[War_ooc] WAR Rules: Secret Actions

[Bryan Tribble]

I just want this on record: the French Republic is not torturing any
ninja squirrels.

- B

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM, John Penta<john.penta at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm bored, ergo I add another page to my WAR folder.
>
> In any case. Covering a topic I'm surprised hasn't come up yet:
>
> SECRET ACTIONS
> -------
>
> Secret Actions are anything you want to keep secret from the rest of
> the playerbase. Covert ops, secret research....anything your minds can
> imagine should be secretive, within reason, I can accommodate.
>
> They should, naturally, be sent to me privately - and clearly labeled
> IN THE SUBJECT as secret actions, as follows (not a real post):
>
> "Secret Actions: France: Torturing the Ninja Squirrels"
>
> If you screw up and send em to the list, I will laugh at you...and
> treat it as a normal post. This is your only warning.
>
> They should thereafter be written as you would write a normal post.
>
> Dates are *mandatory*. I've seen them not applied by players in normal
> posts...Not gonna fly on secret actions. For follow-up, they need an
> IC date attached to em.
> ---
>
> The Actions Section of a secret action is vital. You need to be
> *absolutely clear* as to your intentions. Any unclear phrasing, and I
> will decide what you meah myself - this will basically depend on my
> sense of drama.
>
> ---
> Secret Actions are generally resolved as I would resolve a normal
> post. However, I apply another measure after I decide success - the
> leak roll.
>
> Essentially, for each action, I assign a target number along a scale
> of 100 - I then roll a d100 against it. Meet or beat the target
> number, and your action is carried out in secrecy. Roll below it, and
> the action is 'leaked'.
>
> I plan to decide consequences of a leak fairly dynamically - if you're
> conducting something horrific or illegal, it'll get a different
> reaction than if it's just run-of-the-mill spying, naturally.
> Sometimes it'll mean press attention. Other times, I may quietly slip
> a note to another player, alerting them to your activity. Other times,
> it may mean entirely unique consequences.
>
> ---
> Long-term secret actions:
>
> Some kinds of things, I will designate "long-term" activities. Most
> commonly, this will apply to research or construction, but it can
> apply to anything that logically stretches for more than one WR.
>
> In such cases, I'll make notes of the activity in files held by me -
> with each WR, I'll roll new leak rolls and, if applicable, decide on
> continuing success/failure.
>
> Research/Construction will also, for sanity's sake, have it noted when
> they should be complete by.
> ---
>
> In case you're wondering, no, I will not count Secret Actions in with
> the post count.
>
> Any other questions on this topic, feel free to ask off-list.
>
> John
>
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