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Here's the relevant section btw, 32 minutes in:

Quote from: Toady

...people have suggested that we should just kindof do all of the dialogue in, uh, without showing actual quotations but just saying like "Your brother says something cheerful" or something like that. And that's a possibility but I think that also has its problems of pulling you out of the situation...

"...but I think that also has its own problems of pulling you out of the situation..."
Sounds like Toady agrees that it could be a problem.

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Well, since this is the Suggestions subforum, I suggest we start considering methods that could have the best of both worlds. How about an option to have longer, unimportant bits of exposition summarized?

Quote from: micelus on October 25, 2012, 02:13:41 pm

Quote from: Criptfeind on October 24, 2012, 04:25:29 pm

Right.

Send the overseer and 40 plebs off to chop some wood.
 
Send the Geologist with one soldier as a escort (and possible sacrifice) to the North to look around.

Have the engineer draw up plans for a dock and as soon as 20 wood is chopped have him grab some plebs from the wood chopping detail to make it.

Have the 9 remaining soldiers start a watch on the area, three shifts, eight hours each, three soldiers each.

And I vote the last guy be a Scholar.

Eh, I'll just +1 Cript's.

+1 to Cript's

Why not have the overseer join the exploration group? More suitable. Otter than that, +1.

Granted. You aren't immune to fire.

I wish I had a computer in my brain with actually-perfect antivirus and antispyware software, which granted me constant internet access, and which was implanted away from my little brother.

Name: Cog Frarson
Race: Dwarf
Age: 21
Bio: Cog was a cheese maker's son. He was arrested due to stealing a few steel bars for a secret project which still bugs him.
Inventory: prison clothes, bowl of gruel
Action: Hurl gruel at nearest guard and request plump helmets. {Tails}

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on October 25, 2012, 04:47:13 pm

Quote from: misko27 on October 25, 2012, 04:41:14 pm

Quote from: da_nang on October 25, 2012, 04:37:20 pm

Quote from: Aseaheru on October 25, 2012, 04:31:16 pm

-sniGRAAAAAH-

CEASE AND DESIST

IMPEDE

AID

BOTH

NEITHER

Agreed. Reduce to -2?

Granted, it determines that your brain and free will are security threats so it deletes them..

Your definition of "perfect" differs from mine.

Granted. It is a replica. You come to realize this is a good thing. HAH NOT DEPRESSED!


I wish I had a computer in my brain with actually-perfect antivirus and antispyware software, which granted me constant internet access.

Continue slashing at the goblin mob, to hopefully drain enough life energy for extra health/rolls!

[4] You deal [17*5] 85 damage to the mob. However, you need to be damaged to heal.

throw fireballs.

[6] Whoops, that limb's still in the pot. You take [19*7] 133 damage.

Fly out of the dungeon and return with a bagful of Attack potions

[1] You do so and drink one. It's a cursed potion... You are attacked by [1] a wet noodle. It's tasty.

Respawn, and try to get my sword out AGAIN, and do a few slashes.

You [3] yank out the sword, and [2-1] stab yourself in the foot for [17*5] 85 damage. Oops.

Stab the bastard with Spike a glove

Ninja'd, [1] Your spikes face the wrong way. You take [5] five damage. Can you believe he died from a d6?

BOSS TURN:
The zombie jetexes [5] wow, they're rolling well. They rip jetex apart.
The chef decides to make kelp ash stew, and to flavor it with snakegirl. Or maybe the other way around. [1v6] Instead, Cassandra makes kelp-ash-goblin-chef-and-tip-of-tail stew, taking [6*] 30 damage.
The mob [3] applies band-aids to itself, healing [6*2] 12 points of damage.
The gnolls attack...Unholy_Pariah and Objective. [6,3v4,6] While Objective dodges into the ceiling, taking [5*5] 25 damage, Pariah gets hit for [26*5] 130 damage.  Wow, twice in one turn.
The orc summoner guy [4] summons a new goblin chef.
TFB gestures! [4] Several bits shudder and begin to move! A plane shift sends [5] the entire party to [48] Mechanicus.