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With the implementation of the chatter system, I thought it might be cool if players had a way to add to it. For example, go up to a bartender and say something like "Did you hear that there is something going down on Fuller and Knife tomorrow?" would add "something is going down on Fuller and Knife tomorrow" to the chatter system for that sector.
Or maybe send that info to the gms for approval to be added?
Just an idea I had!
By Manywaters at May 19, 2019, 1:47 AM
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I really really like this idea!
By Java at May 19, 2019, 2:09 AM
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Success/failure of this could depend on the charisma of the player talking to the NPC, giving charisma another more tangible application game. I know there are already a few applications to charisma, but it does feel as though it currently lacks mechanical punch compared to other stats.
By MongOfTheWeek at May 19, 2019, 2:16 AM
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*Dumps ue into charisma
*Goes up to bartender
Yo did you hear JoeBaka is a Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch?!
By Grizzly666 at May 19, 2019, 10:59 AM
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THIS. YES. I like. Especially with the charisma based success idea.
By scifi4life at May 19, 2019, 11:01 AM
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I really like this. Plus, a really high charisma means people will listen to you more. I sometimes feel like charisma is one of those stats that doesn't have enough applications, I might be totally wrong on this. But I think it would be really cool if you could do that, in that way let more people know of events you have planned, and also spread rumours about other characters in a mechanics manner as well.
By Evie at May 19, 2019, 11:35 AM
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By JMo at May 19, 2019, 11:41 AM
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The charisma check for adding rumors is a very good idea. Would probably also take some manual checking of rumors so someone doesn't end up adding stupid spam.
By Supermarket at May 19, 2019, 3:41 PM
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+1!
For a sanity check, y'all could make each player able to store one message and that message decays over the course of a week.
By ynk at May 20, 2019, 2:12 PM
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I'd love if lore was integrated into the Chatter system for failed/shitty checks and basic deliveries. No charisma? No problem. Have I ever told you about the time Seven Ecks fought Judge Murphy? I think this would go a long way to preserving continuity of SD by indoctrinating newbie's who deliver basic goods to various faction and sector specific lore.
As for starting rumors, I think it's a great idea but requires some checks and balances. People die because of things other people say and price of admission should account for that.
By ReeferMadness at May 20, 2019, 2:20 PM
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This is an interesting idea but it has the huge downside risk of increasing the noise to signal ratio to the point where chatter becomes worthless.
I do not know enough about chatter to know if it is tied to factions or what the gating conditions are. I could see this as being useful for gang lieutenants to 'get the word out' about certain things. As was proposed earlier in the conversation, it would make sense to limit that to one or two messages per week / month to cut down on the spam / abuse potential.
By Hek at May 21, 2019, 2:57 PM
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