TftF Out of Character

I have set up your individual threads for our "Introducing the Teens" scenes. These are primarily for you to get a first idea of how to play your characters and what their lives are like.
I want to get through these fairly quickly, maybe three or four posts back and forth. Feel free to add as much or as little detail as you feel like.

If something I set up in these scenes doesn't match your vision for your character or important NPCs around them, let me know. These are as much for me to get to know these characters as for you.

Once all of these are wrapped up, I will get you all together in a shared scene to introduce the mystery.

Bryn just messaged me with some questions and I figured the answers might be of use to everyone:
Generally, yes, rolling pre-emptively is a useful thing in PBP, but TftL and TftF are, for lack of a better word, stricter with their rolls than for example D&D. Rolls are supposed to move the story forward, both success and failure. And not everything requires a roll necessarily. If you feel like a roll might be appropriate at some point, feel free to add one but I might ignore it if I feel like the situation doesn't require one or if I feel like players are bunching up on rolls (the classic "Person X failed their roll, I'll make one and maybe I'll succeed).
Generally, I'll say if it's something minor, like talking to a shopkeeper to buy chocolate, you can just assume. If you're talking to a plot relevant NPC, maybe let me handle them so I can make sure that they include important tid-bits of information in their responses for example. Same as with high-stakes situations like your example of buying a gun (though guns aren't supposed to be a major part of this game :smile: )
Yes, feel free to read them. Your characters all know each other so these threads might give you an idea of what they are like so you can anticipate their characters better and play towards them. Obviously, your character wouldn't necessarily know the details of what's going on with them but you as a player can.

Okay, I updated all the private threads again. Feel free to wrap them up with your next posts and then I'll open up the next shared scene whenever you're all ready!
You'll have some time in school to discuss where to go next for your investigation.

Awesome posts, everybody! I'm really enjoying all your characters.

New thread will be up in a bit. Just need to give myself some time for proofreading 😃

A fail doesn't necessarily mean a fail. It can also be a partial success or a success at a cost. So don't worry, you're not at a standstill. You can also always decide to push, taking a condition in order to reroll all dice that don't show a 6.

Not necessary right now, though. (Writing a post)

They're a -1 to everything until you take care of them (cumulative, if you have multiple)

Setting up the next thread now!

Feature Testing

Okay, you should be able to, when you go to the advanced section of making a post, select your character underneath the text box and then click on a skill to roll to have those dice automatically added to your post.

Try it out!

Also, check if I made any errors coyping your values over.
@Mikael, you only spent 9 points on your skills, I believe. It should be 10, so you can still add a skill point somewhere.

More Feature Testing

You have all the pieces of the mystery now and once you have wrapped up your conversation with the Shaman, we're probably going to be heading to the final confrontation of this adventure.

Before we do that, though, I'd love if you (one of you or you all collectively) could just let me know what you figured out of the mystery. What exactly happened and why and what is going on?
Just so I can fill in any gaps and so you're all fully in the picture when we head to the climax of the game.

Maybe one of you can just start and the others can then chime in with additions (or write that they don't know anything more, so we know who's seen it and who hasn't).