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conversations.value: ROLEPLAY_MODE: Develop the plot slowly, always stay in character. Describe all actions in full, elaborate, explicit, graphic, and vivid detail. Mention all relevant sensory perceptions. Keep the story immersive and engaging.
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conversations.value: Whattabatt: This thread is for any out of character questions or discussion in regards to the game, including working out the time for real-time sessions. Please err on the side of fewer, longer messages.
  
  In regards to the structure of this campaign, I was imagining that we would use the forum for everything except encounters larger than say, two unexceptional enemies in a normal location. This structure lends itself to being a bit jerky in terms of rate of progression. I might be replying frequently on here, but then we might need to wait up to a week before doing a real-time session, depending on schedules and how prepared I am. This is an opportunity to have discussions and build interactions between your characters, if you feel so inclined. I'm fine with abusing the fact that talking is a free action as long as it doesn't stand in the way of plot advancement.
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conversations.value: A_Somebody: Yo, what's up everyone? Feel free to mock my writing here.
  
  Also what in the world is your Avatar Whattabatt? It's hideous.
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conversations.value: Whattabatt: It was my character from the first PbP I did 3+ years ago. He was pretty much exactly Dante but with Rorschach's personality but with more speechifying. Fun times. I'm going to switch that out soon.
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conversations.value: A_Somebody: Hey guys, just to keep you updated. I've been asking the GM some questions in chat about the state of the dead bodies.
  
  1: Fandor is burnt
  2: Prisoners are hacked to bits with a blade
   2a: The arm was cleanly cut off
  2b: GM outright said that Fandor had some abilities with Render or something in the name so "he's covered" when I asked "was he strong enough to cut off a limb" 
  So yeah, my original plan of trying to diplomacy the guy by being like "Your boss will give you horrible, horrible death-look at those dudes there! Especially that guy with the severed arm!-so might as well help us for a slight chance of not-horrible-death" now has a prequel step of "convincing the guy it was John who killed those dudes and not Fandor-which is what looks like happened"
  
  Gonna try diplomacy anyways even if this doesn't work, and I have pretty high Bluff anyways.