The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it. (edit: my DM does know about it and will help drop hints in the game :) )
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
As a player I prefer to play characters who are fairly straight forward with very little baggage or drama or secrets 'n such. But as a DM my brain is rather clogged with nothing but secrets just waiting to drop! I've been running our current campaign for almost 2 years now and there is a beloved NPC who is very close to the party, and that NPC has been keeping a massive secret. And that secret's gonna get revealed to the party in tonight's session (about 17 hours from now). I can't wait. Keeping this secret for so long has been figuratively killing me.
The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it.
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
Greetings CaptainCleverUsernameHere,
From your excitement, it sounds like you light not last long with the secret.
As for your question, I am playing a character that has a secret about his past, and what he actually is, and it has never come up in game. One of the other players started asking me about a specific object my character carries, but when my character tried to change the topic, the person playing the character stopped inquiring, thinking they were annoying me, as he was not as comfortable with Rollplaying.
In reality, I thought this little secret would come out much earlier in the campaign, but as it stands now, none of the other players seem to care, so if it never comes out, that is fine with me. Now I'm curious if it will ever come out, and if not, I will never reveal it.
Cheers!
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Haven't been a player much, but in other contexts, typically the fun of secrets is to periodically drop hints to see if anyone notices (because if they're like my friends, some of whom are very smart people... they won't). I can imagine conspiring with a DM on this could be entertaining. And it's time to reveal either when someone does figure it out or when you run out of viable hints that don't just give the whole thing away.
The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it.
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
Best bet is to share the secret with the DM so that together you can figure a way of revealing that ties into the larger plot. The first character I ever played had a similar thing going but I didn't really understand that the DM needs to know so we went the entire campaign with it never coming up and even as I started revealing things and dropping hints the other players never picked up or cared on them
The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it.
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
Since the fun of secrets is that they do come out, sooner rather than later, but timing is way too dependent on specific circumstances for us to give you a good answer.
Have a chat with the DM. They have a lot of control over the situations that will poke at it, so can slow those down or speed them up as the pace of the game suggests, and you can give them feedback if you think it should be slower or faster.
Based on my current experience, the other players are going to be pretty oblivious to the hinting. Something blatant may be required.
The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it.
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
Greetings CaptainCleverUsernameHere,
From your excitement, it sounds like you light not last long with the secret.
As for your question, I am playing a character that has a secret about his past, and what he actually is, and it has never come up in game. One of the other players started asking me about a specific object my character carries, but when my character tried to change the topic, the person playing the character stopped inquiring, thinking they were annoying me, as he was not as comfortable with Rollplaying.
In reality, I thought this little secret would come out much earlier in the campaign, but as it stands now, none of the other players seem to care, so if it never comes out, that is fine with me. Now I'm curious if it will ever come out, and if not, I will never reveal it.
Cheers!
Honestly, my biggest fear is that I'll crack myself up when roleplaying the fake identity and reveal it by accident xD. I think I have a pretty good timeline to reveal it though, with it happening either: when my character trusts the party enough to let them know so that they can help solve my problem, or when we fight a particularly scary monster and the facade cracks.
I hope you get to reveal your secret! Maybe drop some hints outside of the game, like telling that player "hey, when you asked me about that object, you were on to something".
These kinds of things can be really fun, but I will say that be prepared for a lukewarm response. I have only been playing for a few years but in my experience, most players have only two focuses: the plot (and really, half of the time not even that), and their own characters. Most players just don't have the mental bandwidth to handle your mystery as well. So when the reveal happens, you might just see a response like 'Oh... that's funny. Anyway, the BBEG is going to do...'
That's not to say that it is a bad idea, I just want to temper your expectations a bit. Do things like that for your fun and maybe the DMs fun, but don't really expect it to be a big splash at the table.
I hope you get to reveal your secret! Maybe drop some hints outside of the game, like telling that player "hey, when you asked me about that object, you were on to something".
Yeeea, I actually did talk to that player out of game and told him that it was just my character changing the subject, and that if he wants to, he can keep inquiring, but this was over a month ago and he has forgotten out it.
At this point, I kind of don't want them to find out. Playing this character, that has strange abilities that no one seems to care about, is fun for me. I built the character the way I wanted to play him for a specific reason, and he is a lot of fun, and when you get down to it, that is the point of the game, my character should be fun for me, I didn't build him to entertain others :)
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Not me, but a guy in our campaign hid the fact that his character was evil for months of play. It finally came to light when a doppelganger fought our party member and my paladin used "Detect Evil" to tell them apart...and they were BOTH evil! Huge fun reveal!
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The character I'm about to play in a new campaign has a ridiculous secret identity and I have no clue how long to commit to the bit for until I reveal it. (edit: my DM does know about it and will help drop hints in the game :) )
Anyone who had a similar situation, what was your secret/bit and how long did you keep it up for?
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As a player I prefer to play characters who are fairly straight forward with very little baggage or drama or secrets 'n such. But as a DM my brain is rather clogged with nothing but secrets just waiting to drop! I've been running our current campaign for almost 2 years now and there is a beloved NPC who is very close to the party, and that NPC has been keeping a massive secret. And that secret's gonna get revealed to the party in tonight's session (about 17 hours from now). I can't wait. Keeping this secret for so long has been figuratively killing me.
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Greetings CaptainCleverUsernameHere,
From your excitement, it sounds like you light not last long with the secret.
As for your question, I am playing a character that has a secret about his past, and what he actually is, and it has never come up in game.
One of the other players started asking me about a specific object my character carries, but when my character tried to change the topic, the person playing the character stopped inquiring, thinking they were annoying me, as he was not as comfortable with Rollplaying.
In reality, I thought this little secret would come out much earlier in the campaign, but as it stands now, none of the other players seem to care, so if it never comes out, that is fine with me.
Now I'm curious if it will ever come out, and if not, I will never reveal it.
Cheers!
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
Haven't been a player much, but in other contexts, typically the fun of secrets is to periodically drop hints to see if anyone notices
(because if they're like my friends, some of whom are very smart people... they won't). I can imagine conspiring with a DM on this could be entertaining. And it's time to reveal either when someone does figure it out or when you run out of viable hints that don't just give the whole thing away.Medium humanoid (human), lawful neutral
Best bet is to share the secret with the DM so that together you can figure a way of revealing that ties into the larger plot. The first character I ever played had a similar thing going but I didn't really understand that the DM needs to know so we went the entire campaign with it never coming up and even as I started revealing things and dropping hints the other players never picked up or cared on them
Since the fun of secrets is that they do come out, sooner rather than later, but timing is way too dependent on specific circumstances for us to give you a good answer.
Have a chat with the DM. They have a lot of control over the situations that will poke at it, so can slow those down or speed them up as the pace of the game suggests, and you can give them feedback if you think it should be slower or faster.
Based on my current experience, the other players are going to be pretty oblivious to the hinting. Something blatant may be required.
Oh yeah. As a forever DM, I've learned my lesson with subtlety lol.
:)
Honestly, my biggest fear is that I'll crack myself up when roleplaying the fake identity and reveal it by accident xD. I think I have a pretty good timeline to reveal it though, with it happening either: when my character trusts the party enough to let them know so that they can help solve my problem, or when we fight a particularly scary monster and the facade cracks.
I hope you get to reveal your secret! Maybe drop some hints outside of the game, like telling that player "hey, when you asked me about that object, you were on to something".
:)
These kinds of things can be really fun, but I will say that be prepared for a lukewarm response. I have only been playing for a few years but in my experience, most players have only two focuses: the plot (and really, half of the time not even that), and their own characters. Most players just don't have the mental bandwidth to handle your mystery as well. So when the reveal happens, you might just see a response like 'Oh... that's funny. Anyway, the BBEG is going to do...'
That's not to say that it is a bad idea, I just want to temper your expectations a bit. Do things like that for your fun and maybe the DMs fun, but don't really expect it to be a big splash at the table.
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Yeeea, I actually did talk to that player out of game and told him that it was just my character changing the subject, and that if he wants to, he can keep inquiring, but this was over a month ago and he has forgotten out it.
At this point, I kind of don't want them to find out.
Playing this character, that has strange abilities that no one seems to care about, is fun for me.
I built the character the way I wanted to play him for a specific reason, and he is a lot of fun, and when you get down to it, that is the point of the game, my character should be fun for me, I didn't build him to entertain others :)
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
Not me, but a guy in our campaign hid the fact that his character was evil for months of play. It finally came to light when a doppelganger fought our party member and my paladin used "Detect Evil" to tell them apart...and they were BOTH evil! Huge fun reveal!