A new year, and a new chapter. This thread will be used for Out-Of-Character general discussion (the original general discussion thread from Chapter 1 will be locked). Players should feel free to post here at any time, and to ask the Keepers questions.
The initial post for Chapter 2 is up, but we'll start off slowly to give the new players time to get going. The next major plot update won't be until next weekend unless every player posts in the In Character thread sooner. A couple of players still need to choose characters as well. There can still be smaller updates as we have NPCs respond briefly to what your characters do and say, and of course your characters can converse with each other in character.
There won't be much rolling going on in this first round, but a number of characters need to make Spot Hidden rolls. I'll explain how to do this for the benefit of new players.
1) First, look up your character's Spot Hidden skill on your character sheet. For example, Joe Barring's Spot Hidden skill is 56%. If it is not listed, you will use your base skill of 25%, but in this case I believe every character who needs to roll has a score in this skill.
2) Go to Invisible Castle, click on "Roll Dice," and then fill in the following fields:
-For Character Name, put your character's name. Make sure you use the same spelling for each character's name every time so that it is easier to look up your rolls. Example: "Trooper Joe Barring"
-For Number of Rolls, leave the value 1 in the box.
-For Dice, enter 1d100
-For Note, make sure you specify that you are rolling against Spot Hidden and put your percentage score in the skill with it, to make it easy to see whether the roll succeeds or not. You should also describe the situation in which you are using the skill briefly. Example: "Spot Hidden roll (56% skill) looking down the road from the truck".
Finally, click the "Roll the dice" button.
If the result is equal to or less than your skill score, you succeed. If it's greater, you fail. If you fail, you simply don't notice anything in this case. If you succeed, you should note that you succeeded in your post, but let the Keepers describe what exactly it is that you noticed. With some other skills, you might know what a successful roll will cause, but in this case only the Keepers know what you might observe.
You do not always need to wait for the Keepers to prompt you to roll against a skill. If it seems reasonable to use a skill at a certain point (such as using Locksmith to try to pick a lock), you can also roll without being told to. Of course, some situations can produce bonuses or penalties to skills, which could change the outcome of some rolls.
3) You should put the result in your In Character post as a link to Invisible Castle. This link is provided for you after you click to roll the dice. As an example, I made a test roll against a Spot Hidden score of 25 and the result was a 59. I can use the URL tags to embed this link in my post and put whatever text I want as the link, like so (use the Quote feature on this post to see how the URL tags are used):
The clueless one sees nothing.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Above all, have fun!
EDIT: Welsh, I already sent out secrets for the new characters for Fearlessfred, Steve, Stompie, and SuAside. I haven't heard back from Renee yet, and Carib FMJ has not chosen his characters yet, nor has Gonzalez taken a third one.
The initial post for Chapter 2 is up, but we'll start off slowly to give the new players time to get going. The next major plot update won't be until next weekend unless every player posts in the In Character thread sooner. A couple of players still need to choose characters as well. There can still be smaller updates as we have NPCs respond briefly to what your characters do and say, and of course your characters can converse with each other in character.
There won't be much rolling going on in this first round, but a number of characters need to make Spot Hidden rolls. I'll explain how to do this for the benefit of new players.
1) First, look up your character's Spot Hidden skill on your character sheet. For example, Joe Barring's Spot Hidden skill is 56%. If it is not listed, you will use your base skill of 25%, but in this case I believe every character who needs to roll has a score in this skill.
2) Go to Invisible Castle, click on "Roll Dice," and then fill in the following fields:
-For Character Name, put your character's name. Make sure you use the same spelling for each character's name every time so that it is easier to look up your rolls. Example: "Trooper Joe Barring"
-For Number of Rolls, leave the value 1 in the box.
-For Dice, enter 1d100
-For Note, make sure you specify that you are rolling against Spot Hidden and put your percentage score in the skill with it, to make it easy to see whether the roll succeeds or not. You should also describe the situation in which you are using the skill briefly. Example: "Spot Hidden roll (56% skill) looking down the road from the truck".
Finally, click the "Roll the dice" button.
If the result is equal to or less than your skill score, you succeed. If it's greater, you fail. If you fail, you simply don't notice anything in this case. If you succeed, you should note that you succeeded in your post, but let the Keepers describe what exactly it is that you noticed. With some other skills, you might know what a successful roll will cause, but in this case only the Keepers know what you might observe.
You do not always need to wait for the Keepers to prompt you to roll against a skill. If it seems reasonable to use a skill at a certain point (such as using Locksmith to try to pick a lock), you can also roll without being told to. Of course, some situations can produce bonuses or penalties to skills, which could change the outcome of some rolls.
3) You should put the result in your In Character post as a link to Invisible Castle. This link is provided for you after you click to roll the dice. As an example, I made a test roll against a Spot Hidden score of 25 and the result was a 59. I can use the URL tags to embed this link in my post and put whatever text I want as the link, like so (use the Quote feature on this post to see how the URL tags are used):
The clueless one sees nothing.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Above all, have fun!
EDIT: Welsh, I already sent out secrets for the new characters for Fearlessfred, Steve, Stompie, and SuAside. I haven't heard back from Renee yet, and Carib FMJ has not chosen his characters yet, nor has Gonzalez taken a third one.
& put 
:
