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Public whispering

Whispering while other characters are nearby

Sometimes there is the need for private conversation. We have to distinguish two types of conversation here:

Really private conversations

There are conversations that are not meant to be overheard by other characters. Within Heimlyn Keep, the chances are good that the Archmagister or the Aetherial Blade will eventually hear of it because they are a) paranoid and b) have a gazillion of spies (including magickal means).

OOCly that process is implemented by you telling @manavortex or @Valorin about these things. Since we're both RPing for 20+ years, we're really good at not mixing IC and OOC, and we're sort of gamemastering/supervising the setting. By knowing all ongoing plot lines we can also suggest synergy effects between different plot lines.

But you're reasonable safe on being overheard if you have the conversation in private. You can achieve that by either

- Checking in the RP group that no other players are within healing (and hearing) range or

- emoting that you are within a ward that makes sure that people can't listen in. Your character would, of course, have to be able to cast such a ward. Other characters can, of course, try to get by that ward via emote, and in that case it's the decision of the player who makes the ward whether or not the other mage will be successful.

Please mark these kind of conversation as
<warded> You can't hear this.

Not so private private conversations

Sometimes characters have private conversations that are not top secret, because two characters are whispering or have just stepped aside a bit without bothering for proper magical encryption. You can talk in <low>, <very low>, <whisper>, <very very low (vampire whisper)> or whatever you prefer. 

These conversations can be overheard by anyone who has the necessary means to do this (vampires with good ears, the Aetherial Blade from the other side of the planet, everyone with an enhanced senses-spell). It should be emoted if that kind of conversation is listened in.

 

 

Summary:

<low> This is not top secret
<whispered> This is not top secret
<warded> This is top secret unless another mage listens in with the permission of the ward caster.

 
 
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