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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 9045411" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant to ask whether events that LOOK prima facie arbitrary and nonsensical, like Palpatine returning to life out of the blue, are always bad even if (hypothetically) they have a hidden explanation that makes sense, like a pre-established cloning technology, which Palpatine wants to keep secret and is therefore not advertised to the galaxy before or after his return?If Sauron shows up after the explosion of Mount Doom (because it was really Melkor all along, pretending to be his little buddy Sauron so that the Valar wouldn't realize he'd broken out of jail), is that bad for gameplay, or interesting? I suppose it could be either based how much trust you've earned and how you handle players' inevitable questions. &quot;Yes, you did drop the ring in Mount Doom. I'll tell you in out-of-character that yes, no one was lying to you about what would happen if the Ring were destroyed: Sauron would die, or the equivalent from a Maiar perspective. But here's this guy making waves, claiming to be Sauron, and it looks like he's got plenty of wisdom and power. All of this is really happening. Interesting, huh?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 9045411, member: 6787650"] Sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant to ask whether events that LOOK prima facie arbitrary and nonsensical, like Palpatine returning to life out of the blue, are always bad even if (hypothetically) they have a hidden explanation that makes sense, like a pre-established cloning technology, which Palpatine wants to keep secret and is therefore not advertised to the galaxy before or after his return? If Sauron shows up after the explosion of Mount Doom (because it was really Melkor all along, pretending to be his little buddy Sauron so that the Valar wouldn't realize he'd broken out of jail), is that bad for gameplay, or interesting? I suppose it could be either based how much trust you've earned and how you handle players' inevitable questions. "Yes, you did drop the ring in Mount Doom. I'll tell you in out-of-character that yes, no one was lying to you about what would happen if the Ring were destroyed: Sauron would die, or the equivalent from a Maiar perspective. But here's this guy making waves, claiming to be Sauron, and it looks like he's got plenty of wisdom and power. All of this is really happening. Interesting, huh?" [/QUOTE]

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