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How can I ask questions on RPG.SE about plot-specific details of my campaign without spoiling things for my players that use this site?
What I suggest, and which mirrors practice on the (possibly quite non-representative) slice of discussion fora I have participated in over the years is:
Clearly label sensitive information. In other ...
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Is this title a spoiler and how would we avoid the spoiler if so?
It's not a spoiler
It is widely known that Tiamat has a stat block. The question if a specific stat block is correct is ok, and should not be a spoiler in itself.
The question does not specify which ...
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Is it possible to have spoiler text in subscript?
Re order the tags:
>! <sub>subscript spoiler</sub> | normal spoiler
The line needs to start with >!. You can ...
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How can I ask questions on RPG.SE about plot-specific details of my campaign without spoiling things for my players that use this site?
Talk to your players
Tell them that you are asking these sorts of questions and ask them to avoid looking at those while enjoying the site.
Also, follow @Novak’s advice in case the players trip over ...
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Spoiler quotes aren't rendering correctly
The linebreak before "If" breaks the spoiler markdown.
Curse of Strahd spoilers ahead.
Fixed (by deleting the linebreak), it looks like:
Alternatively, we can fix it like this:
With a ...
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Is this a bug in the spoiler quote rendering?
After seeing the related Q&A on Main Meta (thanks to Rubiksmoose for finding it): Line after blockquote in spoiler not a spoiler?
I have solved the problem I was having by adding a ...
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Is this title a spoiler and how would we avoid the spoiler if so?
What exactly would be the spoiler?
Dragons had a dangerous breath since folklore tales were told.
The idea that there are different colors of dragons and they all come with their own alignment and ...
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Is this title a spoiler and how would we avoid the spoiler if so?
I think coming up with a detailed spoiler policy for a forum like this will be very difficult and possibly counter-productive. (I am willing to be proven wrong, but will be swayed by evidence of ...
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Spoiler quotes aren't rendering correctly
The linebreak is indeed what broke the spoiler format.
If you wish to still format these with a new-line within, simply include two spaces after the first line and readd the ...
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