How do I get my NPC to reply when asked about something if that something is not in the table? I would like the recipient of the question to look puzzled, or say “What?”. etc. I can’t find a phrase that responds to a missing topic entry.
After asking Barak about a topic listed in the Table of Briefing Answers:
say "[answer entry].";
Instead of asking Barak about nothing listed in the Table of Briefing Answers:
say " 'What?' ";
Table of Briefing Answers
Topic Answer
"room/inn/stables" "Don't worry about it. It's been taken care of for you"
"morning" or "leaving" "At dawn, right after breakfast. You have a busy day ahead of you"
"breakfast/food" "Probably not as good as this. I'll see what Bork can whip up"
"bork/bartender" "Bork owns the Inn. He has served the king faithfully for years"
"chapel" "[description of chapel_answer]"
"Cuthberts" "[description of cuthberts_answer]"
"Triskelion/weapon" "[description of Triskelion_answer]"
"team" or "former team" "[description of team_answer]"
"previous team" "[description of team_answer]"
When I try following code:
Instead of asking Barak about something not listed in the Table of Briefing Answers, say "What?".
I get:
Problem. You wrote ‘Instead of asking Barak about something not listed in the Table fo Briefing Answers’ , which seems to introduce a rule taking effect only if the action is ‘asking Barak about something not listed in the Table fo Briefing Answers’. But that did not make sense as a description of an action. I am unable to place this rule into any rulebook.
I have tried to catch various errors and report a reply, but I get a compile error. The rule that is fired last is the Block Asking rule.
Any suggestions?