Gamma3000: Add instructions for arcane messages when other things are in the inventory

2025-11-09T17:08:45Z

Add instructions for arcane messages when other things are in the inventory

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	For players, there’s a pamphlet available, the GOD Guide to Call Winged Messenger. Feel free to give copies out to anyone who wants one; if we run out it’s easy to print more. It’s also useful for GOD crew to read, so we know what the process looks like from a player perspective. For GOD crew, there are multiple steps, each of which is individually straightforward, but – particularly if you’re dealing with a confused player – it can be helpful to understand how they all fit together!		For players, there’s a pamphlet available, the GOD Guide to Call Winged Messenger. Feel free to give copies out to anyone who wants one; if we run out it’s easy to print more. It’s also useful for GOD crew to read, so we know what the process looks like from a player perspective. For GOD crew, there are multiple steps, each of which is individually straightforward, but – particularly if you’re dealing with a confused player – it can be helpful to understand how they all fit together!
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	1. So the player can write the letter in the first place, they need to have 3 Iridescent Gloaming in their character inventory. They’ll need to hand this in at GOD, and we need to record it; see ''New Entry'' under ''Inventory'' in [[Character processess]].		# So the player can write the letter in the first place, they need to have 3 Iridescent Gloaming in their character inventory. They’ll need to hand this in at GOD, and we need to record it; see ''New Entry'' under ''Inventory'' in [[Character processess]].
			# Once the player has the Gloaming in their account, send them to write their letter. They can do this on the player PCs, or on a device of their own that they can connect to the PD Wi-Fi. Now the Gloaming is in their account, there should be a button to write the letter on their character page.
	2. Once the player has the Gloaming in their account, send them to write their letter. They can do this on the player PCs, or on a device of their own that they can connect to the PD Wi-Fi. Now the Gloaming is in their account, there should be a button to write the letter on their character page.		# Once the player has written their letter, they should come back to us to get us to print the letter phys-rep.
			# Load the character inventory, and note what's currently there. ''Hopefully'' it's only this letter, and possibly some synod votes.
	3. Once the player has written their letter, they should come back to us to get us to print the letter phys-rep.		# Click the “Book Out” button. This will add the letter to the print queue; see [[Printing]].
			# '''Important''': if there were other items that were in the inventory, and were booked out when you clicked the "Book Out" button, they need to be accounted for. There's three ways you can do this; pick whichever is easiest for you and the player at the time.
	~~(a)~~ Load the character inventory ~~and check the only item in the inventory is the letter.~~		#* If the player is happy to just have the items handed to them because you booked them out, you can just hand them over.
	* If they do have anything else in their account, ~~this becomes awkward~~ and ~~either needs much longer instructions (that I’ve not yet written out) or for someone who’s comfortable wrangling awkward bits of the interface to sort it, which probably means Adam or Matt~~.		#* Provided the items are all ones that are available when you click the "New Entry" button, you can create a new entry to book these items back in to the character inventory.
	** Note that ''~~Synod Votes~~'' ~~don~~'~~t count for~~ this ~~purpose; they are special~~ and ~~so you can ignore these for the purpose of this section~~.		#* If you click on the "Show Entries" button, there should be a "Handed out at God" entry for everything you just booked out. For everything ''other than the arcane message you booked out'', click "Details" then "Delete".
	* If they don’t have anything else in their account, click the “Book Out” button. This will add the letter to the print queue; see [[Printing]]		# Give the player their printed letter physrep.
			# The player will need to go away and perform the Call Winged Messenger ritual, or find someone who can perform it for them. When someone comes back to record that the ritual has been cast, we record it as normal per ''New Ritual'' above. It doesn’t have to be the same character writing the letter as sends the ritual; anyone can write a letter, but only a mage can cast the ritual to send it.
	~~(b)~~ Give the player their printed letter physrep.

	4. The player will need to go away and perform the Call Winged Messenger ritual, or find someone who can perform it for them. When someone comes back to record that the ritual has been cast, we record it as normal per ''New Ritual'' above. It doesn’t have to be the same character writing the letter as sends the ritual; anyone can write a letter, but only a mage can cast the ritual to send it.

	When you’re recording the ritual, the “target” will be the specific letter that’s being sent. If the player got us to print the letter for them, check the letter number and who it’s being sent to on the letter cover sheet; if they didn’t pick up the printed letter, get them to confirm the ID number and the name of the person they’ve selected.		When you’re recording the ritual, the “target” will be the specific letter that’s being sent. If the player got us to print the letter for them, check the letter number and who it’s being sent to on the letter cover sheet; if they didn’t pick up the printed letter, get them to confirm the ID number and the name of the person they’ve selected.
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	The fact that letters get put into inventories when they get written, but not everyone asks us to print them, means that some letters get sent while they’re still in a character’s inventory. This doesn’t make sense, but it’s a side-effect of how the PD database works.		The fact that letters get put into inventories when they get written, but not everyone asks us to print them, means that some letters get sent while they’re still in a character’s inventory. This doesn’t make sense, but it’s a side-effect of how the PD database works.

	~~This means that when a player next comes to an event,~~ the ~~letter~~ that ~~they’ve already sent gets~~ booked out ~~of their inventory and put into their character pack with the rest of their character resources~~. ~~After E1 2023~~, ~~Adam has started clearing out these items from inventories, so this should stop being a problem and this will just be a historical note. It’s included~~ in the ~~manual~~ at ~~least until we’re confident Adam’s new process here works as expected~~.		Adam has the job of manually clearing letters from inventories that were never booked out but were sent. If this doesn't happen for some reason, it'll result in those sent letters appearing in the author's character pack at their next event.

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Dwm: Winged Messenger: document that ''Synod Votes'' don't count for automated book-outs and can be ignored.

2025-09-13T17:12:31Z

Winged Messenger: document that ''Synod Votes'' don't count for automated book-outs and can be ignored.

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	(a) Load the character inventory and check the only item in the inventory is the letter.		(a) Load the character inventory and check the only item in the inventory is the letter.
	* If they do have anything else in their account, this becomes awkward and either needs much longer instructions (that I’ve not yet written out) or for someone who’s comfortable wrangling awkward bits of the interface to sort it, which probably means Adam or Matt.		* If they do have anything else in their account, this becomes awkward and either needs much longer instructions (that I’ve not yet written out) or for someone who’s comfortable wrangling awkward bits of the interface to sort it, which probably means Adam or Matt.
			** Note that ''Synod Votes'' don't count for this purpose; they are special and so you can ignore these for the purpose of this section.
	* If they don’t have anything else in their account, click the “Book Out” button. This will add the letter to the print queue; see [[Printing]]		* If they don’t have anything else in their account, click the “Book Out” button. This will add the letter to the print queue; see [[Printing]]

Jmabb at 12:12, 7 July 2023

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Gamma3000: Add instructions for arcane messages when other things are in the inventory

Dwm: Winged Messenger: document that ''Synod Votes'' don't count for automated book-outs and can be ignored.

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