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Post by Munroe on Jun 17, 2010 11:41:48 GMT -5
When your character is either a witness or a victim of an in-character crime, regardless of whether you have reported the crime in-game to an NPC, you should write an in-character testimony and SUBMIT BOTH THE IN-CHARACTER TESTIMONY AND YOUR LOG OF THE INCIDENT TO A DM VIA PM.
If, after a day or so, the DM doesn't respond to notify you that your incident is being reviewed, the same information should be forwarded to another DM. (It's possible the first DM isn't checking messages or hasn't had a chance to act on your message.)
Crime reports are best handled by PMing them to a DM directly rather than posting them on the open forums.
Note: This wasn't really a question so much as something I felt needed said. Related follow-up questions welcome.
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Post by EDM Neo on Jun 17, 2010 12:57:41 GMT -5
regardless of whether you have reported the crime in-game to an NPC, you should write an in-character testimony and SUBMIT BOTH THE IN-CHARACTER TESTIMONY AND YOUR LOG OF THE INCIDENT TO A DM VIA PM. By this, do you mean that we should write up testimony and submit the log even if our character ICly would not submit a report? Or that we should submit a report even if there's not a DM available in game to possess an NPC for us to speak to? If the former, do you still want an in character testimony? Or just the log of the event? |
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Post by excedrin on Jun 17, 2010 15:20:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sorry but I don't quite get it either. If my neutral or evil character witnesses a crime but feels he doesn't want to get involved, or heck if he roots for the criminal, am I expected to report the crime OOC style as a player? Even though my character would have nothing to do with it either way?
And what's the magnitude of the crime that needs to be reported? I could understand where this might be required for murder, but what about an assault that doesn't end in death, or say a botched robbery attempt where the robber is scared off? Or even further down the list of, what about picking pockets or other non-violent thefts and crimes? Or heck, even mentioning the worship of forbidden deities is a crime in Cormyr isn't it?
Finally is there punishment for players who witness a crime but don't report it? I'm particularly curious about this being a pretty casual player here who doesn't feel too comfortable contacting DMs for any reason, I don't know that I would really want to report a crime unless it was a really flagrant one.
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Post by Munroe on Jun 17, 2010 17:04:17 GMT -5
This applies to any crime your character would report.
If your character wouldn't report it then you don't need to worry about filing a report. If you don't file a report and a DM wants your logs of the incident, a DM will ask for them.
The above listed details are for when you do decide to file a report. As to what you decide to report, that would depend on your character.
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Post by Munroe on Jun 17, 2010 17:17:54 GMT -5
By this, do you mean that we should write up testimony and submit the log even if our character ICly would not submit a report? No. If your character would not report it then you don't need to take any action. This post is instructions on how to report. When I'm possessing a guard I try to ask for written testimony in-character (the guard takes a statement), but on several occasions players have not followed up the conversation with anything even though I was clear OOC that I wanted the testimony to be PM'd to me. So this is just to say that testimony should be sent even if you report the crime to a guard in-game. Or that we should submit a report even if there's not a DM available in game to possess an NPC for us to speak to? Yes. When there is no DM available in-game to possess an NPC is when it is most necessary that a testimony and logs be provided. DMs are not always on to see crimes that would be seen by NPCs and acted on. When a DM is not available, we use logs and player screenshots to determine what the NPCs would have seen. Just because a DM is not on does not mean that the NPCs are not witnesses. If the former, do you still want an in character testimony? Or just the log of the event? If your character wouldn't submit a report then no report needs to be submitted. In such case, the only time you need to submit something is if asked. If you want to provide logs or screenshots for the DMs to determine what the NPCs saw regarding an incident that you think the NPCs should have acted on, you're at liberty to do so, but you aren't required to do so (unless, as I said, a DM asks specifically for logs of an incident). |
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Post by Lady Frost on Jun 17, 2010 18:21:20 GMT -5
What are the DM's thoughts about an instance in which a PC might not report a crime but there is a good chance that an NPC would have seen what happened. Should an OOC statement (and screen shot if available) about what happened and where it happened be PM'd to allow the DM's to determine if infact an NPC would have seen it?
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Post by ManyAsOne on Jun 17, 2010 19:38:13 GMT -5
What are the DM's thoughts about an instance in which a PC might not report a crime but there is a good chance that an NPC would have seen what happened. Should an OOC statement (and screen shot if available) about what happened and where it happened be PM'd to allow the DM's to determine if infact an NPC would have seen it? Yes. If you wouldn't report a crime, but feel that an NPC nearby should have seen it and reacted, you're encouraged to screenshot and send it, a statement, and a log if you have it to a DM. |
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