A very small stylistic suggestion. On the page where it mentions epithets, you might put a space between the last entry of Call be her/his followers, and then Called by the Thaumatarchy. As it is, there is no space to distinguish it.
Called by her followers:
Lie-Breaker
Open-Handed
Called by the Thaumatarchy:
Shame-Veined
How prevalent are cattle in Shayard compared to sheep?
Wow, that is counterintuitive, but I will try.
I had to refresh my memory about how to read source code on Dashingdon.
*label intelch
How many informants do you want to hire, at 370 silver apiece?
*label intelch2
*input_number intelsale 0 30
*if intelsale = 0
At the last minute you can't quite bring yourself to spend that much on spies. Is there anything you actually do want to spend on?
*goto lastspend
*label intelbought
*if (intelsale*370) > wealth
*set intelsale round(wealth/370)
*if intelsale > (wealth/370)
*set intelsale -1
Unfortunately, your ${wealth} silver will pay for at most ${intelsale} informants. You choose a more realistic number to buy:
*goto intelch2
Your scouts on the edge of the Rim will periodically check in with your ${intelsale} informants.
*set intel +intelsale
*set wealth -(intelsale*70)
I think the last line should be:
*set wealth -(intelsale*370)
I did enjoy having the extra wealth.
*label scramb
Scrambling up the hill, you find the Theurge's crumpled body, Alira's arrow protruding from his black coat. "You were right, ${addressu}." Your chief ranger slides down the slope, looking shaken but triumphant. "Must have been trying so hard to keep the beast from falling, he couldn't keep his armor up.
*if religion < 20
Thank Angels."
*if religion > 19
Thank Ang... thank swiving bloody kenon."
*goto plektwar
*selectable_if (blood > 0) #I use a blood phial.
*goto plektheurgy
I think before the “*goto plektheurgy” statement there should be the following:
*set blood -1
*choice
*selectable_if (blood > 1) #I break two blood phials and strive harder to lift the beast.
*goto levplek2
I think that before the “*goto levplek2” statement there should be the following:
*set blood -2
*if blood > 0
Using your own blood, or a phial?
*choice
#My own blood.
*label cavetheuplek
*if consc < 1
You feel your head begin to spin, and realize you won't have the strength to wobble a rock -- not so soon after you last drove yourself into unconsciousness.
*if blood > 0
Before you collapse, you fumble for a blood phial.
*goto bloodph1
Giving up the plan, you roll away.
*goto notheupl
*set consc -1
*gosub theucavepl
*if consc < 1
*page_break
*set plekfight +1
When you regain consciousness, Alira has dragged you down into a dim-lit cavern filled with other terrified outlaws. "You killed the Plektos, ${addressu}," one says quietly. "Just one left. Heard it howling out there."
*goto fight
*goto darkplek
#A phial of aetherial blood.
*label bloodph1
*set blood -1
For other Plektoi fights, there appears to be a “*set blood -1” to deduct the number of phials used.
*choice
*selectable_if (int > 1) #I use ${wisardry} to bring down part of the cavern ceiling onto the hound.
*if blood < 1
*goto cavethplek
*if blood > 0
Using your own blood, or a phial?
*choice
#My own blood.
*label cavethplek
*if consc < 1
You feel your head begin to spin, and realize you won't have the strength to wobble a rock -- not so soon after you last drove yourself into unconsciousness.
*if blood > 0
Before you collapse, you fumble for a blood phial.
*goto bloodph2
*goto plekrallych
*set consc -1
*goto darkplek2
#A phial of aetherial blood.
*label bloodph2
*set blood -1
I had to go back to Chapter 2 to see if my MCs could survive with INT 2 using less Aetherial Blood. On the plus side, I managed to improve their performance while cutting back Aetherial Blood usage a little, but Chapter 2 is very unforgiving of mistakes and bad luck in the early weeks carries over into later weeks. One week of subsistence rations instead of full rations causing my MC to be sick and thus miss the chance to raid the Architelone was horrible luck. Most other events are somewhat less vulnerable to bad luck.
I do think it is kind of silly in terms of game mechanics that during the food poisoning in Chapter 4, an INT 2 character is better off confronting Breden even if the MC believes Breden is innocent because confronting Breden cuts down on blood usage needed to keep Breden alive.
Is this intentional?
I would initially have chosen Stormwielder but @57Faults has convinced me. Stormwright sounds much better.
IMO Stormwright and Stormwielder are boring.
Look, “Stormwright” makes me think of “wheelwright” and “playwright”. Do you know what wheels and plays have in common? They’re not awe-inspiring. They’re not fearsome. Theyre just not… cool.
Stormwielder is just… wielder. I could pick up a fucking wok and be called Tea Wokwielder, does that make me sound like the storm is mine? No, I just picked up this wok which is also a storm, anyone could.
Boring! Both boring! If I won’t shit my pants at the sound of that title or at least need to piss, it’s not good enough.
Catch me being salty 5ever, I just don’t like 'em. Shame-Veined is hot though, like that one.
I don’t know you would have to ask @Havenstone on that.
I do know that if you completely removed that effect, it would make your margins razor thin for beating the Archon’s troops. You could reasonably get around 25-50 extra followers in the winter, with maybe being able to get 100 if you really throw your weight into getting more people and not doing much else. At the moment though you could double or triple the size of the band through doing this regularly.
It makes sense to have more success from repeatedly sending out the message of your rebellion every week, but it snowballs really fast and isn’t ever explained in game. (Well it is if you keep track of the incoming followers every week but the stacking mechanic isn’t explained.)
Error: Elery and Zvad are accused of getting intimate even in a game where Elery is harrowed.
#BEST GLITCH 2K16
I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING PLEASE HELP
I don’t like them either.
Stormwright just doesn’t sound impressive. Stormwielder is too much of a mouthful, doesn’t have any oomph. Not sexy at all.
So Hector is a telepath and Zvad is a necrophiliac.
Nice.
What about Storm-Maker?
Same problem. Lacks sexyness.
“Storm Lord”?
In other news, “storm” has now lost all meaning to me.
Lord is too constricting, though, since it implicitly places the PC as a lord, even if the rebellion be democratic. Plus, storm lord is too generic.
Plus another still living person is arguably the Lord of the Storms, or Stormlord or Stormwright/wielder already.
I really need a thesaurus.
What about tornados?
…Theurnado? Nah, not everybody plays a theurge MC and even those that do may reject that word theurgy…
Rebelnado! That’s it, that’s the perfect word XD
Tempestforger! (20 characters)
Choice of Rebels: Theurnado it is.
I figured I’d throw these out there since people don’t seem thrilled with the available choices…
Stormbringer
Stormbreaker
Stormdancer
Reserving this for the title of the inevitable Choice of Rebels spinoff dancing rhythm game.
It’s pretty clear to me that the problem is the adjective for storm. I say we just double down on the good part and call it Stormstormer.