-yoink IC/OOC knowledge?

[Lindos]

Hello,

When someone uses the -yoink command, the person targeted gets a dialogue window which mentions the name of the person using the command.
What information does the person getting -yoinked get ICly?
Does the person know the name of the person -yoinking?

I was under the impression that was OOC information but if I'm incorrect, a definite response from the DMs would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
-J

[Gods_Kill_People]

I have always been told you ICly know....but really it does seem a bit metaish to me....but I am not a DM.

[The GrumpyCat]

For most situations, (granted not all) arelith runs on What You See is What You Get. So yeah, it's always been judged - in my experience, that the name you see in -Yoink is IC. Though of course if you want to rp it that you don't know who's summoning you, that's fine too!

But yeah, it's IC knowledge.

[MissEvelyn]

For most situations, (granted not all) arelith runs on What You See is What You Get.

I'm really curious about situations where Arelith doesn't run on WYSIWYG.

The only ones I could think of making a case for are floating skulls around a character and sewer filth spilling up out of the well as you drink dirty water. But even then, it's very much visual and I wouldn't blame anyone for roleplaying it as seeing it.

[PinataPlethora]

In the interest of fair play, I generally will only have my characters "know" that they're being yoinked if they have enough Spellcraft to reliably identify top level spells. Otherwise, I act like I don't know or am helpless to stop it. Once the character's been yoinked a few times, it's fair to say they know the feeling, but they may still be unable to avoid it.

The only exception is if I know the player yoinking me to be a griefer.

[WanderingPoet]

For most situations, (granted not all) arelith runs on What You See is What You Get.

I'm really curious about situations where Arelith doesn't run on WYSIWYG.

The only ones I could think of making a case for are floating skulls around a character and sewer filth spilling up out of the well as you drink dirty water. But even then, it's very much visual and I wouldn't blame anyone for roleplaying it as seeing it.

The floating names over your character's head are a good example!

[Sab1]

I always rp it as a feeling etc... Since is seems really insane to me in a land where so many want to harm you to blindly accept a summon like that without knowing who is trying to summon you. You could also say it's ooc knowledge that if you don't know the name IC but you accept a yoink somehow knowing it's safe.