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William Witt
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Now there's a thought. I think it should (for the reasons stated previously) be the *very* first thing, though - Which would place it before the preface. Maybe we could rework the 'preface' to make it no longer a preface, instead integrating its content into the beginning of Chapter 1 or something?
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06-Feb-2015 15:00:12

Wahisietel
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William Witt said :
Now there's a thought. I think it should (for the reasons stated previously) be the *very* first thing, though - Which would place it before the preface. Maybe we could rework the 'preface' to make it no longer a preface, instead integrating its content into the beginning of Chapter 1 or something?

Might be an idea, but if it were the first chapter after the preface, I believe it would still fall on the first two pages of the book and thus visible immediately. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

06-Feb-2015 16:10:55

William Witt
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Is that so? It might still be more easily missable by someone who decides they don't want to read a chunk of text, though. We *could* put the preface first if this bit were made somehow eyecatching, though... An example I just thought of on the spot is colouring it red or something, but that's a terrible idea.
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06-Feb-2015 16:14:29

Wahisietel
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Personally, I don't think it would look very good if it went before the preface. At least, I can't really think of a way to do so. Stuff about why the book was written should really be at the front from a lore perspective too.

Feel free to prove me wrong, though. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

06-Feb-2015 18:55:05

Lord Drakan
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I don't think it should go before the preface. It would make little sense for a history book to start with a rather specific aspect of history rather than... well, the preface. :P Scrye explaining what the book's about and why he wrote it should go first.

If that isn't sufficiently eyecatching...is that really important? A player not interested in lore seeing it immediately even if they don't read the rest of the book doesn't really matter if you ask me. They could always read it later; besides, they wouldn't have read Owen's dialogue anyway.

But as I said previously, I don't think Shadwell should be involved at all - any comment on that? Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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06-Feb-2015 22:38:20

Wahisietel
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There's a difference between reading dialogue and a book that's 10 or so chapters long. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

07-Feb-2015 10:37:49 - Last edited on 07-Feb-2015 10:57:40 by Wahisietel

Lord Drakan
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Wahisietel said :
There's a difference between reading dialogue and a book that's 10 or so chapters long.
I suppose, but then that bit still isn't much more important than the rest to the degree that it could logically be placed before the preface, if you ask me. A mention of Dulcin in the preface could do just as well for eyecatching puposes ("...fortress, nowadays overseen by Captain Elizabeth Dulcin, ...&quot ;) . Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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07-Feb-2015 11:11:00

William Witt
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@ Wahisietel

Maybe Stu can let us know what their view on the 'extract' idea is, then. If they're against it, I think we might still be able to make this work; If they're not opposed, then it makes things simpler. (If they still want to divide the text into chapters, which does make sense, I think it is still workable with the extract thing. Maybe the chapters could even be named instead of numbered, like in Dulcin's journal).
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08-Feb-2015 00:21:28

Lord Drakan
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So you want to keep the Shadwell reference then? Anyway, I stil fail to see why it should go before the preface...

PS. Do we all agree on the Lina and Scrye thing then? Those should definitely be easy to do at least. :P Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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08-Feb-2015 07:37:48

Wahisietel
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William Witt said :
@ Wahisietel

Maybe Stu can let us know what their view on the 'extract' idea is, then. If they're against it, I think we might still be able to make this work; If they're not opposed, then it makes things simpler. (If they still want to divide the text into chapters, which does make sense, I think it is still workable with the extract thing. Maybe the chapters could even be named instead of numbered, like in Dulcin's journal).

Sounds like a plan. Care to explain what about the other changes you wanted made are? You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

08-Feb-2015 11:02:02

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