Ah, well, sorry then, up 'til that point it was mostly a two-sided conversation...
> > A combination of sloppy writing and sloppy reading may have been at
> fault.
>
> The sloppy reading is yours, agreed, but whose is the sloppy writing?
> :-)
Yours, obviously. :-)
I think we both attributed euphemistic intentions to otherwise innocent phrases.
> > I assume that you (Nick) have played with your group long enough
> > that you all know "the basics" of your group's methods and so have
> > a higher expectation of "what a hero shouldn't worry about".
>
> The latter more than the former. I have my own personal opinions
> (derived from experience and prejudice) about things that are not worth
> spending much or any time on, and charmingly share these, in character
> and out. It's not that we have played together so long that our party
> can always be assumed to operate in perfect harmony like a well-oiled
> machine, more that we prefer our heroic deeds to take place in a general
> atmosphere of haphazard bungling and makeshift expedients. But then, we
> trust our Narrator.
One form of play. I notice others in this thread have other opinions on the life expectancy of prisoners...
RR
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