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  rismisner Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:33:56

  A cute idea that would be fun to go along with this would be to write the list of demo/test speeches as a made-up little story about that event, to insert some humor into this interface.

  When <caster|I>
  cast <spellname>
  it had a big effect on <target>
  because I was in <subzone>
  which is a place in <zone> ya know
  and I was fighting <selected>
  man was he tough, he was beating on <targettarget>
  but I had my pet, <pet|Junior> with me
  and I wasn't worried because I knew <party2> had my back too
  ... and so on
  

  Each type of event could use it's own story - or better yet, there could be a random set of stories defined that test every possible substitution in various orders.

  If that kind of thing gets to be too shuffling of the order of the tests/demonstrations, we could roll backwards with a "Utility Diagnostic Mode" checkbox to disable the funny stories, and just list each substitution in a reasonable order - technically it would use a predefined "story" that was written in the blandest possible way as simplistic demonstrations.

  Last edited on 07 Oct 2009 by rismisner
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  rismisner Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:28:18

  It is always a thorn in my brain, that warrior who didn't get why <target> was him when he cast shield wall, arg ... but I can see this feature having bigger applications than just teaching noobs how it works.