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[Silhar]

ATTENTION!

We are about to get started in two weeks from now, after I am done with exams. The plot is almost ready.

I hope you didn't forget about me! :D

[LuckyDee]

Cool, I'll start rounding up the character stats. I have a good view of what kind of person he is, which is most important by far anyhow.

[LuckyDee]

Eep - while clandestinely printing the rulebooks at my office, I've come to the conclusion that I've been basing my character upon the Rogue Trader rulebook (although I also have Deathwatch and Dark Heresy). Background's the same though, and I suspect the same goes for the rules (bit of a shame they require 3* 400+ pages, instead of issuing 1 rulebook and compendiums for the different backgrounds).

Oh well... at least I get to do a bit of quality reading before I go to sleep from tonight on :)

[Silhar]

It's okay, really. You may still play that character if you will, without remaking it accordingly to Dark Heresy's rules.

[LuckyDee]

Been reading a bit out of Dark Heresy, but so far I haven't found any differences anyhow. I'll just finish it according to DH (Scum would probably be better than Rogue Trader anyway), and Bob, as it were, is my uncle.

[LuckyDee]

By the by, I can check with the guy who hooked me up with the books: he used to be a regular in our RPG group (but then he got married, haha), maybe he'll want to tag along as well. Doubtful, but I'll give it a shot if you don't mind.

[Silhar]

Ha, gladly! More meat for the grinder! More the merrier.

[LuckyDee]

Ok, since I didn't really get that far yet, I took the rolls I initially made and simply transferred these to DH. I went through all the steps described, which got me the following profile (including all bonuses, xp and cash expenditures etc, x-ref'd with '*'):

Name: Lazerus, Hive World Scum

WS 31   Int 39*   Wounds: 12*
BS 37*  Per 32    Fate: 3
S  33   WP  37    Wealth: 11*
T  27   Fel 39
Ag 34*

Skills: Speak Language (Low Gothic), Scrutiny, Dodge, Deceive, Awareness*, Common Lore (Imperium)
Talents: Ambidextrous, Melee Weapon Training (Primitive), Pistol Training (SP), Basic Weapon Training (SP)
Gear: Autogun+autopistol (5 clips)*, brass knuckles, knife, gang wear (poor quality clothing)

Divination: rolled 88 (Int+3)*

Starting Advances: BS+5*, AG+5*, Awareness+10*, Sound Constitution*
Purchases: 3 extra clips* for 3 Thrones*

I more or less gave a short concept of my background; if you want me to elaborate (goes for you as well, Klear), please let me know. Otherwise, you'll get a nice impression during play anyhow; I have more than a hunch of what Lazerus - assumed name, of course - thinks and acts like.

If you need me to do anything else, lemme know, otherwise I'm ready.

[LuckyDee]

OK, for when we get going: how do we separate the in-game talk from whatever we get going on the side?

1) for commands/actions, I've seen things like OPEN DOOR and RELOAD in other threads, which is exactly one of the reasons why I dismissed PBF as lacking soul. If this is what I wanted, I'd be playing Leisure Suit Larry 1 (in full EGA graphics). Additionally, unless you're very sure there's going to be nothing out to kill you on the other side of aforementioned door, you don't 'OPEN DOOR', you 'open the door while taking cover behind the bulkhead to the right of it, looking into the next room along the barrel of my blaster'.
As demonstrated in this example, I'd suggest actions and commands to be displayed in another color; I think green is clear enough to distinguish without being loud enough to get annoying after a while.

Same would go for in-game information supplied by the GM: You see someone in a labcoat, peering over something displayed on a workbench.

2) for things being said in-game, I'd suggest italics and quotation marks: I whisper to my buddy "Cover me", after which I step out of cover and yell "Let me see your hands RIGHT NOW", blaster pointed at the tech's knees.

I think that covers the basic elements. Lemme know what you think.

[Silhar]

Writing your actions in a different color wouldn't be necessary, really. I believe I am able to understand what I read. ;)

I think the best way to separate technical speak from in-game talking would be using spoiler tags. So you go with narration first, and then put a summary in the spoiler. Here's the example:

Vince sat against the barricade's wall, cocking his shotgun and trying not to catch anything from the gunfire overhead.
"Are these all o'yer momma's kids?", he smirked, waiting for the moment when the heavy stubber bastard takes his time to reload.
When the cultist's gun finally stops barking, the assassin will jump out from his cover and pull the trigger as hard as he can.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Semi-auto fire at the one operating the heavy stubber.

If you want to use colors, sure, help yourself, I am not going to prohibit it as long as they don't kill my eyes.

[LuckyDee]

It's not so much about understanding what you read, as it is about being able to seperate game actions / game talk from the rest of the posts without having to think about it. Especially comes in handy when you need to skim through previous posts looking for that 1 bit of information you need...

The bit with the spoilers works too, but then in the example you still use italics to separate game from banter, don't know if you also intended this for the actual play. Main thing, I think, is that we agree on some uniform way to display the in-game stuff, so as to make distinguishing easier.

This also stems from pen-and-paper RPGs, since it's really easy to blurt out something that your character never would have said or thought of, requiring you to add to your statement that this has been the player speaking instead of the character.

[Silhar]

Uniforming it takes away one more way to express your character. Colors can be used to express the tone, emotions, other stuff. Let's stick to using spoilers instead.

[LuckyDee]

Ok, fine with me. How's bout the character? Anything else you need or want changed?

[Silhar]

I guess we are done here...

You may take your time and poke Klear to work faster. ;)

[LuckyDee]

I would have, had I seen him. He's been around though, but not as often as a month ago. Oh well...