A thought on the 'new skill branched' pop-up...

Started by CalmThyPalm, June 30, 2024, 02:32:48 PM

This is just my own personal take on it, but it can be a bit jarring and immersion breaking, the wording of it.

Maybe instead of "You have branched '1.skill' and gained the skill '2.skill',"
we use something less meta-sounding like, "You now feel confident enough in '1.skill' that you may try '2.skill' next."

Or something like that. Just my two cents on it.
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"your mastery of <skill> has given you insight into <branched skill>"
Perhaps?
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June 30, 2024, 02:46:10 PM #2 Last Edit: June 30, 2024, 02:47:43 PM by CalmThyPalm
Quote from: Kavrick on June 30, 2024, 02:40:18 PM"your mastery of <skill> has given you insight into <branched skill>"
Perhaps?
I like that one too! I just went with my initial proposal because I believe there are some skills that can be branched without needing to reach Advanced or Master in their pre-requisite.
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"Your growing experience in <skill> has revealed insight into <branched skill> to you"

I really don't mind the setup we have.
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Quote from: Patuk on June 30, 2024, 04:12:52 PMI really don't mind the setup we have.

I don't mind the setup that we have and I also wouldn't mind if it were to change to something more immersive.

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Quote from: CalmThyPalm on June 30, 2024, 02:32:48 PMThis is just my own personal take on it, but it can be a bit jarring and immersion breaking, the wording of it.

Maybe instead of "You have branched '1.skill' and gained the skill '2.skill',"
we use something less meta-sounding like, "You now feel confident enough in '1.skill' that you may try '2.skill' next."

Or something like that. Just my two cents on it.
In my humble opinion this is just nitpicking at this point.

All I want is a message that says I've got a new skill/spell. I'm fine with anything.
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