(03-13-2016, 11:20 AM)Valence Wrote:(03-13-2016, 05:42 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(03-13-2016, 05:18 AM)Valence Wrote: As long as you are straightforward OOCly with the people you roleplay with...!
No one is under any obligation to tell anyone they rp with about anything that would be defined as an in-character secret. In fact, it's a fairly terrible idea to do so, because on the one hand, you have players who will magically "know" the secret IC once you tell them OOC, with no actual investigation. On the other, you'll have players who no longer feel comfortable actually investigating that plot thread because they can't be sure they're not somehow meta gaming by even suspecting it because you already ruined the secret OOC.
It's literally no one's business unless they find out in character.
I don't think I would enjoy playing with people that would meta OOC knowledge like that and suddenly know IC secrets out of the blue.
However, I like to know who i'm RPing with, in the exact same vein. If the player thinks I would be annoyed by something in his/her character background and decides to hide it... Well, speak about trust and healthy RP relationship... I guess? In any case, that already hints at RP incompatibility and differences of views.
That's why I find the straightforward approach pretty clean and neat. No place for ambiguity, no place for ensuing drama.
It's a matter of player preference, and the two sides oppose each other.
Some people like/need to know that stuff OOC (whether to judge if they want to RP with the person or not) and others follow a more "don't ask, don't tell" approach where it's ok as long as it's not in their RP (unless they're comfortable RPing it).
What I've found that's worked well for me is to have a section of my wiki dedicated to those types of "spoiler-y" or "lore-bent/broken" concepts I RP so I can lay it out for the people who need to know. Then, if I'm RPing with someone who may want to know that stuff, I can point them to it in the wiki for their viewing pleasure. Of course, this runs high-risk of being meta-gamed. But that then becomes a matter of RPing with the people I like to RP with and so on.
