I don't believe that this is a good idea. Anonymous messages are helpful for political and social chicanery. If someone wants to better defend against them then they can do that through rp by crafting a stronger reputation, being more secretive or finding more vocal/beneficial allies.The GrumpyCat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:22 pm
Again i'm not entirely convinced that this is needed, but... what do people think?
Cowards and discord sowers shouldn't be penalized based on others being meta or targets having delicate sensibilities.
Xarge VI wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:47 pm
But I think making quill and ink necessary to write papers would be good. Hunting down harnak seeds, vials and iron ore might in some cases calm that hysteric social media style trigger finger a bit. Not that I think outraged declarations in themselves are bad- but it's all about nuances.
Paper is used for a great many things other than nuisance posts on boards. I would rather like to not see it get more cumbersome for mages, scholars and lore masters just for this.
I believe this would only include Bendir and Brogendenstein (and maybe Myon to some extent) since the other settlements have NPC rulers. And the DMs will remove messages that have been reported and found to be out of bounds.Xarge VI wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:47 pm
I also think that tyrannical government leaders should be able to moderate the city message boards and criers too. But not absolutely. There should always be a tinfoil hat wearing gnome somewhere that rogues and maybe bards can access to view what the boards have actually contained.
Being able to be stealthy in posts opens more options for conflict. Although, I wouldn't be opposed to their being a skill check for writing similar to track that gives characters a way to narrow down their search without outright giving a name. Then there would be an easier way to retaliate rather than doing it KGB style.
This. Lying about what happened, making spin, manipulations and intimidations are all fine. Characters have no obligation to tell the truth even remotely if its within their alignment, intent or background to lie about it. Regardless of what the IG facts are. That's completely valid. To me, the IG question would be "why are people buying what they're selling?" instead of nuking the boards.stoneheart- wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:29 pmDisinformation, propaganda, and general anonymous lying are valid avenues of RP, for conflict and otherwise, and the message boards enable that in a big way. It's one of the things that makes Arelith unique, and getting rid of that would make the server objectively worse.
-S