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In article <3a8e6l$i...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, jjh3...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu 
says...
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>Therefore in Ultima 9 some of the character devolpment should deal
>with the Avatar trying to regain the virtues he lost and becoming the
>Avatar again and not in just in name only. Origin could have some
>wicked fun in this. We could find out that all the actions taken on
>Pagan had a equal impact on Brittianna and it's the Avatar and not the
>Guardian who in fact destroys Lord British's relm. Or LB, seeing the
>depths to which the Avatar has fallen, could summon a new warrior to
>take the quest of the Avatar and part of the game would be spent in 
>competion with this computer character.

Yes! Great idea! Who says the player should have a monopoly on Avatarhood 
anyway? Another suggestion: the Guardian has his OWN "avatar", or 
champion, of sorts. The game could become a struggle between these two 
characters. Plus, try to flesh out the opposing side's philosophy a 
little. I don't know about other people, but I get a bit jaded playing 
game after game where it's taken for granted that you're playing a Good 
Guy and the other side is the Bad Guy. Even if the other side is supposed 
to get trashed, they should be able to come up with some sort of 
rationalisation for their actions. That was one of the nice touches in 
Ultima 7; how the people who joined the Fellowship genuinely thought they 
were doing the right thing. Ditto with Ultima 6 and the gargoyles vs 
humans.

>Of course my personal favorite is having a reformed Blackthorn,
>maybe on the road to Avatarism himself, come in at the last min.
>to save the day. He....He...He....

Hmmm... I wonder who the Guardian's avatar could be? ;-)


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