Adventuring for Idiots, Because Clearly You Need It [Thursday, 2nd Period]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara had led her students over the causeway again this week, though today the bar they'd ended up in was considerably less shady.

"So last wekk you tried to figure out if people were trustworthy enough to listen to when they askd you to go on some kind of quest," she said, once they were seated. "Now today we're going too assume that you were actually concinced to do something, which brings us to whether you actually have the skills to acomplish your task, since there's very little point in storming the castle if you've never even picked up a weapon.

"Ideally you'd be able to find a well-balanced team whose skills compliment each other, but since that never happens, you're going to have to work with what you've got." Cara gestured at them. "Talk with the person next to you, work out what skills you have that might help accomplish the quest I'm about to give you, one way or another."

Comments

Re: Class Discussion - AfI [02]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"And do they do what you tell them, or, um, have minds of their own, or?" Ringo was totally getting side-tracked from the assignment because that sounded neat!

Re: Class Discussion - AfI [02]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

"They're semi-autonomous," Velma said. "So, they do what I say, but they're capable of their own interpretations of that? Like, if I gave a vague order like 'take care of my room,' they could figure out how to clean it or whatever. More the difference between sentience and true sapience, I guess."

Re: Class Discussion - AfI [02]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Um, right." Those were not really words Ringo knew, but she thought she followed along.

It made her grin. "Um, I bet that's resulted in some, er, unexpected situations?"

Re: Class Discussion - AfI [02]

[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

Velma frowned. "Like what?" she asked. "I have to make them move, at least at first."

Re: Class Discussion - AfI [02]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"I mean, there's all those movies and things where vague orders and requests get misinterpreted, or, you know, come out not like you expect. Does that not happen to you?"