tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post3435872033403694779..comments2024-02-26T21:38:35.761+11:00Comments on The Dust Forms Words: The Note On The BodyGreg Tannahillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-39000480564861690042008-12-23T23:21:00.000+11:002008-12-23T23:21:00.000+11:00Yes. That was poorly handled; a lazy joke shoehor...Yes. That was poorly handled; a lazy joke shoehorned in to try to conceal what was an otherwise uninteresting section of dungeon.Greg Tannahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-58006145154425706352008-12-23T18:56:00.000+11:002008-12-23T18:56:00.000+11:00This also brings to mind a scene near the start of...This also brings to mind a scene near the start of Fable 2, where you find three dead adventurers, each with a note revealing that they were planning on killing the other two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-39054267370574873822008-12-23T10:03:00.000+11:002008-12-23T10:03:00.000+11:00There's exceptions to every rule, and a clever sto...There's exceptions to every rule, and a clever storyteller can get a lot of mileage out of a cliche providing he knows that it's a cliche.<BR/><BR/>The Morrowind guy is an excellent moment, but it's actually precisely what I'm saying you SHOULD do - the player gets to see the dramatic event happen, a mystery is created ("What the heck?"), the act of travelling to the body creates anticipation, and then the note is the punchline. It would be poor if you simply encountered the body without seeing the fall.Greg Tannahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823898295759037081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24434266.post-37899982895975472412008-12-22T16:27:00.000+11:002008-12-22T16:27:00.000+11:00Like all storytelling techniques, the "note on the...Like all storytelling techniques, the "note on the body" has rich dramatic potential as well as a risk of being an excuse for lazy writing.<BR/><BR/>They use it to great effect in Morrowind, when you suddenly see a man plummet to his death out of nowhere, and when you search him you find his journal that ends with him planning to test his super-island-crossing-jump potion.<BR/><BR/>There isn't a way to make that little encounter funnier than with the note in his body.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277173223422519172noreply@blogger.com