@Doctor I missed answering your question. Apologies. Yes, there is an easy way out of it in the next act.
@Beezlebub Yes, I am going to add more customization to the “Flashback” act. Yes, I will be adding in other stats, skills, and uses.
@Minttymint He is bound by chivalry but he is no longer a royal knight so he is looking for something honorable to do. He figures that being your chaperon/protector on this quest (given your condition of nakedity and defenselessness) is worthy of a knight’s time. There will be flirting and romancing and implied relations but nothing explicit (something like “you invite someone to your lantern for the night - fade to black” etc).
Nobody in this world has last names or middle names. Just one name. It’s confusing yes, but let’s not buck tradition for the sake of clarity! If you dare suggest this again the pitchforks will come out.
But, seriously, you could just type Robb Starkers in the input and Bob’s your uncle.
A lot less sarcastic then what I was expecting, but I still managed to get a chuckle out of the writing. (Which is a rare thing for me.) I look forward to your progress on this.
Small update uploaded. Now there’s more customization options to fill out your chosen character, some visual updates, and some bug fixes here and there. I’m halfway through the next act so that’ll likely be up soon depending on externalities.
You know, speaking of transsexuality, (or I guess transgender in Lish’s case?) does this world not have magic users capable of altering a person’s body? I mean, there’s a well known magical item in D&D that changes the wearer’s sex. It’s a pretty classic trope. In a way it seems like being “trans” would be less common in a fantasy setting, since people could just get themselves magically transformed into the sex of their choice without having to worry about major surgery and/or hormone treatments and still never being able to do everything.
being transgender means you don’t identify with the gender you were assigned at birth and want to show that through gender expression such as pronouns and passing etc
being transsexual means you means you don’t identify with the gender you were assigned at birth and choose or want to change your sexual organs because of that
nonbinary and binary transgender or transsexual people alike both fall under trans.
@Shoelip while it’s true that that may happen in a fantasy setting, trans people need to see their struggles personified and represented well, to show them that even their heroes go through things that they go through and pull through. seeing a trans person who has changed gender and all that’s magically that is okay,
but what is even better is a trans person/people, represented well, with all the struggles and worries and yet wholly still a person and not a butt of a joke or stereotype. this is why krem in dragon age was accepted by the fans so well and remains a fan favourite by the mogai community!
I’m not sure why you’re seeing an error. I just ran through the demo again without problems several times. Can you try a different browser or get a screenshot or text of the actual error for me?
Well, lively and snarky sometimes cross paths. The difference is in the delivery. With lively you’re trying to make a joke with them and with snarky you’re generally trying to make a joke insulting them. The people in the story are likely to think the lively comments are just silly while the snarky comments are abrasive. Some people will like lively attitudes (Ghinty, etc) and some people will like snarky attitudes (Oferi, etc) - same with the other dispositions, of course. Different people like different things.
Yes.
Magic enchantments are rather rare in the world and they take a very powerful magician to create them. An item enchanted to change someone’s physical form would be exceedingly rare if it did exist and commissioning such an enchantment would be prohibitively expensive (I suppose Lords and Kings could afford such things but it is well out of price range for a commoner).
A magic spell or illusion could also alter a person’s body but only for a limited amount of time. An enchantment is required for a permanent change (permanent as long as you have/wear the enchanted item, anyway).
Thanks for the questions! They get me thinking about interesting things to address or add in the game. If all goes well I should have at least the next act out this week.
What would happen if the protagonist boxed himself up against a wall in a way that would make it look like it was clothing? Would the boxed parts be destroyed or would the whole wall topple?
I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking… if it’s a room of some sort, then no, it would not be destroyed. If the MC was actually wearing a box around themselves, then yes it would be destroyed. Anything that can be construed as clothing will be turned to dust, even something silly like a barrel with shoulder straps.
The MC sleeps on the floor of their lantern home on a wicker bed of straw. Not particularly comfortable, I reckon, but at least they aren’t affected by being too cold or too hot thanks to their enchanted necklace.
For injuries, the injury would need to be tended to via a salve or healing magic. If the injury was traumatic enough as to require bandaging or even a tourniquet, then yes, the MC would likely die from that injury.
As for the monthly issue, that’s not something I’ll be tackling in this story as it conveniently takes place during a time of the month where that is not an issue. But otherwise, what happens just happens.
I agree with the concept of not over-thinking things, but I’m also a stickler for realism even in a fantasy setting. Which makes such a story a good challenge for me.
