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Ayrik
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Canada
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 09:24:56
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I find that as a player I tend to get a little obsessed with accurately recording my character's kills. In fact, after a few levels I often end up with a filled killsheet that summarizes every single monster/villain I've ever slain, briefly commenting on the few outstanding ones. It's sort of like a trophy case, I guess. Other accomplishments matter too, of course, but they don't need to be recorded, at least not in as much detail as the killsheet.
Is this common and fairly normal behaviour (lol, among RPG nerds at least)?
Or is this neurotic and worrisome?
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 10:10:49
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| I think most people here are slightly obsessive in the first place. I don't think its that weird although I have never done it myself, even my DM notes are usually very lacking, especially the "afterwards" notes. There might have been one player ten years ago or so that tried something like this, but I think he gave it up quickly. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 13:30:49
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| My brother keeps an accurate kill count in every campaign he plays in. |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 14:40:23
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I kept a little black book for every female my bard ever talked to, and anything else he managed to do with them. |
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Jesters to left of them,
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Dracons
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 20:14:30
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I had a wizard character that did that, though it was for roleplay reasons. I wanted to be a major spellcaster that made new spells based on monsters. Had alot of unique spell componets.
One of my players was a bard, that added a title after every victory. In the end, he was Hellis, the conquerer of Goblin Cave, Survivor of tornado, slayer of vampires, winner of the King's tournment, Swimmer of the enternal river, (Etc etc etc).
And that was how he introduced himself to everyone in game. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2010 : 22:54:05
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I suppose the grandiose overhyped self-introduction part is fair enough. In a bar.
"Another keg for my friend here! All hail Ayrik son of Korth, Ayrik Stormblood, Skullsplitter, Terror of the Frozen North, Orcslayer, Jotunslayer, Wyrmbattler, Assistant Lord Executor and Third Backup Warlord of Sentinel Keep, High Wenchmaster, Lord Tableslayer" ... etc |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 00:15:39
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i keep a tally sheet of all the PCs i kill with a special mention of TPKs
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 01:56:47
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| My obsessive habit is to always tally my dice and anything else I've brought. I count my dice before putting them back in the bag, and for games like Warmachine, I keep all of my tokens in their own containers, and I make a point of picking them all up before the minis (minis aren't as easy to overlook!). |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 02:10:16
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Wow, we've got some really obsessive people in here. I keep rather close notes on monster hoards, myself. I have lists of the kills and hauls of every PC I've ever played. No over-done titles, though. I leave that to my hubby's dwarf! Oh, IK- is your bard's name Tony Stark or Johhny Storm, by any chance? LOL!!
Nope, 'fraid the closest he ever got to power armor was Elven Chain, but his name is Tarlek Flamehair the Half-Elven (a half-valley elf immigrant to the Realms). |
Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 02:38:46
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| LOL! Bet he's a real P.I.M.P. (Player In a Management Position)!! Hmmm, my wizard/monk keeps a running tally of his enemies. Which strangely includes goblins, lizard-men, some criminal organizations.... He sometimes goes by the name Orb-rivvil, (it's drowish- translate it for a good laugh...) but his real name is Petrius. And he's fond of climbing walls and using web spells. |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 04:48:42
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PIMP? Hmm kinda, sort of, but not really. Being half-valley elf really didn't effect anything except his backstory. Our original campaign was born from the core books plus adventure modules, we eventually settled the campaign in FR proper. But because of how we started our campaign was left with two oddities that had no effect on mechanics but clashed a bit with lore. My half-valley elf and another player's cleric of Thor. We just shrugged, and kept playing.  |
Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 07:56:39
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One of my players had a dwarven skald who was a shamelessly rampaging horndog. He had no qualms about spending his gold on the wenches. A lot of drinking was often involved.
I suppose that elves and half-elves are okay, but they just won't have any stamina. |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 13:17:30
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| Arik, since that group was a bunch of straight guys those scenes all ended in a fade-out rather than a lurid description...thus game mechanios (stamina) never entered into the equation. For Tarlek it was all about the chase anyway, could he win her interest and favor? And quite frequently, could he escape afterwards? He spent some time with all the lasses, but he never got really serious unless she was Dangerous! |
Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 19:39:04
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'Strue, most of my gaming centers around a group of straight guys. Some of whom are married, while others are quite seriously undersexed (and, I dare say, truly perverted in ways that are a little worrisome to their peers). So, aside from the standard man bragging and epic conquests the role-playing does indeed "fade-out" just before the details become erotic.
An interesting side affect is that the process of seduction is emphasized far more than the ultimate results.
Women do play in our group from time to time, but they're usually coupled with one of the guys so although they might play off each other's hints and innuendo they don't really share their sex life/fantasies in front of the other nerds. And of course we sometimes host a few young ones, male and female, and although it might be debatable whether they're sexually active or not, care is still taken not to carry eroticism to inappropriate levels when they're around.
Sexual role playing at the gaming table is basically very tame. |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 19:42:54
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| Alystra, what was the biggest mistake you ever made in picking a target for your attraction? Mine was probably when I romanced a blue dragon, who had an elven form. For the next month she was like the scariest stalker girlfriend you ever heard of, and then she discovered that my halfling partner had swiped a bauble from her hoard. For some reason she blamed ME instead of the halfling.... |
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Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2010 : 20:36:26
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At the risk of sounding trés uncool and homophobic in these more openly accepting times, I really do think I'd rather wake up wrapped around a female ogre than a guy.
A minor threadjacking of my own -
- There must be an interesting story behind the drow with a female/male curse. Wizard or Priestess? Who did s/he dare to offend with a theft? |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2010 : 00:03:50
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quote:
Originally posted by Arik
Sexual role playing at the gaming table is basically very tame.
Heh, not always...I remember the sessions from the mixed groups of my college years. Single guys and gals under 25, gaming, and plentiful alcohol.
I really can't say any more. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2010 : 04:29:09
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Ah, well in my college days nothing would scare women off faster than a set of polyhedral dice. Seriously.
Society was a lot less sophisticated back then. Merely mentioning "Dungeons & Dragons" somehow put you on par with deviants and criminals, you were abnormal, something must be "wrong", and people would warn that the game caused mental problems, insanity, depression, and suicide. Let's not even consider all the "devil worshipping" accusations from some groups of people. D&D players were somehow tainted and dirty, and being a nerd on top of all that was just icing on the cake. (Yes, in those days nerds were not seen as cool. Quite the opposite, believe it or not.)
But things have changed a *lot* since then -
Computer RPGs (especially MMORPGs) are widely recognized; not always seen as healthy, but still widely recognized.
Now there's alternatives to the traditional (but stale) Tolkien-geeky elves and dwarves and halflings; options like drow and tieflings and genasii which appeal to a much wider audience.
A succubus or vamp is now a familiar part of the social consciousness (and a favourite sexy halloween choice) instead of some obscure wet dream on the pages of a nerdy old monster manual.
There's whole reams of Realmslore disguised as top-selling paperbacks to draw people into the setting and characters.
Not to mention the vast amount of fantasy magic and monster lore which is regularly featured on television shows and blockbuster movies.
Nerds have accumulated status, wealth, knowledge, and power ... today's smart people want to hang out with nerds.
And on top of all that, women are no longer satisfied taking second place in society.
Legolas is now considered a hottie, witchcraft is cool, moody sulking vampires are sexy, women ninjas and warriors do some serious damage, demons and devils and assorted necromantic villainy are seen as standard and expected fare instead of being unspeakable atrocities or social taboos. These days a Realms fantasy setting is perfectly acceptable, even without the Wizbro content neutering.
So of course these days female players are becoming more mainstream. Apparently even the porn starlets are trying to sneak in and get some D&D (although I suspect that's just a marketing gimmick). |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2010 : 04:51:01
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| How RIGHT you are! And the story behind her is pretty funny in itself. She was playing a drow of a Lolthite House who was actually descended from Eilistraee (strike one against her). She failed one of the "Tests" of Lolth (strike two), and thus had to beat a hasty retreat from home to avoid being hunted down- She had gone to a Vhaeraunite priest to change her appearance, but due to the god's capricious nature, it came with a nasty side-effect- not only did he change her into a male, but she could not control the change! It got really funny when I had her go through "the Change" during a solar eclipse! (She was only her female self at night, and governed by one of the moons.) As the evil DM that I am, she ended up as both during the eclipse. And of course, I played my bard NPC as completely unaware of her problem, though he was suspicious of why the guy kept disappearing and his "sister" only showed up when they camped for the night... Until the time he caught her down by a river bathing as a girl! He avoided her after that. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2010 : 07:02:36
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There would be RL advantages to dual-gendering ... actor/actress, model, marriage counsellor ... (I'll politely speak no impure thoughts, lol.)
But your thief didn't actually steal anything?
Whereas my poor venerable wild mage Richter Thunderstaff was found guilty of stealing some royal spellbooks (wrongly, he would claim) and exiled from Cormyr in the traditional manner. Which means they beat him up, broke all of his fingers (as opposed to cutting his hands off), took all his stuff, and dumped him off a wagon on a border road along with a rather stern warning to never return. And that's one of the civilized lands. What would the drow do? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2010 : 19:11:39
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No, she stole plenty. That just wasn't what got her cursed. I was using the "Tests of Lolth" for those drow who were among her followers, and she happened to have failed hers. It was getting "help" from an opposing priest to get out of town that did it, proving once again that one can never trust a drow deity! (except Eilistraee....) What's more, she was an arachnophobe- so of course I used every possible opportunity to *ahem* "cure" her phobia through exposure, lol!!  
The funny part is, she had wanted to be cursed, because she started playing as a male and wanted to change it (due to some PtP stuff going on out-of-game) so she could have her PC get with one of the others. He of course was playing a male, so I agreed (knowing that she did not consider the consequences) to let her use the curse as bg to make the change make sense. Basically, up until that point, we played it that she had been disappearing at night so no one would find out. But since she ASKED for it....
It made for a few confusing moments at first, but I think she realized her mistake the minute I had a group of drunken dwarves try to gang-bang her in a tavern. It went down-hill from there- at least for her PC... Yes, I'm THAT evil. |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
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Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2010 : 10:38:04
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Ah, a pack of drunken dwarves aren't ever so much of a problem when you always remember to pack a barbarian.
And eat lotsa garlic - keeps the elves and the vampires away. |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2010 : 13:42:08
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| Just tell everyone you have Tomb Rot, keeps all the boys away. |
Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
Pun'd and parody'd. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2010 : 09:16:50
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I dunno ... I'm pretty convinced the threat of catching Tomb Rot (in a very sensitive place) would be enough.
Besides, what kinda DM foolishly believes that dwarves can't hold their booze? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2010 : 03:32:55
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| Hmm, well, she never thought of that one, not that it would have mattered. The dwarves (okay, the entire city) had been busy celebrating the annual Spring Festival- which lasts a week, and includes much drinking, partying, and um, boinking everything in sight. The dwarves in question were very well on their way past even normal dwarven standards of drunken rowdiness into "out to cause random mischief and mayhem wherever they could". |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
http://sylinde.deviantart.com/#/d2z6e4u |
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