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How to create a group chat with several characters

Put 2 to 6 of your characters in one scene with a Privee+ group chat: picking a cast, setting the turn order and writing a shared scenario.

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A group chat puts several of your characters in one scene. Here's how to set one up, pick a cast that plays off each other and write a scenario that gives everyone a reason to be there.

Before you start

Group chats are a Privee+ feature. Create Group is in the Studio tab next to Create Character, Create Photo and Create Story. Groups are built from characters you've made and published, so you need at least two published characters first (how to create an AI character).

The four steps

  1. Basics: a Name (up to 200 characters), an Introduction (up to 300), a Rating (Safe or Mature; Safe for all ages) and up to 6 tags.
  2. Group: pick 2 to 6 of your published characters and put them in order. That's the turn order in the chat, so put first whoever sets the scene. Then write the Scenario (up to 1,800 characters).
  3. Image: a clear picture makes the group easier to spot (image prompt tips).
  4. Review: a public group can only use public characters, and public groups are reviewed before other people see them.

Pick a cast, not a list of favourites

  • Give each character a different job: a leader, a skeptic, a joker, an expert. If two would say the same thing, drop one.
  • Build in friction. The cautious one wants to wait; the bold one wants to go now.
  • Start with two or three. They're easier to follow than six.
  • Make the voices distinct so you always know who's talking. Two detectives can do the same job and sound nothing alike: one brisk and practical, offering you a drink before the questions, the other all noir, stepping out of the rain into a dim office.

Write the shared scenario

The Scenario tells every character where they are, what's happening and why they're together. Give the group a shared problem and leave room for the person chatting. Use each character's name, and {{user}} for the person chatting, rather than he, she or they, so the AI knows who's meant:

Rosa, Ben and Mrs. Pell, the regulars of the Thursday book club, have stayed late at Pell's Bookshop. The cash box went missing during the meeting, and only someone in the room could have taken it. Mrs. Pell wants an answer before calling the police. {{user}} is the club's newest member, and everyone has just turned to look at {{user}}.

It sets the stage without scripting anyone's lines.

Two casts to try

  • A study group: a strict tutor, a classmate who'd rather joke, and a calm one who turns everything into a list. The library closes in two hours and the chemistry exam is tomorrow. Put the tutor first.
  • A restaurant kitchen: a head chef who runs the pass, a nervous new line cook and a waiter who only brings bad news. It's the Friday rush and a food critic has just sat down.

Once you're chatting, give the group something to react to, like a new clue or a decision, and rewind or regenerate if a scene goes somewhere you don't want (keep a roleplay going).

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