[Adonthell-devel] Re: Dialog ideas for Alpha3

[Andrew Phillips]

I've given some thought to the dialog possibilities for Alpha3 and have concluded that having a full dialog tree for all eight of the physical Powers (much less the demi-Powers or the invisible Powers) would probably be overkill. The only scenario in which I think it would not be overkill would be if we were trying to demonstrate the depth of DB's dialog trees by presenting in alpha a dialog tree as deep as the one y'all used for WE.

That being said, I favor including the Green Lady and the Axe-bearer, with both presented in essentially mortal form. The player's goal would be to discover who they really are. They would appear (in my first blush design) as a Half-Elven woman and a Dwarven man. I don't know what they would be doing yet, other than waiting to be addressed. I'm also not sure what the pay-off would be.

Any thoughts?

Andrew

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Phillips <address@hidden> wrote:

As I was driving home from work yesterday, I had a fairly audacious idea. Rather than supplying random townspeople to meet NG's socialization needs, we could do something out of left field: let him talk to the Powers Themselves.

 

My original conception involved the Green Lady and the Axe-bearer, though I am not sure what they would discuss with NG. One idea was for them to present the creation of the world from their own perspectives.

 

The second idea involved presenting avatars of all eight of the major powers (leaving aside the High King and Aethr, as they are not known to have taken mortal form) and perhaps Khel and Elmoast as well. I think in that scenario - which might be too work-intensive for an Alpha - the conversation might revolve around learning the various ways the Powers and the demi-Powers relate to one another.