[projectaon] Re: Comment Period for Lone Wolf 1-7
- From: Benjamin I Krefetz <krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:50:40 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Simon Osborne wrote:
I just compared the list of footnotes against each section in the Mongoose
Publishing edition...if we copied them, we could make errata changes to the
text and lose 21 (!!) of our footnotes for this book alone. I haven't checked
Books 3-7 yet. That said, I think Mongoose's solutions are sometimes
inelegant, so we shouldn't slavishly go along with their text.
I know we don't want to linger over this comment period. Should we leave the
footnotes as they are, or should I make a list of what the Mongoose solutions
to our footnotes were and implement them selectively? Or (if possible) would
someone else like to do this, if they own copies of the Mongoose editions?
;-)
If we want to change some, can we come up with a rough idea of what sorts of
things we should leave as footnotes? For example, I think the footnotes in 79
and 242 look unnecessarily messy in the main body of the text as they are
purely clarifications of a game mechanic. On the other hand, Mongoose's
solution to 145 and 314 are less intrusive than a footnote. (Not helpful to
those of you who don't own the Mongoose editions, I know--sorry!)
I tend to agree with your assessments on the 4 examples you gave. I'm happy
to go over the Mongoose editions of 1 and 2 when I get off work and compile
the full list for them. I don't have any of the other Mongoose books,
though.
Ben
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