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WOOPWOOP birthday time!
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Happy Birthday!!!
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Happy BDay Vixie, and good weekend to all.
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I'll be honest, I don't know what BBEG stands for (although I know its general meaning), so I always read it as "Big Big Evil Guy" and I have no idea how close I am.
Big Bad Evil Guy is also sometimes shortened to "Big Bad"
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WOOPWOOP birthday time!
Happy Birthday!!!
*hugs*
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Thank you all!! <3
WOOPWOOP birthday time!
PARTY HARD WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Happy (barely) belated birthday, Vixie!
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*Hot and cold beverages at your leisure*
ugh, monday again and for me this is gonna be a doozy of a week :( .
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Yes! I got to bug Bulmahn and Mona all day ^w^
*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*
*slightly jealous*
Next time, you get to hug them all day ;-)
Ye.
What I'll do it hug Mona, and then Bulmahn can pick us up and carry us around all day :3
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Weird question from a cis person, any idea how to create more representation IN-GAME without making it seem ham-fisted and shoved in? I just realized all my NPCs are straight and that seems not-cool. Any advice would be welcomed.Generally, keep in mind that straight characters are put in without question, so just... start having gay people pop up, and don't make a big deal about it. "Did that barbarian lord just mention his husband?" "Yeah?" "A'ight, cool."
Trans characters are a little trickier representation-wise because we don't go around saying "we're trans!" because... well, a variety of reasons.
Anthony Burch had a great essay about it that boiled down to "When I realized that I never asked, 'Why is this character cisgender, white, and heterosexual?', I stopped having any hesitations about adding characters that were not."
Sometimes I wonder if people are actually getting that most if not all of my main characters are trans, but it's also like, those who can figure it out from light text clues will and those who can't probably shouldn't be getting it.
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Sometimes I wonder if people are actually getting that most if not all of my main characters are trans, but it's also like, those who can figure it out from light text clues will and those who can't probably shouldn't be getting it.
I've only been brave enough to try one in PFS, and once there was a certain balancing point with the character, I stuck with it.
In home campaigns, it's a recurring theme, and have had characters all over the map -- but that's a supportive environment, and I don't see them working very well in organized play.
I'm working on right now on a fluid Undine, and trying to find the right flow there is a challenge.
Hrm, having some trouble with my new character. Trying to figure out what deity she'd follow... if any at all. She's a transgender Aasimar that, in combat, believes in healing the worthy and purging evil beings in shattered crystal (ice). Outside of combat, she's actually a bit on the lazy and sarcastic side. Technically, as a sorceress, she doesn't need a religion... but if she falls into one, hey, why not?
My problem is, I feel like she's not strict/serious enough for Iomedae and the ice thing conflicts with Sarenrae's sunny theme. Thoughts? I might pull her over to the Advice thread.
Wonder if there are any angels she could follow?
Arshea is good for transgender characters, I think?
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In my version of Golarion, "Arshean" is an in-world synonym for LGBTQ. Since virtually the entirety of worshippers of Arshea are LGBTQ, it doesn't bother them any.
This makes sense, since a lot of wlw stuff is derived from similar origins (lesbian/sapphic, specifically).
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Also, *takes John up on his high-five*
Which gives me an idea. Wonder if my character can goad an enemy into a Freezing Hands high-five?
Well, speaking in terms of Game Mechanics, taunting should be an Intimidate check, with the opponent's Will Save DC equal to the result of the Taunt check. A success means that the opponent resists the taunt. Exact actions of opponents that fail are up to the GM. Hope this helps. :)
I was thinking this might fall more under a Bluff? It's hard to say what "dude, that was an excellent slaying of my friend, I'm not even mad, give me a high-five" counts as.
Bluff even has rules for plausibility. Now, even if they believe I want to give them a harmless high-five, whether they want to give me a harmless high-five is a problem. Bluff + Diplomacy???
Hrm, having some trouble with my new character. Trying to figure out what deity she'd follow... if any at all. She's a transgender Aasimar that, in combat, believes in healing the worthy and purging evil beings in shattered crystal (ice). Outside of combat, she's actually a bit on the lazy and sarcastic side. Technically, as a sorceress, she doesn't need a religion... but if she falls into one, hey, why not?
My problem is, I feel like she's not strict/serious enough for Iomedae and the ice thing conflicts with Sarenrae's sunny theme. Thoughts? I might pull her over to the Advice thread.
Wonder if there are any angels she could follow?
Arshea is a good suggestion, but since she's got that ice theme, perhaps Pulura? There's also info on her in Chronicles of the Righteous, including Celestial Obediences.
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Arshea is a good suggestion, but since she's got that ice theme, perhaps Pulura? There's also info on her in Chronicles of the Righteous, including Celestial Obediences.Hrm, having some trouble with my new character. Trying to figure out what deity she'd follow... if any at all. She's a transgender Aasimar that, in combat, believes in healing the worthy and purging evil beings in shattered crystal (ice). Outside of combat, she's actually a bit on the lazy and sarcastic side. Technically, as a sorceress, she doesn't need a religion... but if she falls into one, hey, why not?
My problem is, I feel like she's not strict/serious enough for Iomedae and the ice thing conflicts with Sarenrae's sunny theme. Thoughts? I might pull her over to the Advice thread.
Wonder if there are any angels she could follow?
Oh, I dig that! Could go either way, or maybe she has shrines to both in her home. We're on the opposite ends of the Law-Chaos spectrum, but I think restrictions of deity only really apply to divine classes.
In my version of Golarion, "Arshean" is an in-world synonym for LGBTQ. Since virtually the entirety of worshippers of Arshea are LGBTQ, it doesn't bother them any.
at first I thought this was canon...
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In my version of Golarion, "Arshean" is an in-world synonym for LGBTQ. Since virtually the entirety of worshippers of Arshea are LGBTQ, it doesn't bother them any.at first I thought this was canon...
I know right. I mean, "canon" is basically, "stuff we thought made a good story until a better story came along," that said.
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In my version of Golarion, "Arshean" is an in-world synonym for LGBTQ. Since virtually the entirety of worshippers of Arshea are LGBTQ, it doesn't bother them any.
borrowing this!
*Making the place more cozy for hugs, smiles, talking, gaming, companionship and merrymaking of all kind*
*hot and cold beverages included*
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I know right. I mean, "canon" is basically, "stuff we thought made a good story until a better story came along," that said.In my version of Golarion, "Arshean" is an in-world synonym for LGBTQ. Since virtually the entirety of worshippers of Arshea are LGBTQ, it doesn't bother them any.at first I thought this was canon...
*nods*
I've been using it, I thought it was canon too.
*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*
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Good luck to anyone who needs it!
Also, doing a quick forum search shows six pages of people on this forum using "Arshean" as a shorthand for LGBTQ+, so it's canon as far as I'm concerned. :P
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Good morning, everyone. I won't be posting here very much, today. I'm trying to help a friend on another thread deal with a bout of depression and the reoccurring alcoholism it brought along for the ride. I'll accept any words of encouragement that anyone wants to send my way. Thank you.
You are awesome, John. It is good to have you here :-)