Secret Button spoilers the existence of a secret
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Secret Button spoilers the existence of a secret
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Secrets · Created by Darksheer2015
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Currently you can see the secret button, only if there is a secret. Even when they don't have access to the secret. So the reader has an indication if there is one. That's especially problematic in RPGs. Players now know out-game that there is something hidden and can begin to look for it.How does this feature request address the current situation? Either make the Secret button
Either make the Secret button permanent (even if there is no secret) or hide it if the viewer has no access to the secret.What are other uses for this feature request?
Potential to save disk space and time for GMs. Since it was pointed out to me that my players can find out if there is a secret. I have begun, to circumvent this and added dummy secrets to all my articles.Follow up
This was mean to tantalize the imagination of the players / readers - to want to reveal the secret. - I think its a good idea for Readers / Autors but a terrible one for GMs and Players. Knowing there is an Secret can change the whole dynamic of a game. It can bring players to second guess themselves. Do i do this because of a gut feeling i have with this NPC or is it because i saw out-game that there is something we don't know about him.
The Team's Response
The fact that the secret tab appears there only if there are secrets even if the secrets are not visible to the end user was done on purpose :) This was mean to tantalize the imagination of the players / readers - to want to reveal the secret. I can make it always visible but I will not make it visible only if they can see the secrets (too much overhead for very little profit) If you want it always visible talk to me on #development-discussion in Discord
Current score
46/300 Votes · +6410 points
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by Nihilus - DnDLivingWorld
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by tyguy9087
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by Xalindros
on 2022-01-31 04:58 -
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by valvano30
on 2022-01-31 03:26 -
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by Damparo
on 2022-01-30 10:49 -
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by ArcadiusPrime
on 2022-01-30 03:34 -
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by Nanotide
on 2022-01-29 09:20 -
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by obLIVious066
on 2022-01-28 19:19 -
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by A Rambunctious T-Rex
on 2022-01-28 12:38 -
+50
by Feurify
on 2022-01-28 09:44 -
+300
by Kat Leo
on 2022-01-26 23:13 -
+50
by BurningGod
on 2022-01-26 22:23 -
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by DarthGaymer
on 2022-01-25 14:24 -
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by AylaaNecare
on 2022-01-25 07:13 -
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by JeniferToksvig
on 2022-01-24 09:44 -
+100
by A Adorable Kitten
on 2022-01-23 19:34 -
+300
by Tohrwarneth
on 2022-01-23 14:17 -
+50
by MasterWheezy
on 2022-01-23 01:27 -
+200
by Sicariouse
on 2022-01-22 13:31 -
+100
by Amancham
on 2022-01-22 06:11I'm wondering if this might be a bug or if it really is 'desired behaviour' that the button shows up even if you can't see/read the secret. but yeah, I'd agree, this shouldn't be happening.
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+100
by Lone Mountain Artificer
on 2022-01-21 14:25 -
+300
by A Fierce Devil
on 2022-01-21 01:46 -
+300
by Kaleidechse
on 2022-01-20 15:57 -
+100
by Rayna Fairbell
on 2022-01-20 11:02 -
+300
by Nubs
on 2022-01-20 10:30 -
+50
by wordswitwonder
on 2022-01-19 17:57 -
+20
by juldum54
on 2022-01-19 00:36 -
+20
by PrincessESH
on 2022-01-19 00:29 -
+20
by xSpazztic
on 2022-01-18 17:49 -
+50
by toffepajja
on 2022-01-18 09:06 -
+100
by Silverlite_Sword
on 2022-01-17 16:46 -
+300
by rootyful
on 2022-01-17 15:30 -
+200
by CodyJ108
on 2022-01-16 05:20 -
+300
by sirintellegence
on 2022-01-15 20:47 -
+100
by erevainsgirl
on 2022-01-15 02:15 -
+300
by dasblorp
on 2022-01-14 05:02 -
+20
by SpecterN7
on 2022-01-13 13:55 -
+300
by FenDawnchild
on 2022-01-13 08:51 -
+50
by Athevra
on 2022-01-12 00:38 -
+100
by mirrorsand
on 2022-01-11 15:41 -
+20
by Sylver Shine
on 2022-01-11 13:32I tested this when I saw it. There is a way to "delete" that secret "tag". If you create a secret and then copy this one in the article, the tag disappears. If you create it in the same article, you can then edit the secret and delete the article that it is linked. Even if there is a solution to the problem, I do think that we author shouldn't do these things in order to hide the existence of secrets to our readers. Anyway, before doing a petition, try to ask first if there is a current solution in the Discord and if you still think it needs to be addressed better, or make this option more visible, or whatever, then go and write the suggestion. I cancelled 3 suggestion because I was asking for something that already existed, but I didn't know how to use it.
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by KajetanWrites
on 2022-01-11 11:29 -
-200
by ChalktheDM
on 2022-01-11 10:44 -
-300
by Khilan_Argith
on 2022-01-11 10:01 -
+100
by A Cute Hobbit
on 2022-01-11 09:41 -
+300
by Graylion
on 2022-01-11 08:46 -
+300
by Darksheer2015
on 2022-01-11 08:36
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