HEMOTE

[Julea]

An idea for a new emote command to help out those who wish to be stealthy and in doing so, fully roleplay it out, without risking exposure.

Basically the command is one that you'd use whilst hidden or sneaking. You'd use it to roleplay out your sneaking and hiding and thieving and other covert attempts. It would probably be a good idea if it was a -requirement- of said stealing etc.

Now, whether that hemote was seen by anyone in the 'room' would come down to skill of the person trying to hide/sneak.. perhaps their dexterity too.. and also the skill of each person in the room (based on maybe a watchful eye skill or perception stat, or the like). And of course a little bit of random thrown in for fun.

So a scene might have three in it:

Jack.. trying to steal from John. And Mary who sits with John at a bar.

Jack might hemote approaches John from behind. Blending with the crowd he tries to be as un-noticeable as possible as he reaches for the man's coat pocket.

Jack has 40 skill.. and John has 10. John doesn't see him.
Now Mary is a bonny wee lass with her eyes open.. she has a skill of 50.. and well, she spots the emote and reacts accordingly.

Hemotes could be logged and thus scenes were twinking might be an issue, could be reviewed to ensure that the theft etc was roleplayed out appropriately.

Hope that makes sense!

[Empheba]

Is a new command really needed for this though, would it not be easier to auto-hide emotes done while sneaking (aren't they already? I've not snuck around much)? I mean, if you emote "visibly", it seems reasonable that you are no longer hidden anyway?

If sneaking was not a prerequisite, I guess this could have rp-uses though. :)
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Empheba