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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 24 Mar 2003 : 07:53:38
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| I still don't think I can do it. I don't like the idea of an evil hero. The farthest I could go would probably still be called neutral. You only have nine ways of describing this in a game, after all. In real life there're no boundries. So what I'm saying is that in a game, I couldn't do it. In a more "real life" story, I could. It's a matter of degree. |
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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2003 : 18:24:15
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zemd:
>Originally posted by branmakmuffin
>>I have known players [who like playing evil, cruel characters], and
>>they are almost always socially repressed, awkward men stuck in
>>perpetual adolesence.
>Yes i do, but i don't see myself has perpetual adolescent!
You're also not a man. The few women role-players I've met have been much more interested in role-playing than men, in general. Men often get hung up on the minutiae of the mechanics ("How many meters an my character move in 12.7 seconds?"). Men also seem to be much more interested in having powerful character who lord it over weaker folks (PCs and NPCs). |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2003 : 20:40:59
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Really? I would have thought that women would be interesting in the details, and that men would just want to get on with hacking and slashing.  |
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2003 : 23:55:31
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| I've played with men and women. Everything can by seen... really So girls are more violent than men! |
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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2003 : 01:56:25
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zemd:
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I've played with men and women. Everything can by seen... really So girls are more violent than men!
I was speaking of what I preceive to be general inclinations, based on my limited experience role-playing with women.
Obviously, you role-play with at least one woman 100% of the time. |
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 04:12:45
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Well, the game is called a 'Role-Playing' game, so I think it's better to take on the character personality and not your own. My trouble is, I tend to play PC's that are very altruistic and idelaistic, much like I am in real life (at least I like to think so) so I guess I'm kind of contradicting myself there.
When I DM however, it's another story altogether. If the NPC is just an evil SOB, then I play him as such (much to the chagrin of my players). I can remember a game where the PC's in the group got captured by slavers and were on their ship for about two weeks while on route to their lair, and the main NPC was the leader of them. I made him to be a cleric of Cyric, very evil, sadistic and cruel, as a real slaver would be IMO. Soooooo, when he saw that one of the PC's was a beautiful woman, he basically had his way with her, and invited the whole crew to do the same, which they did. He healed her every time so as not to 'damage the merchandise'. Now THAT'S evil to me. Just so you know, the PC got revenge and disemboweld him at the finale of the game. |
"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
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Sadonayerah Odrydin
Learned Scribe
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 04:58:47
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Well, in my opinion, it depends on the RPG. If its a FR or a DnD RPG, then I generally go with a character that most suits me. If its a character that I just create to RPG with my friends at school, I'll sometimes change the personality to make it somewhat interesting. In my opinion, (and I'm not dissing anyone here), I think its good to switch once and a while. It gives you a better variety (and your friends don't get tired of the same typical thing over and over). Plus, in the case of my drow character, since I haven't really finished her story (and certainly not sent the newer version to my editor...he's probably fuming about that right now anyway. Sorry about that! I've been busy with work and school   ) I've got a little bit of room to put surprises into her life and her personality. But, with a character I created a long time ago, she is totally different than me. She's more towards the true neutral area just because of the fact that she's an assassin. But this character is way different than I am usually. I, myself, am generally a Neutral Good or Lawful Good...well at least on a daily basis. (I mentioned something about my alignment in the "what is your alignment" thread...I don't know where it's at now). So I'm for either or. Playing a character closely similar to yourself is fun, but one that isn't is also just as good. It gives you a better variety and you somewhat get a challenge if you make a character that is almost basically unlike you. |
"What's that," asked Mogget.
"Sardines," said Sam. "I knew they were standard rations, so I got a few tins for you."
"What are sardines?" Moggest asked suspiciously. "And why is there a key? Is this some sort of Abhorsen joke?"
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
"What you made a vampire...Pomeranian?!" --Hannibal King from Blade Trinity
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 05:56:25
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Yasraena: I just hope you didn't go into detail about that! It would really have killed any fun, I think.
Sadon: Don't worry, I'm not foaming at the mouth. Yet.  Take your time. I've had people wait a long time for my stories, too. Which is partly why I haven't shared so many with you. I don't have time to write the way I used to when I was *ahem* your age. (Young whippersnapper!) |
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Sadonayerah Odrydin
Learned Scribe
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 06:04:26
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Yeah! At least I've got time to work on it now. Lol. Don't worry, I'll hopefully have the first part of it to you by this weekend or next.
And who're you calling a "whippersnapper"? I'm almost an adult. (emphasize on the "almost" part. ). Well anyway, I said I'd get you the story a long time ago...and I haven't had a chance yet. So I'm going to work really hard on it (after homework) then send it to ya. |
"What's that," asked Mogget.
"Sardines," said Sam. "I knew they were standard rations, so I got a few tins for you."
"What are sardines?" Moggest asked suspiciously. "And why is there a key? Is this some sort of Abhorsen joke?"
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
"What you made a vampire...Pomeranian?!" --Hannibal King from Blade Trinity
~Sadie |
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 09:05:00
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Originally posted by Yasraena
Now THAT'S evil to me
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 10:37:18
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Originally posted by zemd
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Originally posted by Yasraena
Now THAT'S evil to me
Hmmmm. Does that mean you DON'T think that's evil Zemd? If that's the case, I'm almost afraid to ask what you think IS. |
"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
Yasraena T'Sarran
Harper of Silverymoon |
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 10:44:23
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Yasraena: I just hope you didn't go into detail about that! It would really have killed any fun, I think.
Well, not graphic detail anyway. I'm not that sadistic, even if the NPC was. |
"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
Yasraena T'Sarran
Harper of Silverymoon |
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 11:06:43
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Originally posted by Yasraena
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Originally posted by zemd
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Originally posted by Yasraena
Now THAT'S evil to me
Hmmmm. Does that mean you DON'T think that's evil Zemd? If that's the case, I'm almost afraid to ask what you think IS.
No, no i totally agree with you. The smiley means "shocked", because i never went so far |
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eilinel
Learned Scribe
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2003 : 16:17:18
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My favorite characters to play are the one very far from my personality. It's a little bit difficult sometimes but so fun to try to fit your character's view of life
from Zemd
Bloody lier!!
What do u think about the last Liliana u played, hmmm?
And don't tell me that the wizard u are playing is so far from you. Come on. I'll laugh.
i think ur characters tend to be extrem, always. But its also always a part of ur personality.
Fortunately, im here to see what u are writting...
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2003 : 18:09:30
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| For Liliana i agree. But my wizard is far from me, and i said that my favorite characters are far from my personality, not that i always play them. |
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Cult_Leader
Learned Scribe
USA
337 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2003 : 15:48:22
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Originally posted by Drummer Boy
When you are playing in a campaign what do you think is more important, playing with the personality of your character, or playing with your own personality?
Spoiler (sort of)!!!
For example, if you were playing Drizzt Do'Urden while he was still in the Underdark, would you play as chaotic evil, as would be expected of a drow character, or bend the rules and act like yourself, leaving Menzoberranzan to go to the surface and live as a Chaotic Good character?
Personally, I think that you should play a compromise between your character's personality and your own, but tell me what you think.
Do not listen to anyone but me. That is my powers speaking * bottles them up* Anyway. Both! Look at this way, when you first start to playa role playing game play chars that are FAR from being YOU... And role play them that way. Why you might ask? It keeps you from getting to attached to a chair that might end up passing on in a future gamming session. This is a GOOOOOOD thing. It will also help you get in touch which the act of actually RPING the char and ot just spouting out what you would do and then doing it. It opens the gates to far more things you can do etc. THEN ... once you get things down, make chars more like yourself so you can rp them better... after going through loosing chairs you dont have a deep connection with... you wont have any problems loosing one that is just you in another skin. Easy adn spimple things.  |
"Madness you say! Do you fear me? Are you afraid of what I might do, of what I might say? What a fascinating reaction. Don't you find it somewhat encumbering?"
Piddles assumes a deep and resonant voice. "Space...the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship...Garou. It's mission: to slay Wyrm creatures where they live and breed. To accumulate more Garou than the world's entire population. To produce metis like no one has before." - Piddles
"Aren't you people supposed to be doing something? Like, entertaining me, the fascist wizard?" - InleRah
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Cult_Leader
Learned Scribe
USA
337 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2003 : 15:50:44
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Originally posted by Yasraena
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Originally posted by zemd
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Originally posted by Yasraena
Now THAT'S evil to me
Hmmmm. Does that mean you DON'T think that's evil Zemd? If that's the case, I'm almost afraid to ask what you think IS.
And no thats not evil ..... Thats more like one of my evil chairs on a day when he likes the sun shine and sings happy songs about maming pillaging, killing and being mean .... Yeah ... really fluffy nice stuff huh. lol. Anyway I will post somethign that I have come up with later on. |
"Madness you say! Do you fear me? Are you afraid of what I might do, of what I might say? What a fascinating reaction. Don't you find it somewhat encumbering?"
Piddles assumes a deep and resonant voice. "Space...the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship...Garou. It's mission: to slay Wyrm creatures where they live and breed. To accumulate more Garou than the world's entire population. To produce metis like no one has before." - Piddles
"Aren't you people supposed to be doing something? Like, entertaining me, the fascist wizard?" - InleRah
I have the passwords to the minds of everyone and the cheat codes to the universe - Me |
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Fynn Céldor
Acolyte
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2003 : 21:41:17
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It is definantly much much more important to play as your character. I mean as far as the NPCs are concerned you don't even exist. I mean it is a whole other realm or world. Why would one want to play as themselves anyway? I mean when I play; I play to get away from the troubles and $hit going on in the real world. Besides its really fun to act like someone else  .
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spirit. it is the hero's strength, the mother's resilieance, and the poor man's armor. it cannot be broken, and it cannot be taken away. this i must believe. |
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eilinel
Learned Scribe
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 11:01:41
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its a point we had to underlign, i agree with u Fynn Céldor, why to play if u play like u are every day?
The difficulty is to see what u could do if were different.
Here is a big part of the fun.
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 21:40:05
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| Some like to push their limits with sports others like to push the limits of their imagination by playing completly different characters from what they are |
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1287 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 02:18:04
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Originally posted by Cult_Leader
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Originally posted by Yasraena
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Originally posted by zemd
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Originally posted by Yasraena
Now THAT'S evil to me
Hmmmm. Does that mean you DON'T think that's evil Zemd? If that's the case, I'm almost afraid to ask what you think IS.
And no thats not evil ..... Thats more like one of my evil chairs on a day when he likes the sun shine and sings happy songs about maming pillaging, killing and being mean .... Yeah ... really fluffy nice stuff huh. lol. Anyway I will post somethign that I have come up with later on.
Just incase you didn't think any of us got it...
YES. We KNOW you play and like evil characters. |
A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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eilinel
Learned Scribe
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 16:29:06
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oh!!! come on, she wouldnt play a character that much evil, just a bit... mmmmh?
I would like to play a character like Elric, the necromancer, it could be funny, don't u think?
If others players were like me, of course.
No paladin in the party for instance...
A dream... no paladin...
Lets return to the reality 
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1287 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2003 : 22:55:04
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Originally posted by eilinel
oh!!! come on, she wouldnt play a character that much evil, just a bit... mmmmh?
I would like to play a character like Elric, the necromancer, it could be funny, don't u think?
If others players were like me, of course.
No paladin in the party for instance...
A dream... no paladin...
Lets return to the reality
ELRIC!!!!! is my ABSOLUTE favourite character out of ANY fantasy novel!!!!!
BArely anyone knows of him! See Eilinel you are wise beyond your years!!!!
I like you more and more as you post!!!
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2003 : 18:45:24
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| Eeek. Um. I don't know an Elric . . . . |
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2003 : 12:52:47
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| Interesting... Bookwyrm doesn't have any opinion this time, rare moment fellow scribes |
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2003 : 19:56:53
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Bookwrym, I am greatly surprised in everything you have read, that you haven't even heard of Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melinbone (sp?). I haven't read it, but I have heard TONS about it.
A rare moment indeed, zemd! |
"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
Yasraena T'Sarran
Harper of Silverymoon |
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eilinel
Learned Scribe
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 14:27:36
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Go to the first bookstore my dear bookwyrm and buy it right now, u don't know what u lost, believe me
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BArely anyone knows of him! See Eilinel you are wise beyond your years!!!!
Im wise now... first time someone tell me that, u must be crazy urself or totally drunk or Elric urself
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1287 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2003 : 22:36:48
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Originally posted by eilinel
Go to the first bookstore my dear bookwyrm and buy it right now, u don't know what u lost, believe me
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BArely anyone knows of him! See Eilinel you are wise beyond your years!!!!
Im wise now... first time someone tell me that, u must be crazy urself or totally drunk or Elric urself
HEH HEH!
Look at my name my dear Eilenil...
Don't you notice ANYTHING familiar about it
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2003 : 10:28:53
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Oh, I always have an opinion on something, Zemd -- just not on things I know nothing about. If it's that, I reserve judgement.
I'll take a look for these books. I've got a $50 -- excuse me, 5 gp -- card to Barnes & Noble that's just begging to be used. Now that I'm past exams, I can actually devote time to more fun things, like a good book. Or Candlekeep. |
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eilinel
Learned Scribe
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2003 : 15:33:43
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Oh!!!!!!!! mournblade, what a strange name! The strangest ive ever seen, but why? Where does it come from? Tell me, tell me!
(thousands zombis grapple her)
he! just a joke, guys, he!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What is better, playing your role or yourself?
