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Old 07-08-2018, 03:18 AM   #1
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A new post at thefantasytrip.game giving info on where Death Test and Death Test 2 fit into the Legacy Edition project as Kickstarter stretch goals.

http://thefantasytrip.game/news/2018...-death-test-2/
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Old 07-08-2018, 04:48 AM   #2
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That's great news that the Death Tests are coming back.

My question for those who used them for repeat play: what is your opinion of rooms such as the "Spider Chest" room in DT1, where the challenge can be entirely bypassed once it's known about?

Would it be better if the choice to avoid the challenge was taken away, forcing the players to deal with it?

Did you feel that knowing about the danger from previous play gave you more chance of completing the adventure and that therefore a danger that could be completely avoided is acceptable in the context of the module as a whole?

Would increasing the "risk v reward" of such challenges improve the experience. For instance, the chest might contain something useful like a healing potion?

Interested in your ideas?
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Old 07-08-2018, 06:21 AM   #3
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Old 07-08-2018, 06:27 AM   #4
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My question for those who used them for repeat play: what is your opinion of rooms such as the "Spider Chest" room in DT1
Spoiler alert!!!
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I like that room. It is a test of character. Yeah, now that you know what is in it, are you still going to open it anyway?
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Old 07-08-2018, 07:57 AM   #5
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Spoiler alert!!!
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I like that room. It is a test of character. Yeah, now that you know what is in it, are you still going to open it anyway?
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Oops! It never occurred to me that there were people who’d never played Death Test. Sorry!
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Old 07-08-2018, 08:07 AM   #6
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Oops! It never occurred to me that there were people who’d never played Death Test. Sorry!
Yes, and I'm one of them. Thanks a lot! :)
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Old 07-08-2018, 08:19 AM   #7
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I just want the Powers That Be to know that this is my most anticipated game release of whatever year it gets released in :-D So excited!

I have a wheelbarrow of money ready to upend into the Kickstarter. I swear, all the stretch goals will fund even if I HAVE TO FUND THEM MESELF

...that's all. Carry on!

(P.S. Death Test 2 was my favorite solo Microquest for TFT)
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Old 07-08-2018, 09:44 AM   #8
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Spoiler alert!!!
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I like that room. It is a test of character. Yeah, now that you know what is in it, are you still going to open it anyway?
:)
Yes, because Thorz' ethics are about rewarding a certain level of selfish aggression, and you can just wear leather armor to render the spiders harmless and stuff the leather in the chest after squashing them, before proceeding to the rest of the test (since TFT armor DX penalties are such that presumably you don't really want to wear armor anyway).

I think the choice to bypass some or all of some room challenges is interesting. The problem I see with that room is that it's trivially defeat-able too.

What I would do, is randomize several of the rooms, so that you cannot know for sure what the situation will be if you reach a room you've been to before. Not have magical teleporting rooms, but have the staff put different things in the chest for each test, etc.
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Old 07-08-2018, 09:53 AM   #9
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I just want the Powers That Be to know that this is my most anticipated game release of whatever year it gets released in :-D So excited!
Kickstarter project launches later this month.

The finished The Fantasy Trip Legacy Edition box set is planned to ship in 2019.
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