Hello there!

Excited to be here, not really sure what to expect honestly, but that's part of the fun.

Isn't it just.

Alright!

It's finally time for us to start this whole thing up!

Introductory post incoming; looking forward to seeing your responses :-)

Hah ha!

A few small things:

1. The notification sound is supposed to be private information

2. I am having some trouble with the Secret Line function, so if you can see screens that are supposedly hidden to others, it's a technical error and please report it to me. I've already been aware of some errors

3. I'm considering leaving private information public, and just have everyone play in good faith. It's a little less immersive, but so is leaked information because I got my formatting wrong, lol

4. Oh also, how is everyone feeling about the game so far? I know we just started, so I'm mainly inquiring to see if anything immediately jumps out as problematic for the future.

Having fun so far! Thanks again for running it.

Definitely having formatting issues in the Spawn point thread, but I'm not sure that's you, it's likely just me being on mobile at the moment.

Having fun too. A little more trouble mentally staying on the character, but he's new and should come together more in my head as I play.

Good to know!

I'm not familiar with RPOL on mobile (except that supposedly they have a secondary site to improve it's formatting), so I cannot say for sure which is which.

At the moment, I am making a large number of edits to clear up anything I improperly formatted.

I think some confusions may have arisen from there, especially on the part of Dmitri.

Unfortunately, your status screens are now a little hideous using '()' and '{}' over the far more crisp '[]'. I am thinking that is causing the problems... It could also be the table function.

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I've been there! A few months ago I started playing an evil-leaning tiefling and couldn't really get into that headspace, so I talked with the other players and they gave me some advice. I ended up making him a little more sympathetic, as he was 'struggling with evil' rather than 'has a cruel personality'.

Of course, time is also the best way to become comfortable with a PC

Edited my last post to respond to Emily.

Missed it in my first reply.

In case you're getting a little frustrated Dmitri, let me give you a hint:

 - You haven't even confirmed how this skill works yet, :wink:

Were messages #57 and #58 overlooked?

My bad! I skipped over them because there is no response, but forgot to mention that in my post.

Hello all. Thanks for letting me join the game.

I based my character concept off the actor who plays Penny in The Magicians, though after discussing it with the GM, we both want to be clear that this is an alternate universe sort of thing, so it's not any kind of commentary on real-world shows or people.

Anyway, please decide for yourself if your character was a fan of the urban fantasy / Students At Magic University show that my character is most known for.

Penny eh?  I recognise him from How to Get Away With Murder but I always get the Magicians mixed up with The Librarians.

Welcome Arjun

My rough outline of a thing that could laughably be called a "plan" is to have him be a sort of cynical actor, who might fall into acting the character that feels most appropriate to the setting, given what little info we have, as a kind of armor against the weirdness.

I'm sure this plan will change quickly.

And Arjun gets the hundredth post.

You're going to be a grifter, Arjun? ;)

My "plan" (also subject to change) is to make you look like a villain, as the System sticks to you like a lost puppy >:-D

So far, you've all been getting along FAR too well...

It seems you haven't realized yet, but...

"Figures, man. I always get screwed. At least this isn't another gorram cattle call."

Seriously, though, I encourage you to let us get along until we exit the spawn point. Let the competition and hostility occur organically :)

That said, I'm playing somebody who has the ego necessary to survive the acting world. I'm 100% cool with that seeming villainous.

I'm totally with you on having a bit of a grace period!

It just gives me more time to design my evil schemes... :totally innocent smile:

Don't worry though, I'll only be causing suspicions and dropping incentives to a reasonable degree, lol.

Once you guys get a little further in progression, you might guess why I'm running things like this. Of course, it's possible you won't know until the end game... hehehe

Truth be told, at present, we have not yet seen any reason not to co-operate.

The problem with game concepts like this is the that the first thing I want to do is mash all the buttons to see what menus come up.

I'll try not spam the IC thread as soon as I show up, but I will gently nudge the Voice of the System for confirmation that none of the new commands I tried have worked.

In reply to Emily Khorashandi (msg # 40):

This is what I'm saying. Let the bickering happen naturally. I've been in too many rpol games where the players beeline straight for PvP conflict.

How big is this disc we're on?

How many people besides the PCs do we see on the disc?

Also, can we call them Notifications, or Alerts, or something? I suspect that at some point, we're going to see an actual window on a house or something and get confused.

The disc is a hundred feet in diameter. The OP has this info, also.

The PCs are the only individuals on the disc.

If you prefer that, I can begin to use the term "alert" instead.

Welcome to the game, Arjun. I was out of the lair for some exercise and just got back. I'll read and catch up.