What would readers prefer?

  • Pure narrative quest: no dice will be used, the author will have free reign to decide what happens.

    Votes: 25 59.5%
  • New dice system: the author will design a new, better dice system to add some randomness and risk.

    Votes: 17 40.5%

  • Total voters
    42
  • Poll closed .
[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."

Personally, if she's gonna be our travel companion, maybe it's a good idea for everyone here to be well rested. We shouldn't have to look to her as if she may turn on us.
 
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[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."

It's sleepy time, not story time
 
[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."

She'll tell us what we need when we need it, because we're her friend, not because we manipulated it out of her.
 
[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."
 
Ryza's (Apparent) Age
How old does Ryza appear to be? I didn't think she was quite that young.

I would say she looks somewhere between 9 and 12: very much a child by human standards but not completely helpless. I had considered offering an option to have her look like a teenager, but I decided against it.

On that note, I've been meaning to do this for a while, but we never did choose what she looks like. Rather than clutter up the vote, I'll put it as a poll at the top, since @Ryumancer has a very nice set of options:

So, i did manage to dig up a few possibilities for Ryza's appearance, and i'm curious to see what you all think. I think i'm leaning towards B or C the most, but...




 
I would say she looks somewhere between 9 and 12: very much a child by human standards but not completely helpless. I had considered offering an option to have her look like a teenager, but I decided against it.

On that note, I've been meaning to do this for a while, but we never did choose what she looks like. Rather than clutter up the vote, I'll put it as a poll at the top, since @Ryumancer has a very nice set of options:
You, uh, might want to link each option as part of the poll itself? Because anyone who hasn't seen that exact post of mine isn't going to know what each letter correlates to.
 
[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
[] Tell her more: "My father was an elder member of the Yellow tribe, trusted and sought for advice by many manakete. I wasn't his only student, though I never met any of the others, they were all gone by the time I was born…"

Come on, now that our guest's only escape route is closed, this is a perfect time!
Eh, fine, let's go with the boring option. * grumbles *

[X] Distract her: "The men who are after you… what do they want? Why would they hurt your friend? Why were you scared for me?"
 
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[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."
 
On that note, I've been meaning to do this for a while, but we never did choose what she looks like. Rather than clutter up the vote, I'll put it as a poll at the top, since @Ryumancer has a very nice set of options:
Umm, either I'm blind or there isn't a poll at the top? Also, this wasn't an alert for me, so some people may not notice that there's something else to vote for.
 
Umm, either I'm blind or there isn't a poll at the top? Also, this wasn't an alert for me, so some people may not notice that there's something else to vote for.

It got deleted.

So @SoaringHawk218 one thing I might recommend is at the end of the next update make the appearance vote that way as many people can see it and vote for it.
 
[x] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."
- [jk] and then rob her while she sleeps
 
One Day Warning
Voting will end tomorrow at around 3:30 Pacific time. We're currently tied between trying to distract Artemis and suggesting she go to sleep.
Adhoc vote count started by SoaringHawk218 on Nov 30, 2021 at 7:01 PM, finished with 23 posts and 15 votes.
 
[X] Make a suggestion: "You look tired. And hurt. You should get some sleep; I'll make sure nothing bad happens."
 
I like both options on top. As long as we don't freely share sensitive informations with a stranger, I'm good with it.
 
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