FM authors trolling. - by derfy
derfy on 4/2/2014 at 17:46
So, is it an unspoken rule that, if there's an AI around and you need both hands free AND there's a chest nearby (bonus points for being locked!), said chest WILL contain something heavy like a hammer? And of course there's no safe place to drop it.
SlyFoxx on 4/2/2014 at 18:02
I never did that to people.
Yandros on 4/2/2014 at 18:22
A hammer or a bedroll in the footlocker by the bed with a sleeping AI is also a common variation. Yes, I suppose it's one of those cliche gags that some authors do. I don't recall if I ever did it - I probably did.
Renault on 4/2/2014 at 21:03
I always thought it would have been a great variation on this theme if a chest gave the player a boulder.
We should start a thread on Thief FM cliches, btw. Maybe this could be it.
bjack on 4/2/2014 at 23:28
Soulforge has this in the sleeping quarters. It is not just an FM thing. Sometimes the hammer can be dropped on a bed carefully without too much noise. Does this little "You just got messed with" trick tick me off a little.... yes, just a little. In reality, you would open the box and not pick up the item it it were useless. Does turning off the auto quip/autosearch or whatever it is called stop this from occuring?
R Soul on 4/2/2014 at 23:59
Unfortunately it won't, but you should be able to crouch and drop the hammer/mace, even on a stone floor, without it alerting anyone. The sound can be misleading in this case.
edit: I checked with a quick test in Dromed. Maybe the game behaves differently, but I'd be surprised.
Corwin1971 on 5/2/2014 at 01:20
Tales from the Cleft: Vandal has a clever variation on this that I just encountered yesterday. A mask-like object that looks like loot, but when you pick it up, Garrett says "Uh-oh. This is heavy" or something similar. I was standing a few feet away from a guard at the time, and backed away slowly like Homer in the Simpsons, holding this statue, until I was halfway down the stairs below and felt safe to drop it.
hopper on 5/2/2014 at 10:00
I remember one FM where there was a door that didn't just open normally when you frobbed it, instead it flung open violently and hit a bucket that was conveniently placed just behind it. Of course there was also a guard nearby. I think it might have been Benny's Dead, but not sure.
gigagooga on 5/2/2014 at 13:02
[video=youtube;CL8i7zI5bAk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8i7zI5bAk[/video]
try switching the quality if it doesn't work
Ricebug on 5/2/2014 at 14:09
Looks like some of GORT's work. Revenge of the Builder had all kinds of evil tricks.
