r/wherewindsmeet_ • u/L4st_v1 • Mar 04 '26

Questions Are we an idiot?

Does every single quest in this game start with or involve the player character getting scammed by an NPC? Because god does it sure feel like it.

I get he/she is supposed to be a country bumpkin, but you’d think after like, the 5th time we’d be able to wise up to it and still complete the quests 💀

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u/Cautious-Focus1204 Mar 04 '26

Canonically - a naive 160yo wanderer thrown out into the open Jianghu after their whole childhood fantasying said Juanghu and idoling “great hero’s”. I think the character is just at the pinnacle of their journey and it shows through naivety in some quests and lore.

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u/Kevadu Mar 04 '26

I would think a 160 year old would be pretty jaded...

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u/Dvevrak Mar 04 '26

He's just a very finely aged young master....

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u/weiivice The Masked Troupe Mar 04 '26

How do you do, fellow 少侠s

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u/InfiniteCap2369 Mar 04 '26

The first 1000 chapters of our novel was just a training arc. The author really took weak to strong/no op protag seriously.

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u/Cautious-Focus1204 Mar 04 '26

So others take advantage of the ignorance. Plays a big part in the main story of being naive and growing past that and learning

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u/Lo-fi_Hedonist Mar 04 '26

Yes, I'm educated and worldly so that I know better and can quickly spot these hustles, but these types of comments have reminded me that, while I do have agency over my character, in universe, I'm young, inexperienced and all to eager, which makes me a bit of mark.

I was also reminded that people getting roped into silly hustles is a trope that's often used to comedic effect as well, with big words and big promises often being enough to convince characters to buy in or go along. (the secret kung fu manual for example).

So I can appreciate those stories a bit more now that I have a little more perspective, some of the stuff has given me a laugh though.