Are whispers private?

I’m new to Wolfery and a player informed me that everyone in a room can see whispers, is this true? Or are they effectively like Private Messages? Just looking for some clarification.

Only the people you send a whisper to can read your whisper. They are effectively messages you can only give to people that are in the same room as you. Whoever told that everyone can see them is wrong! Only the recipients can!

As @TheSinderChronicle stated, the whisper command is private.

In addition, the message/page command is also available for private communication between characters anywhere (even in the same room).

The say and pose commands display publicly to all characters in the same room.


There are also OOC (Out of Character) variants:

  • ooc is like say or pose for public OOC communication within the room.
  • Adding a > after the = for the whisper and message/page commands turns them into private OOC communication.

Some characters prefer to treat private communication with others who are not in the same room the same as any standard smartphone, but that’s left up to personal preference.

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