Rocket Heeled Jack
Posts: 311
12/8/2014
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And so I returned home,
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having not taken on board a mute Exile at Codex and finding myself under Salts Curse, to find my sweetheart and child dead...
On the one hand, I can see the point of having penalties for getting cursed, on the other hand, with no way to prevent it, and no way to do anything about the consequences, after all, not dead at sea means you can't get them back from the Fathomking, it seems a very strong penalty without recourse to prevention, and indeed, something that could drive a person to madness were it to occur...
Which brings the question, should there be a way to prevent or at least delay this problem, after all, if you haven't got the means to lift the curse, you either stay out of london till you have lifted it (which could be a very long time at seven secrets price), or you're doomed to have them die without any chance to save them...
There are those who are numerical in their approach who will say that there are ways to get another sweetheart and child, but I do believe that it's not the point, were I my character, I would lay off the northern edge of Wither and Bomb the House of the Question till it glowed in the dark, and that would not yet be enough, I would go around the entire of the sea and wipe any trace of their shrines from it, and that would still not be enough...
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There's a story in this to be sure, I'll start on writing it and be back to you all soon...
But still, I myself understand, I'm not sure Rocket Heeled Jack will come back from it yet...
Admin edit: spoiler tag
edited by Alexis on 12/8/2014
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Rocket Heeled Jack
Posts: 311
12/8/2014
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SouthSea Rutherby wrote:
Whoa! Spoiler alert there friend... That's terribly inconsiderate to just throw out there a major plot twist like that. A lot of players play these game to see what happens next and ruining a storylet out of frustration just isn't necessary. Next time, leave out the details, or at least cover them up or something. 
Apologies, didn't consider it at the time, and next time, I'll do so
Thanks to the admin for putting in the spoiler alert, how do I do that myself?
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Diptych
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12/8/2014
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What an appropriate way for Salt's Curse to manifest! It strikes me that the only real sticking point here is the unavoidability of being cursed if one collects that intelligence with a full crew - and the resultant meta-gaming of letting a zailor be killed before completing that quest. Perhaps there should be an option to, say, trade an existing crew member for the new one, avoiding the curse in return for a higher Terror penalty?
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