LoudKid says:
GM, could you perhaps put the contents of the journal up here or in the loot thread for the whole party to read? Iosef did pass it out last night in-game.
Yes, I'll do that in this instance.
My intention in these sorts of matters is to allow someone who becomes aware of private knowledge to know the exact contents, while giving them the option to interpret and share that information in the manner they see fit. I find the reader's (Player's) interpretation of things like this can lead to powerful RP and story moments.
There is a difference, for example, in that Iosef interpreted the 'stranger with strange eyes' in the journal to possibly be Razhel, while Axon passed on this idea, believing the role to be outside of Razhel's general character.
As we progress, its possible some of you may become aware of things that are not even available for others to experience directly. How the player/character interprets and shares that information may greatly impact the story and relationships between characters. Examples being knowledge leading to moments of epiphany as something they didn't previously deem worth sharing suddenly is granted importance, or learning something about another character's past before they themselves know of it - might it hurt or benefit them to know that information? What it was interpreted incorrectly?
I guess long story short, I'd prefer to see the character's interpretation of private information relayed
as they interpret it through dialogue to others, with the character choosing to share what they deem worth sharing. That versus, 'I share with the others what I learned' as a blanket means of doing so.
In this instance, I will add a summary of main points of the journal for Razhel and Grim, as a stand-in for the conversation you would have had this morning.
