especially fort); i'd have been a'okay with just putting them in the past. clear notice in the quest journal stating they're not at our current point in the story to let the ending post-aftermath breathe and have time

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

i can only speak for myself though, and while i /personally/ am okay with flashback style stories taking place in 5th age / 6th age to clean up old storylines and hanging threads, i just. don't know what the wider opinion on that is. the devs for sure know better there

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

i was thrilled to have nabor but trust me i'd be the first in line to say the asylum segment of totg was out of place 😂 there were many threads left hanging

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

and writing wise, some plots land, some don't. overall, there's way more landings getting stuck now, and i have a lot more confidence in the writing and hope for its direction
ive said it once but i am genuinely proud of how far the writing team's come these past several years

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

but overall the current story feels very much like lessons of that era were learnt. the limitations of the game engine are taken into account, and even played with in a way that's really unique (limited VA to highlight important characters/dialogue being a huge one, for example)

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

+ the scrunched up "seasonal stories" method of that era caused too much pressure to end stories without the needed flourish behind them to be satisfying

there are other plot points i disagreed with (sliske being the main one, azzanadra being another)

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

i admit, i was always pretty fine with the plot point of the edicts. it's the execution i had issue with. if anything, it showcased that rs just isn't the right medium to tell a story of that style

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

a nod to it wouldn't even take much, smth like a simple aside from zemo about how we're no different with pursuing necromancy would go absolutely crazy

Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

it's why sliske was such a compelling villain in the first place; he was a decent mirror to whatever the hell the player was already doing, albeit taken to a dangerous extreme to contrast them. a wonderful foil

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

i would looove for a small bit of dialogue like this for players who have completed endgame. discounting personal headcanons, the player is as much a chaotic force as sliske was (e.g just look at everything the player does in the pirate quest series lmfao, it's what i mean when i say "player voice")

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

it feels a lot like "if a story could be revisited and editted" situation, but live games don't get that kind of privilege compared to closed single storyline games or even editing in a book setting. it is what it is, im just very proud they've found their footing again

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Taffing spy @taffingspy.bsky.social · 1d

tldr, the current writing staff have a really good grasp on threads to work with, what can be left open vs what needs shutting, and how much to leave up to fandom vs how much to address directly

perfectly balanced, guthix would be proud