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What this does

  • GMs can target one or more player characters who have at least 1 Corruption with an offer from the Dark Gods. This supports the game feature described on page 183 of the WFRP 4e rulebook as a means to reduce Corruption points.
  • Players can accept or reject the offer from the private chat message they are sent. Corruption is not automatically removed if the player accepts as:
    • there may be a significant delay in the narrative before the player is able to meet the conditions.
    • the GM rather than the system should make the decision about whether the character has met the terms of the offer.
  • Adds a new RollTable with suggestions for Dark Whispers.
    • This is used by the Send Dark Whispers macro to prepopulate the dialog box and to give the GM a starting point for inspiration.
    • It can be accessed via the RollTable sidebar.
    • The legacy WFRP version of the system is still available through the a chat command (/table darkwhispers) for now.

Macro

  • Macro returns a dialog box with options to
    • select player characters to target
    • describe the conditions of the dark whisper (pre=populated with a randomised generic suggestion)
  • By default, all characters in the party can be targeted (ie, appear in the list for selection) regardless of whether controlling players are logged in . The macro command accepts the following parameters to filter the target list
    • formDarkWhispers("all");: default option
    • formDarkWhispers("absent");: characters who are not currently logged in
    • formDarkWhispers("present");: characters who are currently logged in
  • Only characters that have at least 1 Corruption can be selected, regardless of the macro filter option selected.
  • Dark Whispers are posted to the chat log as whispers to the targeted player/character.
  • Players can choose to act on or reject the whisper terms directly from the chat log card.

User Settings

Adds user configuration options to

  • set default filter for character list, ie:, all, absent or present.
  • choose tone of dark whisper message that appears to players
    • taunt: "The Dark Gods can see you are troubled. For a discrete favour they can unburden you of 1 Corruption. {dark whisper message} What harm can it do? Take the offer and step back from the brink of Chaos."
    • threat: "Dark Whispers Linger In Your Ears ... Do not in any way reveal that you have received this message. {dark whisper message} If you do as directed, your Corruption total will be reduced by 1."

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Source

History

  • Version 0.6.2. Initial release.
  • Version 0.7.0. Only player characters can be sent whispers, rather than player controlled vehicle or creature actors.
  • Version 0.9.0. Replaced system table with Foundry RollTable. The 'Dark Whispers' table needs to be imported from the GM Toolkit RollTable compendium.