Funny / Six Ages

Ride Like The Wind

Gameplay

• Failure to smooth over a dispute between shamans and priests:
  "Shaman and priest alike took this as an invitation to declare their mystical positions again, louder."
• An option in Ekarna's heroquest involves saying, "Until you've been drunk on kumis, you haven't been drunk!" Mind that Ekarna is a goddess.
  • And the Orlanthi she's talking to agrees after taking one drink (if the option succeeds).

Advisor dialogue

• "I see why goats are not treated as a main unit of barter but it hurts my feelings nonetheless."
• "By mating with an elf, Hyalor switched sides. Something Elmal would never do."
• "Don't let the Wheels know that our god coupled with a non-human. Though theirs would, given half a chance."
• "We shouldn't have let [character] on the circle. No offense, [character]."
• "I can think of a duller presence than [character]. That rock over there, for example."
• "Anyone who can't handle Votanki hunters is doomed with or without our help."
• "[Character], who shares my love for goats, needs to be loved."
• "I'll be surprised if [character] can stay married to the same person for more than a week."
• "Good for them my goats didn't get at their lands. Then they'd have something to whine about."
• "[Character A]'s wandering eye seeks out pretty women. [Character B]'s rolls back into its socket."
• "Mind the goats. Gods will take care of themselves."
• "If we can't punch this problem I have no advice."
• "This will bring war. Let's do it."
• "We must put our finest songsmith on this. If you think that is me, I am honored and shall do my utmost."

Lights Going Out

Gameplay

• A Cheese spirit exists.
• There's a religious ritual to keep goats off your land ^note they're a problem because they consume herbage needed for the clan, more useful, animals. It involves priests waving shepherd's crooks around and repeating the "Seven Reasons for Hating Goats".
• The local necromancer clan just cannot catch a break. First Kerenna kills their chief, then her daughter does the same thing decades later. And then, if the clan disbands prematurely, the epilogue notes that she kills all their new leaders too.

Advisor dialogue

• "At least this petty squabble distracts us from the fact that the world is ending."
• "If we put this question behind us, we can get back to my concerns."
• "I'm not one to foist peace on unsuspecting strangers."

When language becomes garbled by Wakboth

• Note that some of the garbled language is randomized, so you may not see the exact same gibberish each time.
• Venef: "If not for the laws against kinstrife, I would have strangled my father in his sleep.
• Venef: "How did you put up with my father for so long?"
• Issaries Worshiper: "As a worshiper of the Talking God, at least tohmcng skrogg brlh nmal."
• Advisor: "Numbers are not affected: one, two, three, four, ighi, six, irmn, seven, reinco."
• Advisor: "Whatever we do, we mustn't forget to hamamoite."
• Advisor: "Language comes back when you have nothing drion to sarglnok."

Narrative

• "Looking at the bolt of sunlight that shone on our citadel, the people said, 'After we beat Chaos, the whole sky will be blue and clear, as it was in the past.' Quibblers said, 'The sky should be stormy, not clear.' They were quickly shouted down."^note It's only the Orlanth worshipers who want stormy skies.

Meta

• The Six Ages Twitter account describes a gameplay bug being patched: the bug is a god coming back to life after a temple is demolished.
• Another bug: an advisor compliments the hats of people who have none.
• Another dev twitter exchange, in which the QA team is invested with the power of deicide:
  Six Ages Twitter: "The most recent request for “Lights Going Out” was a way to kill gods and increase the threat of undead monsters…"
  QA Lead Liana Kerr: "You wouldn’t think I was crazed with power, just to look at me..."