Captain J wrote:No hard feelings, but it's nice to see you guys understand and help each other to make things better. Tho i'm certainly not hating the shopkeeper's jack-in-a-box feature. I'm positive it was just for surprising joke to your friend, without harm done. It's just inconvenient that i can't bring her back afterwards. I respect your thoughts!
Well, not without closing and re-opening the game anyways.
Come to think of it, maybe 'bringing the shopkeeps out of retirement' could be an actual gameplay mechanic, just gather a specific amount of gems (or just for a price if the tech ain't there yet), funnel 'em into the system, and presty-nift-to! Shopkeep's back, and maybe they could even give you a special 'thanks' item, or a bribe for you not to do that again, whichever way you look at it. Maybe you could kill a few bosses instead if you feel it's too similar to just buying something at the shop, like a couple of Minotaurs, any of Hexen's fallen leaders, a few Cyberdemons, et al... it's rather silly and ridiculous, yes, but I do like the idea of having an in-game mission to unretire a shopkeeper!