Larson Gates:
They have a huge amount to learn, not only in terms of acquiring "powers", but also in terms of the whole "Amber" background and everything that has happened. How long would it take you to unlearn everything you thought you know about how the universe worked and learn what the new reality is, it's history, and it's politics?
Ah... why do we have to learn all that before the apron strings are cut and the PCs are free to fly? A lot of amber's background is often learned (for me anyway) by getting out into the Shadows and experiencing the reality of it. Finding the weird places on the map, questioning the poeple who live there, and then figuring out what to do next.
Like, I don't have to learn the entire history of Asia in order to learn martial arts. Didn't even have to learn the history of the martial art or any politics, just started learning how to "boot some head" (so to speak).
I get it, some teachers are going to be "You learn it my way or the highway"... but again this comes back to "how much zero" are you imposing?
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And I have quite a lot of scenarios for them to work through as the process of coming to terms with the new reality..very much learning on the job in a lot of cases.
Right, so do you have any idea of how long you expect or hope for that to take? You aren't new to PbP, you've got to have some idea in mind you are
aiming for.
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I send the character sheets as "Word" documents, but I can send as PDFs, or ODT files, or upload them to "WeTransfer" and send the link via rMail.
It can't be copy/pasted into rMail or the Character Sheet function in the game?
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In terms of posting rate the game will proceed as fast as the slowest poster.
It's a really good thing to set an expected pace. If you say "I expect a post at least every two days, I plan to be able to post every day for each thread (and no more than that), if you go more than three days I will move things along for the thread, if you're longer than that I will NPC you until you can be sidelined. If you need to be away, please let us know when you're going to be absent and how long for."
The above would tell really fast posters, the type who prefer say Discord/IRQ, that your game might not be their cuppa, and Players who can barely manage a post a week to maybe also give you a pass, instead of wasting time making a character and then being sidelined within a month. And specifically the "" sets a posting expectation for prospective Players, what you will hold yourself to and what you will hold them to. It's really useful to set that sort of a schedule even if...
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I do however try and respond to posts on a daily basis.
See, this tells me that you will probably be posting at least every other day. A nice pace, not breakneck, but also not so slow as to get nowhere ever.
However, "the game will proceed as fast as the slowest poster" means if someone only posts once a week, the game will crawl, Players quit within a few months, and it will completely fall apart... unless you get really lucky and that's everyone's preferred posting speed.