(09-21-2015, 10:34 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: I don't use them unless I'm narrating. In that case, I preface /say with ¶, as in:
L'yhta Mahre: ¶ The guard narrowed his eyes, staring daggers at the lalafell in front of him. "Y'sure y'want t'do this, popoto?"
The ¶ mark indicates that the text that follows is narration of NPCs, the scene, and so on.
In that sort of case, if I'm opening with an emote, I tend to do an /em followed immediately by a | to imply that this is separate from what my character himself is doing. You'll see this most often when I'm talking about what Gran's doing.
* Chachanji Gegenji | Gran snuffles at the stranger, his glittering black eyes sizing the fellow up. Who was he and what was he doing here? And, most importantly, did he have something to eat?
If I'm opening an NPC's actions with words, I'll usually have some manner of identifier in /say to show that it's him like your ¶, but usually involving the character's name or handle.
Chachanji Gegenji: (Zozonji Gegenji) "... Do what you want," the older Lalafell said gruffly, dismissively, before trudging his way back into the smoke of the smithy.
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