Sneezing and Handkerchiefs or tissues.

[Spillages]

Cotton handkerchiefs, Silk handkerchiefs, hemp handkerchiefs possibly a new machine like a papaer mill or something to make them out of wood and timber.

The handkerchief or tissue could be held to stop others to see you from sneezing or to change the dialogue when you sneeze or possibly to stop you from sneezing altogether. Whatever sparks your imagination, Just another suggestion that will sit here waiting forever and eventually get lost into the deep dark abyss of the forum.

[Solfius]

Curious timing.

I have no idea how sneezing works, but changing the dialogue would be novel.

Perhaps from "You see MrX sneeze"

to

"You see MrX sneeze into a handkerchief"


I don't know about having a paper mill to make tissues, though, as a reusuable handkerchief would be fine and less hassle.

[SekoETC]

1111:3. You say: "Ehm, pardon me if I won't shake your hand this time."

1111:2. You see a man in his twenties sneeze into his fingers.

1111:1. A man in his twenties says: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr...? *holds out a hand*"

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I've been considering hankies as well, for my own game. That would be connected to a dirtiness attribute, but maybe in Cantr you could simply have one sneezing into a hankie if such is in the inventory, and the culture might treat people without hankies as they see fit.

[Solfius]

"Sneeze into his hands" is better, but I like the idea.

It may become a mark of progress, with people able to produce cloth for handkerchiefs being seen as better than those without.

[Sho]

It would be excellent if a handkerchief prevented a sneezing person from passing on the sneezing sickness. A town with the sneezing sickness could distribute handkerchiefs instead of instituting quarantine, which usually doesn't work because people want to stay in the town square.

But that's no doubt more work than the original suggestion. Mine is definitely a "wish list" sort of idea.

[tiddy ogg]

Neither do I know the sneeze transmission mechanism, but handkerchiefs could perhaps used to stop such spreading of the disease.

[fishfin]

I don't think there should be a way to totally stop spreading sneezing sickness, but they should take down the chances of someone else getting it.

[Spillages]

Curious timing.

Why would that be?

[Solfius]

Mentioned it the same time as a character did.

[Rusalka]

The idea is good, but we don't have any sneezing on polish islands at all. Why?

[Mykey]

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[Rusalka]

Nope, I've tried it already

[Sho]

I would guess that staff started the sneezing sickness in a small handful of locations and let it spread. They might have left out a few islands.

[Solfius]

A better system for disease would see it linked to environmental factors, like animals or dead bodies, perhaps even location and diet

And will finally give a point to bury bodies. I know places where dead bodies lie in buildings of big cities - no one cares about them, because it doesn't affect the game at all.

[N-Aldwitch]

Oh? I honestly thought sneezing was because of eating rice.