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I used to run Paranoia. Nothing clears the gaming session air better than a one-shot with good old Friend Computer. Lately, it's just been Pathfinder...
I would be keenly interested in this, should it ever develop. Dibs on the city elf rogue. :)
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Actually I'm listening to it, which is even better.
I think if a DM ever tried to have my character raped, I would have to leave immediately and never return. That is not a casual or trivial subject for some of us. It isn't a matter of not being mature, it's a matter of not wanting certain triggers pulled. Ever.
Everyone has an off day. Sometimes the whole group has an off day. This is not about one off day. What triggered the above is that I'm in game that has not been fun for a while. The other players are great. The DM is a nice guy. But his style of DM'ing makes the game unfun for me. I'm probably walking at the end of the adventure. So it's likely just me. :)
Happiness is mandatory. The computer is my friend. I always trust friend Computer...
I like diceless games.
As a DM I do not enjoy TPK's (outside of Paranoia). As a player I usually enjoy player death in face to face play. That includes my character's death.
As a DM, if we are playing at your place and you are supplying god like snacks, you can create almost any kind of character you want. It's a matter of priorities.
How do you handle when a game stops being fun? And does your answer change if it's face to face or play by post? By stops being fun, I mean the cumulative actions of the DM or the other players make playing a total slog. Either they are complete number crunching combat gods and you want to roleplay or vice versa. Or the DM acts as though the players are the enemy (well, they are, but he's really overt about it). Do you gut through to the end of the adventure, quit without saying anything, try to talk it through or something else entirely?
That's an excellent idea!
I'm thinking about a tiefling rogue. Would prehensile tail be an acceptable racial trait for such a character? The character would be more of a skill monkey/ roleplaying type than a combat god.
Dotting for interest.
I have been waiting for Gollum but now Rumpleteazer and Gildaradner are dead and I do not know where Virginia is but who is afraid of Waldo Wolf?
Best of luck to you both!
+1 dagger! Sorsha is never letting that dagger go. She may wind up sleeping with it.
'Day". There are start times listed. Also, over-booked. :)
I have both too many games already and am already booked for that day. Good luck storming the castle, guys!
I have a tiefling barbarian that I am very fond who was stranded by the demise of her campaign. Or I could make a rogue halfling (haven't played a halfling for a very long time, so that could be fun). The tiefling is a goddess of combat. If I go halfling, she would be a 'face' in all likelihood. Which is more needed, given the setting and the DM's play style? I'm asking because the fun for me is in playing and I like to be active.
Interesting. Do y'all have any races or classes you would really like to see or you believe would be especially useful?
Definitely need to start both a deathwatch and a body count.
The true counter to the dinosaur army is a herd of blink woolly mammoths.
We need to start a list of dead characters. There have been quite a few recently.
That's pretty much what Mr. King does these days. Excellent opening, interesting middle then he goes all woo woo and the book falls apart. Cell was the same way. That was the last book of his I read. Never again. :)
That monk could almost get me to play a monk!
Urban barbarian. By the way... Maybe the oddest thread I have seen at Paizo. Congrats. That's a good choice for a fighter. And thanks :) If we throw 'Breaking Bad' into the mix, alchemist might be a choice.
Specifically, I want to have a white trash type character. I have been inspired by this song specifically as well as by Larry Correia's depiction of elves. But would a white trash pathfinder character be an elf? The halfling stereotype would fit as well, especially if you throw in Bored of the Rings. Humans or any sort of half breed could work. What about class though? That's the stumper right there. Anyone have any suggestions? I'd like to stay as close to Core as possible.
Somewhere in the distance I hear a thumping bass beat and Freddie Mercury singing...
Holy cow! Things are not looking good for our heroes.
What reader are you using for PDF's?
I just realized that with the exception of two books out of print and gaming books, I have not bought a paper book in over two years. I'm not really fond of PDF's, they get clunky on my tablet, but ebooks in either epub or mobi work very well for me. The point of this is that I wish Paizo would publish in a ebook format other than PDF and also to find out what formats other pathfinders prefer. So how do y'all read?
What I want is for Howard Tayler (Schlock Mercenary, has posted a strip every day for years) to be grabbed by a team of ninja genetic scientists. They capture him, extract his DNA and release him back into the wild. Then they grab all the good comic creators (other than Mr Tayler) and splice Mr Tayler's DNA with that of the other artists. They then release the other strip creators back into the wild. Some may call it fantasy, but every modern improvement began with someone's dream.
@Samnell, true, except that the Louisiana planters had similar attitudes to those of the Lowcountry. The only real difference was francophilia vs anglophilia. The further a plantation owner was from pioneering the less likely they were to openly engage in trade (however, contra, the South Carolina Canal and Rail-Road Company).
Contemplating a drow gambler/barfly. She was sent to scout and somehow just never got around to returning to report. One of these millenia she may have to head home. But not now.
If Mythic is still not released, then I'd rather not. So far it looks like a range from 5 to 12, Pathfinder and probably not Mythic.
I'm intrigued. I prefer Pathfinder as that's where we are and my D&D is rusty. FWIW, I've always thought level 10 is fun. It's enough to make you feel powerful and to get you into trouble as a result, but it isn't godlike.
So... recruitment has already begun? Should I start generating an actual character? And any other requirements other than 20 points, average starting wealth and level one, non-evil?
I'm keenly interested in this idea.
Here's a semi-spoiler: The soundtrack for Season 3. Check out track 16.
How do you feel about drow? I was thinking a chaotic good drow sorcerer from Golarion, used to being hated, feared and resented by almost everyone. The ignorance of the Earthlings would be blissful compared to what she has experienced in her past.
Would a tiefling barbarian bouncer be in line with your concept?
The advantage of the Forgotten Realms is just how much lore there is. It is the swiss army knife of gaming settings. There really is something for everyone. Like a swiss army knife, the tidbit you want may not be the best, but it will serve the purpose. The disadvantage of the Forgotten Realms is just how much lore there is. It can be almost impossible to play if your players know the lore well and you do not. There can be a huge learning curve. Also, a fair amount of the information is contradictory. As a player, I used to prefer the FR because of Eilestraee. But since they killed her, not so much. I have no idea what it says about me, but my favourite characters are mostly chaotic good drow who dance nude in the moonlight with big swords. Which is really odd because I have never had any desires in that direction.
Umm, gaming is not a job. Players are not employees. Gaming is a 100% voluntary activity.If people are being mean to me, i will not give a damn if i am rude to them. Speak for yourself :D
Thank you for creating and maintaining this.
Not what the OP asked, but I did have one memorable moment of table flippage when I was a DM. We were playing at a player's home. Let's call him John. John was the only gainfully employed tenant of a five bedroom apartment. He was the only one even remotely in good shape. His six to eight co-tenants being grossly overweight. He was the only that cleaned as well, so our gaming table was decent, but four of the bedrooms and two of the bathrooms were indescribable. John was and is a very quiet guy. John was a line cook and his pride and joy was his grandmother's cast iron skillet. He could make marvels with it. He never cleaned it with soap and water. He just used salt and a stiff brush that he reserved only for that purpose. We tried to avoid playing at John's house because it obviously stressed him out due to his room mate situation. This one time we had no choice and were huddled around the table. The players were confronting the lich and not doing well. The most human of John's room mates passed by and remarked "John, I used your fry pan while you were at work. Don't worry, I cleaned it up" and waddled off. John looked over at the sink, saw his skillet soaking in a pool of soapy water, flipped the table and ran after his room mate, screaming. The rest of us gathered up our stuff and quietly exited. The next day four of us helped John move and we resumed play, with John, the next week elsewhere. The party did defeat the lich. That's the only table flip I've ever seen. |