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Post by outspaced on Nov 4, 2013 9:21:26 GMT
Hi Vadron Thanks for pointing this out. However, it is still theoretically possible to follow the route from 268 -> 128 -> 151* -> 17 where you could spend all of that money in 151, leaving you with no finances for the enforced spending in 17 and then a few sections further on in 328. See the footnotes for Sections 17 and 328 in Voyage of the Moonstone[/url], and also the flowchart. Anyway, thanks again for pointing the issue out to us!
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Post by Vadron on Nov 18, 2013 19:32:46 GMT
A couple of issues in The Darke Crusade:
1) The footnote for section 156 says you should probably eliminate all healing potions including Oede from your inventory. But soon afterwards, in section 292, the book assumes it is possible for Lone Wolf to still possess Oede. 2) In the simplified HTML version, the combination lock in section 89 has the number '80' incorrectly transcribed as '8'. This makes what was intended to be a simple puzzle orders of magnitude more obscure.
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Post by outspaced on Nov 18, 2013 21:48:49 GMT
We had a fairly recent discussion about the footnote in Section 156, drawing on the Mongoose Publishing edition, and the upshot was that we decided to make it go away: this footnote will be gone the next time we re-release Book 15.
As for the typo in Section 89...oops! Thanks for spotting this rather obscure mistake. Fixed in xml; it will be fixed online the next time we re-release Book 15.
Thanks for the reports, Vadron.
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Post by oldfan on Jan 24, 2014 23:55:52 GMT
I found a small typo in the Lonewolf Readers' Handbook on page 92 in the section entitled, "1987 New Year's Special"
The last sentence of the second answer reads: "The bonus to your [COMBAT SKILL] rating for use of this weapon is combat always remains at +3."
It should read: "The bonus to your [COMBAT SKILL] rating for use of this weapon in combat always remains at +3."
It's a small error but I noticed the team's due diligence and attention to detail when reading through some of the errata so I thought I'd post.
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Post by outspaced on Jan 25, 2014 9:17:58 GMT
Hi there!
Thanks for pointing out the typo. It has now been fixed in both the online wiki and downloadable pdf versions of the Readers' Handbook.
If you spot any others, please don't hesitate to let us know.
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Post by oldfan on Jan 26, 2014 0:20:54 GMT
Glad I could help. It's very refreshing to encounter a volunteer-based group that is so conscientious about language and grammar, particularly on the internet.
I just finished Flight from the Dark last night and am looking forward to revisiting these books after so many years. Thank you and everyone here for putting in so much effort to keep this series alive for all of us.
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Post by outspaced on Jan 26, 2014 10:14:43 GMT
If you spot any others, please don;t hesitate to let us know. Glad I could help. It's very refreshing to encounter a volunteer-based group that is so conscientious about language and grammar, particularly on the internet. There's irony there for sure! I really hate this keyboard. Anyway, thanks for the kind words. Right now we're slowly trawling through Book 28, and we hope that we can release it as near to error-free as possible. The last couple of releases have been fairly comprehensive and neither has garnered a single typo report post publication--a trend we hope will continue with the final one! As for spelling, punctuation, and grammar, I can only speak for myself and say that I am still learning a lot even as far as we've already come, both from other members of the Project and from often contradictory online sources. If we weren't all having fun we'd have packed it in years ago!
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Post by saladdays on Jan 26, 2014 21:31:23 GMT
Online sources never seem to agree about grammar, etc. Even published style guides differ on certain things. Consistency is the key.
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Post by outspaced on Jan 27, 2014 10:57:53 GMT
Yeah, we know that from bitter experience! The problems arise when there is inconsistency across the series--sometimes even within an individual title--and we're forced to come up with a ruling for it. Our Style Manual is quite comprehensive these days, but even so we sometimes come up against something we need to investigate further. Then, once we've made a decision, we stick with it, unless there is compelling reason to alter it.
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Post by Snowshadow on Feb 5, 2014 21:59:46 GMT
I hope this is the right thread to post this - apologies in advance if not.
Prisoners of Time Equipment Section - "Rope" picture is actually a Meal! There is the correct Meal picture further down.
Cannot believe this was not spotted before so have I gone mad? Or is it purely because we all read Book 10 and never get the Equipment at the start of Book 11?
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Post by outspaced on Feb 6, 2014 10:55:15 GMT
Oh dear! That's really rather dumb! The rope illustration exists, but sadly the page references the wrong image! Fixed in xml; this will be fixed the next time we re-release Book 11. How did we miss that one?! For those playing a downloaded version and who would like to fix this, open the page in a text editor, find the first occurrence of src="food.png" and replace it with src="rope.png" .
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Post by Dave on Feb 23, 2014 4:01:33 GMT
in book 15, section 4 : ...and immediately you follow as he rushes towards it shadowy entrance.
"it" should be "its".
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Post by outspaced on Feb 23, 2014 10:39:40 GMT
Ha! Believe it or not, that's actually a typo in the original text. Fixed in xml; this fix will be in the online editions when we republish Book 15.
Thanks, Dave.
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Post by UrQuan on Mar 7, 2014 12:35:31 GMT
Grand Pathsmanship in this section is supposed to be Grand Weaponmastery with Bow: 99. These sections weirdly assume that you have used Kai-alchemy at some point which is not true: 222, 291. It seem very obvious to me personally that the footnote here is wrong, and that you are supposed be able to use only one or the other in this section (Kai-alchemy or Sabito): 163. It is worded exactly like a hundred similar sections, so I'm not sure why this one would be different. Either you use the Kai-alchemy spell "Breath Water" to breath underwater, or the Sabito for the same effect. You cannot "breath better" with both. However, the interesting point here is that seemingly the Mongoose editions also have this implementation, according to this thread. I'm guessing the Project Aon errata came first? My theory is that the Mongoose editors went with this implementation based on that wrongful footnote. This would certainly not be the only mistake by them, or the biggest one ("The Maters of Darkness"). At least the Magnakai Mongoose books include an extended description for Laumspur in the Equipment section, adding "It cannot be used to increase ENDURANCE points immediately prior to a combat.". I cannot confirm if newer releases of the Kai books also have this description or not. This text is not included in the current online editions, and weirdly I have found no mention of it anywhere online. I talked about this whole healing items can of worms here. I'm guessing there is no "official" ruling on any of this? I read that the Oede footnote from book 15 will be removed, so that's good... No offense, but why was that included to begin with? Seeing that Oede is asked for literally two sections later.
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Post by outspaced on Mar 12, 2014 15:32:17 GMT
Hi there We discussed these proposals and the quotes below are from the coordinator Jon Blake. Grand Pathsmanship in this section is supposed to be Grand Weaponmastery with Bow: 99. "Given that the normal bonus for Grand Weaponmastery is +5, I don't think it's clear that this +3 bonus is meant to be for Grand Weaponmastery." "Ah, when we added 271 back into the game (it was an orphan in the original book) we added it to the wrong place. We should have added it to 283 instead of 216. I suggest we reverse the related changes we made in 216 and add the following in 283: "If you have not yet attained this level of Kai rank and do not possess a Rope, but you do possess a Bow, turn to 271. "Also change the last option to the following: "If you have yet to attain this level of Kai rank and possess neither of these items, turn instead to 30." "Our footnote is meant to express uncertainty about this question, not suggest that using both bonuses is "correct". If there's a better way to express that, we should change it." "Seems reasonable to add this." (We hadn't noticed this or been told about it. Fixed-in-xml for Books 1-28. This additional text will be included the next time we re-release the books (probably when we release Book 28).) That Oede is asked for later on was an unfortunate oversight; on the other hand, a number of contributors asked why only Laumspur should be consumed and not Rendalim's Elixir, Laumwort, etc. We attempted to rectify this and unfortunately forgot about the Oede use. To follow the reasoning, see the Mailing List thread where it was discussed. If you have access to the Collector's Edition of Book 19, could you tell us what changes (if any) have been made with respect to the footnotes, specifically #3, #12, #13, and #17?
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