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% Liar?
Jun 30, 2009 0:45:17 GMT -6
Post by apeloverage on Jun 30, 2009 0:45:17 GMT -6
Is it true that '% Lair' was misprinted '% Liar', and that the creator of Arduin interpreted it as the chance for a monster to lie to the player-characters, or is this just an urban myth?
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sham
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% Liar?
Jun 30, 2009 21:03:42 GMT -6
Post by sham on Jun 30, 2009 21:03:42 GMT -6
100% True.
Quote from AG I, p. 80, from the very first monster entry:
"AIR SHARK: % Liar: too stupid to."
And so it went for all of the "not smart enough to lie" monsters.
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% Liar?
Jul 1, 2009 11:12:26 GMT -6
Post by apeloverage on Jul 1, 2009 11:12:26 GMT -6
Thanks.
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% Liar?
Sept 2, 2009 13:44:05 GMT -6
Post by crusssdaddy on Sept 2, 2009 13:44:05 GMT -6
Did they ever get it right? In my copy of 'Eldritch Wizardry', it's listed as '% in Laie'!
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% Liar?
Sept 2, 2009 14:16:17 GMT -6
Post by coffee on Sept 2, 2009 14:16:17 GMT -6
Did they ever get it right? In my copy of 'Eldritch Wizardry', it's listed as '% in Laie'! What printing do you have? My Eldritch Wizardry is a 9th printing (pdf), and it has % in Lair, so yes, they eventually got it right. (Unless they changed it for the pdf...) |
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% Liar?
Sept 2, 2009 14:27:13 GMT -6
Post by James Maliszewski on Sept 2, 2009 14:27:13 GMT -6
To be fair, when dealing with guys like Hargrave, it's hard to tell whether he truly read the typo straight, was making fun of the typo, or had decided to make something cool out of the typo. I'd always assumed the latter.
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sham
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% Liar?
Sept 2, 2009 16:24:40 GMT -6
Post by sham on Sept 2, 2009 16:24:40 GMT -6
To be fair, when dealing with guys like Hargrave, it's hard to tell whether he truly read the typo straight, was making fun of the typo, or had decided to make something cool out of the typo. I'd always assumed the latter. Probably a bit of each, in that exact order. I'd guess that by the time the original trilogy was complete Mr. Hargrave thought he had turned the mistake into something cool. Come to think of it, the % Liar is rather novel. I assume the characters and monsters parleyed quite often in his games. |
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% Liar?
Sept 2, 2009 23:22:44 GMT -6
Post by crusssdaddy on Sept 2, 2009 23:22:44 GMT -6
Did they ever get it right? In my copy of 'Eldritch Wizardry', it's listed as '% in Laie'! What printing do you have? My Eldritch Wizardry is a 9th printing (pdf), and it has % in Lair, so yes, they eventually got it right. (Unless they changed it for the pdf...) Mine is the "8th printing, April, 1979." |
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% Liar?
Sept 9, 2009 20:15:05 GMT -6
Post by abecross on Sept 9, 2009 20:15:05 GMT -6
Are there any other systems that use "%Liar" besides Arduin? I believe Encounter Critical does (probably as a homage to Arduin), but I can't think of any others.
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