>Namely, 'pads' imply that the paper is somehow attached to the pad, and with origami, you wouldn't want to rip the paper from the pad, and if it was somehow 'glued' you wouldn't want one edge to have sticky residue.

Perforation does wonders.


-Kitrinx & Riaka

I think you're getting into that area of "realism vs. playability." For the sake of playability, how about you leave them called PADS, and imagine that they're held magically at one end? OR you can just pretend that in Elanthia, a pad is the same as a ream, just another name for a package. :) Nitpicking it to death won't get us the paper grouped together!


Allegoria


Instigator of Liberation for Hara'Jaal

Gotta find this road... it's like, "Bob's Road..."

Just so it only counts as one item in your inventory from which you can produce a given number of sheets, I don't care what they call it.

Who says it has to be glue?

It could be a rubber-like resin that binds the ends of the sheets but a gentle pull is all that is necessary to dislodge them and because of the substance's low adhesiveness there's no residue, it's the substance's high cohesiveness that was holding them together.

I would imagine it to be somewhat like soft wax, but more cohesive.

Or, for that matter, the "pad" is indeed a stack but bound together (therefore a pad) by a simplistic butterfly clamp at one end. Removing a sheet entails loosening the clamp, dislodging the sheet then tightening the clamp. Since that is merely a matter of messaging, it's not necessary but would be nice if the GM's included it.

Could even be used for an interesting side effect ... use the last page and you are left with only a clamp, like when finishing a drink and being left with a glass. Perhaps the clamps could even have some fun use later (perhaps binding our own papers together?). Or they could just add messaging when taking the last sheet that you toss the clamp aside, like is also used with some objects such as drinks or whatnot.

~~~Krin
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<<Meriel: When the envelope is empty, you'll be able to destroy it so we don't build up clutter....if you have suggestions for fluff verbs, I'm always willing to consider ideas :) >>

Oo.. how about:

UNFOLD ENVELOPE - turns the envelope into another piece of origami paper!

>You carefully unfold your envelope and end up with an extra piece of origami paper for your effort.

You knew someone was going to suggest that didn't you? :)

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>>Meriel>>What you'll actually get in game is an envelope of with origami paper in it.

Works for me.

~~~Krin
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
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Meriel,


I'm not sure if you've answered this or not but to me, a really important point is, the paper in the envelope, will that count as 1 item? Or if you have an envelope with a 'pad' of 100 papers will that be 101 items?

Thanks for all your great work with origami it's very much appreciated!


~Camiella~

<<Or if you have an envelope with a 'pad' of 100 papers will that be 101 items?

It will be one item. With all hope it will weigh very little since it is paper afterall.

Majebrad

"An example of when posting and loud complaining works" - GM Meriel 9/03

When pads... err envelope comes out, will the cost be about the same?

- Bis.

"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught." - H. L. Mencken