Shadowgirls

Waiting for a mission to wrap up so life can resume, in some cases… (okay, at least mine )

By all means!    I've heard that the game mechanics (ie: the rules) are likely going to change, so there's little point in going over those in much detail, but generally speaking our posts are conversational in format, and are optionally woven in/around any actions taken.

eg: Oh, sh*t, cops are on my tail and I've got the EOD's Eye of Blood in the trunk! Gonna try and shake them, hold on folks! DooDah executes a series of rapid-fire turns and blind turns down alleys, to no large avail, as a helicopter draws near and paints her vehicle with a spotlight. D*mn, I can't do squat against a chopper!  Anyone have any ideas?

Of late we seem to have settled upon using green to denote "actions", though the rest of the colors are still somewhat up in the air and are thus context-specific.  So as to not confuse you, Hera has the in-game ability to telepathically speak with certain others (mostly our shapeshifters, I think, to give them a voice when they have no human voicebox) and then the color there has generally been blue.

As for the rest, I can only really speak for myself, but I appreciate players who can write well and who have a grasp of actions vs. reactions.  For example, tossing grenades down main street will get the SWAT team on your butt PDQ even if you did it because a face-eating monstrosity needed to be put down.  Perhaps the shopkeepers wouldn't call the cops, appreciating your bravery, but the folks down the street that only heard a very loud *BANG* just might.

Lastly, we've gone from a player-driven focus to a moderator-driven focus, with missions led and GM'd by the player(s) that submitted them; how things will play out with the migration to the new forums has yet to be seen.

So, yeah, please do partake!  We need new blood, so to speak.   (and everyone else, please do chip in – I know I've hardly scratched the surface here )

*shrug* I suppose it wasn't for everyone, but I personally enjoyed the freeform nature and treated it more like a collaborative writing experiment than a game, per se.  That was… rather awhile ago though (back in the Alpha days), so it's kinda a moot point, neh?

Bounty said:Even when we had the "stats" It was more of "type it out" than  "do this, then check that, then your results are…" Also, the Post like you're posting to a forum disallowed things like the green text you used.

Yes and no… in Beta it depended entirely upon the context.  For example, with opposed actions where both parties have invested points in a related skill (eg: combat), the GM ruled who succeeded.  As to your latter point, I must admit myself mystified; I did say "of late", so why reference that such wasn't possible in Alpha?

And you're not alone in that, Inara – I still dream of those days sometimes (figuratively and literally).

Kudos, Tain.

Ahhh, I getcha now – we've mostly been in and about Innsmouth, but the game has ranged across the country on occasion, for variety's sake as much as anything.  Some Insiders have had traumatically "weird" experiences that drew them in and others just came wandering along, but the one unifier is that all Insiders were brought together (directly or subtly) by the mysterious woman who calls herself Fides.  Little is known of her, except for her impressively movie-fu hacking skills; she "owns" the board security-wise, IC.

I suspect you have, but just in case, you've read The Shadow over Innsmouth, right?  Oh, and you'd have to read the Alpha archives to know it, but unless you want fishyfolk or EOD showing up at your door, never post IC the words "Dagon" or "Cthulh*()!)&(^!&*^=Fhg}}|hgyuaa
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Welp, I'd suggest you give it a read all the same, it really sets the tone for our damp, dank, paranoid little tale, but it's your call; you can read it free here, fwiw.

As for the Alpha archives, it's a little buggy these days and doesn't seem to ask for an id/pwd any longer (used to be VISION/CLARITY iirc, all in caps), but here's the link.

As I said though, it's buggy – every link has "/wordpress/" in it that will get you a 404; just edit that out and re-submit the edited link after you 404, and you should get the page you want.

Inara said:

As Fors was so kind to point out, not all of the characters are in or around Innsmouth.

Didn't want to put words in your mouth, so I kept it vague.    You still keeping your pilot friend? (Sue, iirc?)