Rise of the Argonauts Team Q&A #3

A third Rise of the Argonauts team Q&A is now available over at RPG Vault.

Jonric: What are a couple of things you find particularly interesting, fun, challenging, memorable or otherwise notable about the NPCs in Rise of the Argonauts?

Vernon Andrew Dunmore
Designer
Pytheas is easily one of my favorite NPCs in the game. When you run into him on Mycenae, you immediately sympathize with him and his situation. A merchant has no place fighting for his life in the arena, yet here he stands with you as his teammate… and his only real chance of survival.

Combine that with the fact that the entire island clamors for your death as compensation for allowing their Princess Alceme to die on her wedding day, and you have a highly charged narrative moment. The first time I saw the final version of Pytheas’ pre-battle dialogue with Jason was actually one of the first moments that genuinely affected me as I played.