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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:00 PM   #1
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Dialog and Storyline Design Guidelines Document

Last night I was playing with the ring and Kami NPC's. I went to enter some dialog and it occurred to me that I can't really accurately write believable dialog because I wasn’t really sure how they talk. So can we have some sort of document that explains how to write dialog for the various groups so it sounds authentic?
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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:25 PM   #2
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I'm not sure about the Karavan, but I've always thought that the Kami speak a variant of Yodaese.

"Kitin morsels, bring me you will."
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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:54 PM   #3
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Re: Dialog and Storyline Design Guidelines Document

If you talk with the Kami on Silan, they will talk to you a little like the following:

Kami like Kibs, Kibs do good, Kami ask Kibs hug Raynes

etc.

They speak only the words they need to, a very base form of "English" although its more Common Atys speak I guess, but a basic one. They use the minimal words to communicate, and describe themselves in the 3rd person, calling themselves Kami, not individual names.

As for the other groups, I'm not sure
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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:54 PM   #4
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I would also help if the personality of each Kami and Karavan type was explained.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 08:08 PM   #5
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Re: Dialog and Storyline Design Guidelines Document

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If you talk with the Kami on Silan, they will talk to you a little like the following:

Kami like Kibs, Kibs do good, Kami ask Kibs hug Raynes

etc.

They speak only the words they need to, a very base form of "English" although its more Common Atys speak I guess, but a basic one. They use the minimal words to communicate, and describe themselves in the 3rd person, calling themselves Kami, not individual names.

As for the other groups, I'm not sure

So if a kami were telling a player to speak to another kami or saying telling another kami to continue a ritual, how would they say it?
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Old September 20th, 2006, 09:10 PM   #6
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So if a kami were telling a player to speak to another kami or saying telling another kami to continue a ritual, how would they say it?

With a discriptive name?

Like

"swamp" kami.

"Bad" kami.

"Eldar" kami.

"Stinky" kami.

"Evil" kami.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 09:18 PM   #7
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Re: Dialog and Storyline Design Guidelines Document

Or Kami by lake, Kami in Fairhaven
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Old September 20th, 2006, 09:21 PM   #8
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Or Kami by lake, Kami in Fairhaven

What if there are 4 like Kami's next to each other?

*and I'm not just asking to be a pain, this is part of one of my scenarios.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 09:30 PM   #9
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What if there are 4 like Kami's next to each other?

*and I'm not just asking to be a pain, this is part of one of my scenarios.

The blue one?

lol.

How about North ,south ,east and ,west? (of the lake)
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Old September 20th, 2006, 09:39 PM   #10
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You should be able to name them in the scenario, refer to them by name.

At least I think you can, not had time for a proper fiddle with the release version yet.
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