kevinjohnston
member, 10 posts Mon 27 May 2019 at 02:36 | Having a player with 2 charactersI am having a problem. I have a player who wants to play 2 characters. I am having a problem of setting it up.
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LonePaladin
member, 824 posts Creator of HeroForge Mon 27 May 2019 at 02:45 | Having a player with 2 charactersIn the GM Menu, click on Edit Characters, then the "Add (Existing)" button. Pick the player in the drop-down on the top right, then fill out the other details.
The player will have the original character as their default (you can change this); to post as the other character, they'll have to use the "Name" drop-down above the Subject line.
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evileeyore
member, 188 posts GURPS GM and Player Mon 27 May 2019 at 02:57 | Having a player with 2 charactersThe Player can also set it to 'No Default", which is what I recommend, less chance of making errors that way.
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Piestar
member, 750 posts once upon a time... ...there was a little pie Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 12:44 | Having a player with 2 charactersIn a similar vein, I have two characters in a game, but they are in different parties. The vast majority of the time, I am only allowed to post as or the other, but I am still required to open the drop box and the one option offered. Is there any way to avoid this?
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donsr
member, 2091 posts Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 14:50 | Having a player with 2 charactersif i am not understanding it....
GM Menu, " Edit characters"
"add existing"
the graph will come up to add in the charcters name. then the drop down box that says 'select player"
i have a few folks who have 2 characters. ( I capped it after a few years to 2..3 is way too many)... they can interact freely as long as they don't abuse information and they do not 'gang up' on a player... i haven't had that problem since biuncing a plyer a few years ago.
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Piestar
member, 751 posts once upon a time... ...there was a little pie Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 15:34 | Having a player with 2 charactersI don't think I explained myself very well.
I already have two players in a particular game.
They are in separate groups, each character can only post in the group they belong to.
When I go to post, a drop down box pops up where I have to pick which character to post as, but in every case, I only have one option, the character who is part of that group.
Is there a way to make it so I only get the drop down when there is an actual choice to be made?
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donsr
member, 2092 posts Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 15:57 | Having a player with 2 characters to be honest? I don't know? if only certainpeople can post in that thread. For example. I had a character long ago who had a private thread because of her balck ops ect...
i just checked now ( player has been gone for years).. it only shows my Main NPC and that character's name, no one else can get in that thread, because it was set up for that player.
now? you can ( as GM) type in a Character's 'other name' box. if you use the exact name of the other charcter, thier icon comes up...i did it by accident for charcters that only have one name.. so i have to shorten it so thier Icon doesn't come up,
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Piestar
member, 752 posts once upon a time... ...there was a little pie Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 16:08 | Having a player with 2 charactersOkay, fair enough. Just irritating to take the extra step to choose the only option possible, but it is no big deal.
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SunRuanEr
subscriber, 341 posts Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 16:25 | Having a player with 2 charactersI don't think there's any way to entirely do away with the drop-down, Piestar, but maybe you could reduce having to deal with it? If one of the characters is the player's primary character, and the default to primary character option is checked on, it should (I'm guessing here, because I can't go test it myself) eliminate the drop-down showing up at least in the group that the primary character shows up in?
I think, at least.
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Piestar
member, 753 posts once upon a time... ...there was a little pie Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 16:26 | Having a player with 2 charactersI will ask the DM to give it a try, thanks.
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SunRuanEr
subscriber, 342 posts Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 16:41 | Having a player with 2 charactersIf it's your character, you can do that yourself. Look in the Game Preferences option and check on the option to default post as the primary character. =)
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Piestar
member, 754 posts once upon a time... ...there was a little pie Fri 30 Oct 2020 at 16:43 | Having a player with 2 charactersAwesome, it fixed the issue for both characters! Thanks to you both.
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