# Is there an option to hide part of the post from users which aren't moderators/admins? Also – any good RPG plugins out there?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178 "2022-02-23T14:51:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Infi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Infi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/1 "2022-02-23T14:51:40Z")
Is there a plugin which resembles [HIDE] BBCode from the old days of phpBB? I know that a lot of people used it for hiding post content from anonymous users or users who didn’t reply in the given topic, but I want a different feature - to be able to hide post partially and not only from guests, but from non-moderators too. Is it possible yet?
The reason is – I’m running an RPG adventure through Discourse and I want for my players to be able to hide parts of their character sheets from the eyes of other players. Some of it should be visible, some – not. [HIDE] BBCode did that very well. Now we’re using private messages, but that’s suboptimal.
Also - any good RPG plugins out there yet?
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### Author:  [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/2 "2022-02-23T14:57:59Z")
> [@Infi](#):
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> Is there a plugin which resembles [HIDE] BBCode from the old days of phpBB
> [@Discourse BBCode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/65425):
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> information_sourceSummary Discourse BBCode adds the ability to use BBCode to format posts.discourse2Hosted by us? This plugin is available on our Enterprise plansmechanicSelf-host Install [Install plugins on a self-hosted site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-on-a-self-hosted-site/19157)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode) The Discourse BBCode plugin enhances the Markdown composer [[1]](#footnote-304175-1) with support for the [BBCode syntax](https://www.bbcode.org/reference.php) beyond what is included by default (i.e. [i], [b], [s], [u], […
> [@Discourse BBCode Color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/65363):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse BBCode Color adds BBCode colors to the post formatting options.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) The Discourse BBCode Color plugin enhances the Markdown composer [[1]](#footnote-303904-1) with support for the [BBCode [color] syntax](https://www.bbcode.org/changing-the-text-color-with-bbcode.php) and text background colors. Features Set colors inline with: [color=#aaa]text[/color] [color=red]text[/color] …
> [@Infi](#):
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> to be able to hide post partially and not only from guests, but from non-moderators too. Is it possible yet?
Not yet (maybe look at staff whisper `/admin/site_settings/category/all_results?filter=whisper`)
> [@Infi](#):
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> Also - any good RPG plugins out there yet?
Not Yet
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/3 "2022-02-23T15:15:49Z")
Is it good enough if the text is in the json but not displayed on the page? It might not be hard to modify the [Discourse Spoiler Alert](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-spoiler-alert/12650) plugin to reveal text only to members of some group or staff. If someone wanted, though, they could look at [`https://meta.discourse.org/raw/12650`](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/12650) to see the hidden text.
Making it **really** available only to some users would be a good bit more difficult, as it would require something more complicated, perhaps encrypting the text and providing a decryption key in the json load only of moderators.
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### Author:  [@Infi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Infi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/5 "2022-02-23T15:24:07Z")
From my point of view, staff whisper is too limited, without the ability to edit it when character sheet changes or to style it as its author see fit.
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### Author:  [@Infi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Infi)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/6 "2022-02-23T15:24:18Z")
Unfortunately not, beacause my players tend to be crafty and they like to use any exploits they find. If something gets pulled to their machines from the server, they’ll surely notice.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/7 "2022-02-23T15:29:31Z")
> [@Infi](#):
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> Also - any good RPG plugins out there yet?
Interactive Fiction is almost RP(G):
[Discourse Frotz - an Interactive Fiction game bot 🎲 - plugin - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-frotz-an-interactive-fiction-game-bot/140617)
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-to-hide-part-of-the-post-from-users-which-arent-moderators-admins-also-any-good-rpg-plugins-out-there/219178/8 "2022-02-23T15:29:35Z")
Probably what you really want is a more bespoke plugin that implements the character sheet as, say, a UserCustomField that processes it when it adds it to the serializer. But if you need more than one card per user, it would probably make more sense to build it out as a separate model. It’s all doable with time and/or money.