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[HighTimeRodeo]

Sarevok: You...fight in your pajamas.
PC: That's right.
Sarevok: And...you claim you can kill a man with your pinkie.
PC: Yup.
Sarevok: ...this I gotta see.
PC: Sure thing. Hey, Jaheira, you have Harper's Call memorized, right?

That's a banter I want to see in my game.

I'd get rid of the ellipses in line 1 and 3: the banter feels more powerful without them. And it seems to me that "finger" is more fitting than "pinkie" - Imoen would say "pinkie", but Keldorn, Sarevok or a serious PC, I feel, wouldn't. I know "little finger" is too long, but "finger" may work - it's visual enough.

The last line is perfect; Sarevok's lines are fabulous.
(If you write fiction and don't mind a new reader, throw a link my way? Love the writing, seriously. Ever since I saw Sarevok encounter in my inbox.)

http://www.fanfictio...2546/1/Insomnia

I personally love this one.

Yeah, a sparring match written around action fighting would be difficult to do.

What is parenthetical text?

Edited by HighTimeRodeo, 14 January 2009 - 06:59 AM.

[Icendoan]

(This is parenthetical text, as () are parenthesise.)

Icen

[Kulyok]

http://www.fanfictio...2546/1/Insomnia

I personally love this one.

Haha! And rightly so! Man, it was an exciting scene... I mean, well written.

[Aeryn]

Aww crap, I've been found out. It's one thing when people suspect you of being a perv - it's a whole other deal when they find the fics to prove it.

Considering we talked about using STR as a required attribute, perhaps a sparing match is a good place to actually utilize such a restriction. Certain dialogs during fighting that could upset him might make him attack more aggressively, and only a stronger PC would be able to keep up with him. On the flip side, a PC with more INT/WIS/CHA could have additional dialogs that would be more subtle about getting the same information that a strong PC would from withstanding his heavier attacks. I hope that makes sense... and I don't think it would be as difficult to write as it sounds. And it would make for interesting options.

[HighTimeRodeo]

http://www.fanfictio...2546/1/Insomnia

I personally love this one.

Haha! And rightly so! Man, it was an exciting scene... I mean, well written.

I believe both counts.

That's a good point Aeryn. But remember, there's the Belt of Fire Giant strength you can either cheat in, which I myself am inclined to do since some peoples STR (Imoen) sucks, or you find in Yaga-Shura's Palace....Hmm, I wonder how big his crib was... Sorry, kind of random today.

[Orthodoxia]

Using only on STR for an outcome would be unfair on thieves and mages and other similar classes. A character with high DEX would avoid his blows, the one with high INT could quickly think up a strategy, and a mage would probably do something mage-ish...

[Aeryn]

Using only on STR for an outcome would be unfair on thieves and mages and other similar classes. A character with high DEX would avoid his blows, the one with high INT could quickly think up a strategy, and a mage would probably do something mage-ish...

Yep, exactly. It would be a challenge to write, but maybe worth it if the PC has a more customized way to kick Sarevok's butt.

[Cal Jones]

I'd rather grab his butt, personally.
Nice work so far. Perhaps this mod should have its own workroom?

[HighTimeRodeo]

I'd rather grab his butt, personally.
Nice work so far. Perhaps this mod should have its own workroom?

I talked to K'aeorlee (sp?) about that. We need staff approval, a viable coder, the best quality we can manage and a few examples. And we haven't even, to sort of quote 1999's 'The Mummy', got it properly coded or catalogued! Much less gotten a lot of the talks we'll need written and coded.

I'd love to have a work room, but I don't think it's possible right now. I just have to get off my (figurative) butt and learn to code properly.

Edited by HighTimeRodeo, 14 January 2009 - 11:28 AM.

[Kaeloree]

You don't need Staff approval for a workforum--you just need to be able to demonstrate to me a high level of quality and that you guys have the drive to complete the mod; preferably by showing me some finished dialogue and coding.

[EpitomyofShyness]

I went over to the SHS Wiki 'What Ability Scores Really mean' thread, and here's what I'm thinking for minimum stats for a character who wants to romance Sarevok.

Strength: 9 human average (because let's face it, some people play mages who will be avoiding the frontline)
Dexterity: Anything
Constitution: 9 human average
Intelligence: 12 high human average
Wisdom: Anything
Charisma: 12 high human average

I think it is reasonable, if anyone has any other thoughts say it. It's a lot of requirements but seeing as it is Sarevok were talking about... Well he doesn't strike me as easy to please.

[Icendoan]

Well, playing this game for years now, I have never played a character with less than 9 in everything but WIS (non cleric) and CHA.

Icen

[Orthodoxia]

I think it's too low. We've already established that Sarevok is picky. He values strength and intelligence. I don't know if it can be done in codding but if the game could check for either high STR or high INT for romance to work it would give option to both warriors and mages.

[Lykainon]

I think it's too low. We've already established that Sarevok is picky. He values strength and intelligence. I don't know if it can be done in codding but if the game could check for either high STR or high INT for romance to work it would give option to both warriors and mages.

I'm not much of a coder but shouldn't it, at the very least, be possible for the game to check for say, strength over fourteen and if it finds it sets global variable SarevokIsLovinIt to one. If it finds intelligence over fourteen, it does the same thing. And said GV is one of the conditions for the romance to kick off.

Now, this might be an unnecessary path to take but at the very least, the thing should be doable.

Edited by Lykainon, 15 January 2009 - 12:57 AM.

[Orthodoxia]

That's what I meant. I am no coder but I've been looking in the code from many mods and saw similar things being done.

[Azkyroth]

Aww crap, I've been found out. It's one thing when people suspect you of being a perv - it's a whole other deal when they find the fics to prove it.

Could be worse. At least you aren't the only one. (...oops. [SNBNSFWBNSMA])

More seriously, I've been busy and would have to read up on the thread, but I might be able to offer some help with writing and coding, and making various IE files, as long as the deadlines aren't too strict.

(POS autogenerated code).

Edited by Azkyroth, 15 January 2009 - 01:30 AM.

[Choo Choo]

Orthodoxia and Lykainon: Yes, you can check for stats in coding. That's how you script romance requirement checks, too.

IF
CheckStatGT(Player1,11,CHR)
...etc...
Global("SarevokRomanceCheck","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("SarevokRomanceCheck","GLOBAL",1)
END

Edited by Choo Choo, 15 January 2009 - 05:28 AM.

[Orthodoxia]

But can you make it either/or check? For instance, if the player has high STR instead of high INT and the other way around.

[Choo Choo]

Yes.

IF
OR(2)
CheckStatGT(Player1,11,INT)
CheckStatGT(Player1,11,STR)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
...etc.

:3

[Orthodoxia]

Nice. I'll defiantly have to learn how to code.