Game play and character creation
Expectations
Most of this stuff doesn’t need to be said, behave yourself, keep up the posting rate etc. If I see something going on that I don’t like I’ll send you a PM and we can talk about it and I hope you’ll do the same.
If your character is holding the game up because you have not posted I will post for you, I’m keen to make sure that this game ticks along at a steady pace and doesn’t stall. You’ll get 48 hours if your character is part of an active discussion, in combat or is holding things up for some other reason, longer if the actions are not critical for the game. If you know in advance that you won’t be posting just let me know and tell me what your character is trying to achieve.
Please use quotation marks, “ ”, for anything your character says, a double cross, ++ ++, for any vox communications and any thoughts should be in italics. Speaking and thinking should be in colour to differentiate if from other text and to easily see who is talking. (Only your character know what they are thinking so including thoughts is entirely optional).
The colour orange is reserved for anything ’Out Of Character’, please keep anything that is out of character at the bottom of your post, in orange and after a little OOC flag.
There is no need to seek permission to communicate with each other, or an NPC, Just send a PM, in or out of character. All the characters, and NPCs all have microbeads that allow communication between any part of the ship and if you wish to speak to someone who is not on board, Master of the Vox, Gregor Yorick will probably be able to patch you through.
Dice rolling
If your character attempts something please roll the dice assuming it is a normal roll without mods, if you ae not sure what stats or skills apply then just roll a D100, I’ll do the rest. Please do not assume a good, or bad result in that same post as there may be mods or other factors that you are not aware of.
If you have not rolled dice for a particular situation, I will roll it on your behalf. I will also roll dice on your behalf for perception checks that indicate things your character was not previously aware of. If I ask you to roll a listening check it rather gives the game away regardless of the result.
If you roll where no roll were needed, we’ll just ignore it.
Please copy any dice rolls you make to the bottom of your post, in orange, and after the OOC flag.
Point to note regarding authority on the Pious Lament, the Lady Captain has supreme authority over everybody aboard the ship, no grey areas here, it's a condition of being aboard, (and playing in the game). Your character may answerer to a higher authority elsewhere but that is not a concern here, if the demands of those authorities are at odds, you'll have a dilemma to resolve.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 12:59, Sat 30 Mar.