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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
HeraldAlberich
(Before Recorded History)
2018-12-09 11:48:03
Most cases seem to just indicate “This Monster Compendium also collects info x and y” on the Monster Compendium and Enemy Scan pages themselves.
wingedcatgirl
MOD
(Holding A Herring)
2018-12-09 12:01:23
Definitely overlaps with but appears to be distinct from Encyclopedia Exposita.
Is this a Missing Supertrope?
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
2018-12-09 12:37:13
I must wonder, where the "Library" (of glossaries) from the Blaz Blue games fall into.
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A menu option consisting of Flavor Text you've collected throughout the game. If a game has this, one section will invariably be a Monster Compendium.
Dragon Age and Mass Effect have the codex, Kingdom Hearts has Jiminy's Journal...
Edit from the future: Lore Codex now exists.
Edited by wingedcatgirl