Garrulous Glaahk Crunchy Frog Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I have a little scenario I'm experimenting with. It has several endings. In one of those endings, the party suicides. However, due to the circumstances, that's actually considered a perfectly okay ending, and the easiest option to resolve the problem in the scenario. It's obviously far from ideal, but none of the other options are that great either. I'm being deliberately vague here so as to avoid spoiling anything, just in case the scenario ever does get released (don't hold your breath ). Now the question. Would it be better to indicate to the player that this is an acceptable ending and then kill the party, OR to end the scenario normally (and if the latter, should the "win" flag be set or not)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 This has happened before in BoE scenarios. End the scenario normally and call it a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Imban Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Yes. NTH, for Blades of Exile, had a suicide ending which gave you a scenario completion - although it wasn't the "best" ending, which was actually worse... but meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Fort Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I just hope that the 'suicide' ending is a story thing, not a litteral one. I can think of a few people that would be annoyed if the reward for beating the scenario is the loss of their party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Donald Hebb Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Johnny Favourite also has suicide as a feasible ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Just give the scenario an appropriate content rating, i.e. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Imban Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Quote: Originally written by Keep:I just hope that the 'suicide' ending is a story thing, not a litteral one. I can think of a few people that would be annoyed if the reward for beating the scenario is the loss of their party. Well, NTH had you as a premade party, so it wouldn't matter. But you didn't lose your party, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Crunchy Frog Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 Thanks guys, I'll just call it a "win" then. That makes it easy. *i - Heh. Yes. Definitely yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Creator Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Areni has a sort-of suicide ending as well. Probably your best shot would be to play scenarios that have done it before, see which ones work well and which ones don't, and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Crunchy Frog Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 Good idea. I was planning to play NTH and Areni at some point anyway. Time to install BoE... no, wait, I actually have it installed! Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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