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I think it's playstyle rather than age because you're younger than I am and I agree with Orthos here. :)That seems like a design flaw that would become very irksome to me. If I'm going to play a character of a certain class, I don't want to be shown up by an NPC recruit. Granted nine times out of ten I probably wouldn't recruit someone of the same class as my PC (unless I just really really liked the character) because it would be an unnecessary duplication of abilities in the party, but if the game doesn't give you the option to recruit or not recruit but just adds people to your party based on the storyline I can see how that might not be an option.this was second ed. Ability duplication was necessary to survive.
Moreover, the idea you are putting forthe here seems to be a relatively recent invention. It could all boil down to the fact that you are younger than me and have a different perspective as a result.
inconceivable!!!
Lynora, please pick the more flattering/flirtatious option, as you prefer.
However, I was speaking on a larger scale- games where the main character as created by the player was exclusive in class to the point of outshining everyone around them(note-not that they had exclusive abilities, mind) is a relatively recent invention in gaming, seen far more often in the PS1 and later eras and less in the Snes and lower generations.
*ahem* please do not allow my nudity to influence you choice.
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Man, I know exactly how you feel. *weeps for the number of restarts*
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Orthos, I would like to see you play fire emblem especially. If you can swallow the changes made to the aforementioned prestige class system, that is....The main things that keep me out of Fire Emblem are the fact that it's a tactical game system (something I'm still struggling to overcome my aversion to)
;_;
and the permadeath nature of combat. I'd never get anywhere in an FE game, I can guarantee you, because I'd be constantly restarting to keep people from dying.
This has been addressed in the most recent incarnation, fire emblem awakening.
I didn't know this! Exciting!
I didn't know this! Exciting!
some have gone so far as to call it Shining Emblem, but you may wish to contain your excitement. Much like orthos' forum with respect to forgotten realms, awakening ignores (or at the very least takes considerable liberties with)a great deal of fire emblem canon. It has divided the fanbase a great deal, and there is some furor over what the next game in the series will be like.
Me, I am not worried. Fire emblem is literally older than some regular posters on this board and if it were a person, could vote and drink for several years now, so a game that steps out of canon isn't going to bother me much. In fact, it may draw me in, much like this game has.
and the permadeath nature of combat. I'd never get anywhere in an FE game, I can guarantee you, because I'd be constantly restarting to keep people from dying.This has been addressed in the most recent incarnation, fire emblem awakening.
I do recall hearing something about that, yes.
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Lol. Well, I appreciate the snow. :)
Honestly, I came to video games late and am generally strapped for time, so I don't want to waste it on something that isn't fun. I dislike overly powerful NPCs for the same reason Elminster sucks. It's not fun having an NPC outshine you when you're supposed to be playing the hero.
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However, I was speaking on a larger scale- games where the main character as created by the player was exclusive in class to the point of outshining everyone around them(note-not that they had exclusive abilities, mind) is a relatively recent invention in gaming, seen far more often in the PS1 and later eras and less in the Snes and lower generations.
Probably comparable as prior to getting into NWN and PS1/2 era games, the only games I played either had no OTHER characters (platformers like Mario and Sonic, exploration games like Zelda, etc.) or were RPGs with multiple playable characters each with their own separate array of abilities (Final Fantasies and other Square games, etc.). I never encountered a game where you had one character you controlled then several others you didn't until I was in my twenties.
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Honestly, I came to video games late and am generally strapped for time, so I don't want to waste it on something that isn't fun. I dislike overly powerful NPCs for the same reason Elminster sucks. It's not fun having an NPC outshine you when you're supposed to be playing the hero.
Pretty much this.
It really depends on the game. In an RPG I'm there for the world story and all the characters. In a game like NWN or Mass Effect or Dragon Age, I'm there for my character's story, and much less so for the various NPCs.
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However, I was speaking on a larger scale- games where the main character as created by the player was exclusive in class to the point of outshining everyone around them(note-not that they had exclusive abilities, mind) is a relatively recent invention in gaming, seen far more often in the PS1 and later eras and less in the Snes and lower generations.Probably comparable as prior to getting into NWN and PS1/2 era games, the only games I played either had no OTHER characters (platformers like Mario and Sonic, exploration games like Zelda, etc.) or were RPGs with multiple playable characters each with their own separate array of abilities (Final Fantasies and other Square games, etc.). I never encountered a game where you had one character you controlled then several others you didn't until I was in my twenties.
this could also be because you aren't into tactical games. They taught me early on that as important as the main character is, they can't do everything by themselves.
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That likely does have a lot to do with it, yes. Most of the non-multiplayer games I play you either ARE doing everything by yourself, or you have multiple characters doing the job but they are all yours to control.
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Baulders Gate....reminds me that I may have to restart Shadows of Amn...stupid Jaheira and stupid romance script.
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I realized today if you had a party of all Rogues in CoT you could totally have some awesome Spy-Vs-Spy-Vs-Spy fights where you have 10 Rogues all trying to sneak attack each other:-p
honestly it really makes me want to run it even more:-)
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Back from firends's birthday.
People. Some friends. Smoke. Dizzying light. Introvert overload. Nice walk back to home. *yawn*
Dead pigeon on the side of the walk.
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Also Carrion Crown can easily be turned into Ghostbusters and Wrath of the Righteous into Police Academy and of course CoT as Goodfellas:-) (Lem is Joe Pesci in this situation:-p)
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I prefer to sleep naked.Yup!I can't sleep naked. Too uncomfortable.
I sleep fully clothed. No joke. In the morning, I literally wake up, put on my coat, and leave.
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In other news, I may have found a drummer in Syracuse who wants to play something other than grindcore. That's like finding a unicorn made out of needles in a hayfield.
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Also Carrion Crown can easily be turned into Ghostbusters and Wrath of the Righteous into Police Academy and of course CoT as Goodfellas:-) (Lem is Joe Pesci in this situation:-p)
Do you think I'm funny?
Baulders Gate....reminds me that I may have to restart Shadows of Amn...stupid Jaheira and stupid romance script.
To me, it's not a fun game unless you're playing with the various mods, including the one to bring Khalid back to life. I just couldn't see a single one of my characters, regardless of gender, getting together with her. Sleeping with Jaheira would be like sleeping with my mother. And this is me talking.
I sleep fully clothed. No joke. In the morning, I literally wake up, put on my coat, and leave.I prefer to sleep naked.Yup!I can't sleep naked. Too uncomfortable.
What about showers and laundry?
What about showers and laundry?I sleep fully clothed. No joke. In the morning, I literally wake up, put on my coat, and leave.I prefer to sleep naked.Yup!I can't sleep naked. Too uncomfortable.
Showers at night, laundry every two weeks.
Baulders Gate....reminds me that I may have to restart Shadows of Amn...stupid Jaheira and stupid romance script.
I have never managed to finish the Jahiera romance, despite getting to what I think is the penultimate stage before
The Harpers forgive her and give her a special pin, which apparently concludes things. Maybe it only happens after Bodhi vampirises your beloved?
You'd have to check the faq for that...I can't remember the details off hand.
Dude. I keep hearing the legends of Japanese green tea Kit Kat, and finally tracked it down at a Cost Plus in San Jose. Only ~ $26.67 per pound! Seriously. I spent $7.99 for a 4.8 ounce bag. Ludicrous. Chances are, this is the only time I'll ever get to try this because of the cost.
And its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.
What are you referring to?
Also in winter I Sleep in long johns, summers are nekkid:)
I sleep in underwear in every season. Granted, I do live in Silicon Valley (soon to be San Francisco), so cold isn't exactly a major problem. I did sleep in sweats during the winter when I lived in Montana.
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Preparing session for tomorrow... Time to send the party on some serious quest, after lying idle for so long...
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On Monday, Origin had Dragon Age Inquisition 33% off. I bit, but I didn't get any good game time until yesterday. It's fun, but I feel like my destruction mage (my spells are all elemental damage dealing, and I have multiple elements and spare staffs of other elements than my main staff so I don't get blocked off by resistances) is really, really powerful. If I switch to Cassandra, I feel useless. Can't do anything close to the damage my mage can. Varric is worse.Well, Cassandra is flipping useless, so there's that. Have you leveled them at all? Or is it just because your PC levels faster than they do? It's not because you're playing a mage though. I've tried mage and fighter and it's pretty much the same. Your PC is way more badass and it becomes a problem if you forget to level your party. At least until you start picking up some more badass companions along the way. Not that I'm really all that terribly far into it. I get motion sick when I play so I have to play in very short increments so I don't exactly make progress quickly. And many of those quests are just so gorram frustrating. I hate having to wander around looking for random stuff. That's just the worst. But I want to find out the story so I keep muddling through....sigh. Is gonna take forever....
I am having fun, and I always nevel up my companions and give them new equipment. I just feel like both Cassandra and Varric do really crappy damage. A shame, because Varric was good in Dragon Age 2, and as a companion I enjoy his personality. He likes to pretend to be a greedy criminal, but you can tell he really does care about people. And that snark.
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Dude. I keep hearing the legends of Japanese green tea Kit Kat, and finally tracked it down at a Cost Plus in San Jose. Only ~ $26.67 per pound! Seriously. I spent $7.99 for a 4.8 ounce bag. Ludicrous. Chances are, this is the only time I'll ever get to try this because of the cost.
WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?!?!?!??!?!?!!
Dude. I keep hearing the legends of Japanese green tea Kit Kat, and finally tracked it down at a Cost Plus in San Jose. Only ~ $26.67 per pound! Seriously. I spent $7.99 for a 4.8 ounce bag. Ludicrous. Chances are, this is the only time I'll ever get to try this because of the cost.WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?!?!?!??!?!?!!
Best approximation? It tastes like cream and wafers, with hints of green tea and chocolate. It does have real green tea, not artificial flavoring, so the green tea flavor is pretty noticeable. If they didn't cost such an exorbitant amount (well, they do have to be imported), I would probably buy them over standard Kit Kats. They are good, but I can't really afford the price on anything other than a very rare treat basis.
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So good.....
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Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.
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Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.
Trust me - the last thing you want is realistic weapon and armor design in Pathfinder. All the fun goes out the window.
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Best approximation? It tastes like cream and wafers, with hints of green tea and chocolate. It does have real green tea, not artificial flavoring, so the green tea flavor is pretty noticeable. If they didn't cost such an exorbitant amount (well, they do have to be imported), I would probably buy them over standard Kit Kats. They are good, but I can't really afford the price on anything other than a very rare treat basis.Dude. I keep hearing the legends of Japanese green tea Kit Kat, and finally tracked it down at a Cost Plus in San Jose. Only ~ $26.67 per pound! Seriously. I spent $7.99 for a 4.8 ounce bag. Ludicrous. Chances are, this is the only time I'll ever get to try this because of the cost.WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?!?!?!??!?!?!!
{ponders modifying green tea chocolate recipe to dip cream-filled barquillos into, then chill until solid}
ThisAnd its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.What are you referring to?
Ooh. I might try that. It's pretty close.
{ponders modifying green tea chocolate recipe to dip cream-filled barquillos into, then chill until solid}Best approximation? It tastes like cream and wafers, with hints of green tea and chocolate. It does have real green tea, not artificial flavoring, so the green tea flavor is pretty noticeable. If they didn't cost such an exorbitant amount (well, they do have to be imported), I would probably buy them over standard Kit Kats. They are good, but I can't really afford the price on anything other than a very rare treat basis.Dude. I keep hearing the legends of Japanese green tea Kit Kat, and finally tracked it down at a Cost Plus in San Jose. Only ~ $26.67 per pound! Seriously. I spent $7.99 for a 4.8 ounce bag. Ludicrous. Chances are, this is the only time I'll ever get to try this because of the cost.WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?!?!?!??!?!?!!
So delicious...
ThisAnd its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.What are you referring to?
So beautiful....
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Ooh. I might try that. It's pretty close.ThisAnd its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.What are you referring to?
You mean you haven't been to Bon Chon and yet you live so close?!?!
CH! Use your innate celestial abilities to teleport to BonChon!!!!!!
Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.
They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
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And its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.Ooh. I might try that. It's pretty close.You mean you haven't been to Bon Chon and yet you live so close?!?!
CH! Use your innate celestial abilities to teleport to BonChon!!!!!!
Bon Chon isn't anywhere near Florida. :( I really need to try Kenji's recipe.
Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
Well, you can still thrust with a curved blade, though they are (of course) optimised for slashing - however, point taken, ha ha. Hands up who's ever seen a curved rapier.
Stop browsing food recipe websites, you stoopid slaad! We're so very hungry!!! Stoo'Mak the Terrible demands to be fed!
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Well, you can still thrust with a curved blade, though they are (of course) optimised for slashing - however, point taken, ha ha. Hands up who's ever seen a curved rapier.Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
And thurst is the most dangerous application of a longsword, bastard sword or two handed sword, but d20 gives them only slashing damage type anyway :/
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Stop browsing food recipe websites, you stoopid slaad! We're so very hungry!!! Stoo'Mak the Terrible demands to be fed!
{fails save vs. , falls asleep}
Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
I really should reskin weapons to match reality.
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I really should reskin weapons to match reality.Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
Why have realism when you can have this? Or this? Or this? Or anything involving Shenhua?
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Ooh. I might try that. It's pretty close.ThisAnd its in San Jose, so I can introduce my two high school buddies to the wonders that is bon Chon chicken.What are you referring to?
You will not be dissapointed
Why have realism when you can have this? Or this? Or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOKYD7ua0sY]this[/url]? Or anything involving Shenhua?I really should reskin weapons to match reality.Super fun day at the all-North of England HEMA conference. Learnt lots of things and did some sparring, too. I do now have issues with PF/3E's classification of rapiers as 'light' weapons, though. No they bloody well aren't.They are not light weapon in Pathfinder. They just have a special rule that allows using them with Weapon Finesse. Anyway D&D (and many other RPGs) confuse rapier with later fencing weapons, such as smallsword. Not to mention that picture of "rapier" in one of the D&D books showed curved blade, despite the weapon dealing piercing damage and not slashing...
I went to Otakon as Dutch a couple of times...