Question for the players: What's the convention on strikethrough in this game? Are the lined-out words visible to other characters, as they are to us, does it only show as a smudge, or is it as if they're not there at all?
Shows as a smudge, possibly partially readable. Imagine that a person started writing something then crossed it out enough that it's difficult or impossible to read.
Thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to suss out how it works, too, but hadn't thought to ask the players. (U r smrt. Me, not so much.)
I'm amused that the answer given is pretty ambiguous. I appreciate that a "smudge convention" gives the players room to create confusion in certain conversations and that it allows for occasions when a player may unwittingly give away a thought s/he intended to censor.
Yes, it does allow for some playing with later on. I'm generally not a huge fan of the strikethrough in RPGs when it becomes a crutch, but as with most things, it's all about balance.
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Date: 2008-09-17 01:58 pm (UTC)I'm amused that the answer given is pretty ambiguous. I appreciate that a "smudge convention" gives the players room to create confusion in certain conversations and that it allows for occasions when a player may unwittingly give away a thought s/he intended to censor.
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