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Their morale was lowered and they had to create clones and start from scratch.

These are the tricks of the treacherous Mortulus. And he is a well-known lone villain on HeroesWorld. A loner by nature.

Could you explain the gist of it in a few words?

In a few words, the action takes place in a village city where, besides law-abiding citizens, there is an organized mafia group and a maniac. Each of the three groups pursues its own interests, and each one's goal is to wipe out all the others.

Okay, thank you.

You're just being mean to yourself and to newcomers, lol.

You're the one using bad language.

A person writes: I have a ma... Val... I had it as a Dryad.
Snap out of it. Did you mix up the taboos? It became so unpleasant to read Sesame that I almost rage-quit.

It's good that Sesame doesn't rage-quit after every one of my crazy ideas... :)

Who can tell me why we should use these poor, and frankly quite limited, character profiles, especially when it's easier to create hints based on specific quests?
For example, we could use musical instruments or actors. A list of these could be generated before the game starts, based on the number of players. Let's say there are three players (abstractly): Vasya, Masha, and Petya.
They are given a choice:
1. Al Pacino
2. Robert De Niro
3. Jeff Bridges
The players choose any available option from the list, and a hint is created for a specific quest (thankfully, there's plenty of information and facts in the wiki, and not just there – like the example with the magic violin in the neighboring thread).
But even just using the wiki, you can hide a lot of information!
It could be anything: actors, directors, military leaders, tarot decks, countries... basically anything that has information available.

For example, Vasya chooses Jeff Bridges,
Masha chooses Pacino,
and Petya chooses De Niro.
Then Vasya kills someone, and the game master creates a hint based on Jeff Bridges.
For example, the victim was found at night in a movie theater where a film about a high-ranking government official on vacation was playing.
I'm just giving an example, and it's the first thing that came to mind.
The solution: "at night in a movie theater" – a reference to the film "The Last Picture Show," Jeff's first role. "A high-ranking government official on vacation" – a reference to Jeff's role in the film "The Fisher King."
So, instead of actors, it could be anything, but from the same general category.

To add to the previous speaker, I’ll repeat that IMHO this is more convenient, since you don’t need to open a bunch of tabs with profiles — everything fits in the first post.

Revan, you were looking for an alternative to clues, how about an alternative to the HeroesWorld traditions of writing clues?

To add to the previous speaker, I will repeat that IMHO this is more convenient, since you don't have to open a bunch of tabs with profiles.

Revan, you were looking for an alternative to clues, how about an alternative to HeroesWorld traditions of writing clues?

That is true, it is much more convenient. On our MF, at first we also made hints based on profiles, but then, deeming it bad form, we switched to quents, and since then only quents.
Firstly, it is more convenient
secondly, one person might have something special in their profile, while another third of people have everything overlapping and common
thirdly, the profiles are really too short. And if you need many hints, there is simply nowhere to come up with them. On our MF, usually the first hint is quite difficult, the second one is already a guiding hint. Then it gets even simpler.

because people are lazy and used to the old version? Some users can't change or fill out their profiles, let alone deal with quests.

I don't mind having clues related to quants. I'm already thinking about doing something similar for Sailor Moon, but I can't decide whether to focus on astronomy or astrology.
Ara, as I understand it, we don't need to create a detailed questionnaire like in the Expo, but simply choose a pre-made one, or even just a concept instead of a questionnaire.

Is it because people are lazy and used to the old system? Some people can't even change or fill out their profiles, let alone choose Quests.

So, what's the problem? It's easier for the GM to come up with hints based on a lot of information about the Quest. And I don't think players will mind choosing a number from a list, or if they can't choose a number, the GM can assign one.
No one needs to fill out Quests; there are official sources, from Wikipedia (you can start with that) to anything else (just not crazy pages with nonsense). You choose a violin, and you get a hint about a fact related to the violin (if you're choosing from instruments). You choose Machiavelli (from the list of commanders), and you get a hint about Machiavelli. You choose Spielberg from the list of directors before the game, and you get a hint about Spielberg. THAT'S IT... simple and much more interesting.

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Drakkosha, the Leshy who was removed with a mod, was once a GM, and she offered decks of TAROT cards to choose from, and she created hints based on facts from the decks. I guessed one hint there )) (and I linked 2 others incorrectly))

I remember playing on another forum a long time ago, where people actually filled out profiles with biographies (albeit short ones), and all that. It seems Vegtam wanted to do something similar here, but it didn't work out, and everyone gave up. But I like it.
At the same time, it will be possible to calmly reread old games without trying to link clues to those who changed their profiles ten times.
The main thing is for the GMs not to forget what the clues are for, otherwise it will be a mess if they habitually attach them to a profile, and the players will be racking their brains over the list.

because people are lazy and used to the old version? Some people can't change or fill out their profiles, let alone choose "quents."

Ara, by "quents" I mean, for example, a favorite actor (or any actor they choose). I don't think writing a first and last name is very difficult. )

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By the way, the third benefit of hints about "quents" is replacements. A player changes, but the clue is still for the same thing it was for before.

I've seen games where players write quests of varying sizes.

Everyone understood that. But that's not our case.

I remember playing on another forum a long time ago, and there people actually wrote profiles with biographies (short ones, though) and all that.

Yeah, I play that kind of game at home. But we have a role-playing mafia, so it's logical to have bios and clues about them.