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"Sealed Notes" into OOC gameplay

There should be the options of making "Sealed Notes," meaning handouts or private messages in which the contents cannot be viewed until the one who made it gives permission. (Or the writer gets notified when it's opened.) Once it's 'sealed,' meaning saved, it cannot be altered or deleted by anyone and it's time-stamped. That way a player could do something early on without the GM, or another player(s), knowing. And there's no way they could be making it up on the spot. An example: I'm playing a futuristic tech game and decide to install a 'dead-man switch' to my heart. If it stops beating, an explosive detonates as a last-ditch measure to crush my enemies. I don't want the others to know about it but if I just say I set this up once I die, they might not believe me. So I explain what I did in a Sealed Note and give it to the GM. The GM doesn't know what it says because he can't open it until I say so. When the situation comes up that I die, I click on the note, giving the GM permission to open it. And he sees that I installed this thing three sessions ago. Ka-boom!
the dm is likely going to know you installed it just by you getting supplies that have no real use otherwise. (though I guess this might be different depending on the dm). In the campaigns I have run/been in on Roll20, I don't feel this would add anything. doesn't mean it wouldn't for some style of play, just not for any I have been involved with.
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Pierre S.
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The GM is controlling the whole universe.  Why keep secrets from the GM about anything you are doing?  By attempting to "spring a surprise" not just on other players, but the GM, you are attempting to take control from the GM.  For example, the GM may wonder in what circumstances your dead-man switch might go off prematurely, which would be dangerous to your character.
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Gauss
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Pierre, not all games on Roll20 involve the same kinds of GM-player dynamics. I can easily see some types of games that might need sealed records that are revealed on command. Heck, I need it for one of my wargames. :) - Gauss