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I'd like to report it a total failure. Your clothes appeared in my bathtub.
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I rant to everyone in my games about my dislike of firearms - yes it carries over to gaming, in pathfinder, I literally can't play any gunslingers or alchemists(unless their archtypes remove bombs and guns). I do not restrict players from taking those classes though.
In Star Wars tabletop RPG, I opted for playing a wookie with a vibroaxe because I couldn't bear to touch any class that used blasters or grenades.
I have no response. Just... Wow.
I honestly can't follow the logic here.
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Did anyone see last night's Flibberdegibit? I was amazed they led off with the ballroom dancing play before sectioning into the prancing iron event.
And when Bob Snrklovits spiked Chris Smith into the referee, I thought for certain he would be benched permanently! I forgot he had a Get Out of Jail Free card from last month's keg punting overtime game.
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I don't like firearms in real life, but I don't care in my games.
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Did anyone see last night's Flibberdegibit? I was amazed they led off with the ballroom dancing play before sectioning into the prancing iron event.
And when Bob Snrklovits spiked Chris Smith into the referee, I thought for certain he would be benched permanently! I forgot he had a Get Out of Jail Free card from last month's keg punting overtime game.
You are learning fast and well, young one!
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I dislike them so much I can't touch them with a 10 foot pole, even in games. Simple enough?
Have you had anyone with any kind of phobia at your gaming table?
I've heard that at a gaming table, when the GM described a spider to the table, one of the players, who had arachnophobia, actually freaked out.
I'm not sure if the GM knew beforehand that the player had arachnophobia.
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I swear, my family is bound and determined to kill me off through sheer stress so they can inherit my debt massive wealth.
As I've mentioned, NobodysWife has a fairly open feud with my sister-in-law, all caused, fomented, stoked, and encouraged by my gossip-happy mother, who never met a soul she couldn't say something nasty about behind their back.
Needless to say, NobodysWife is extremely sensitive to our family dynamics as a result. A good portion of her wants to disown them all, but she also knows that I feel that family is extremely important (paladin of Erastil and all), so she's willing to see how our nephews grow up.
Today I got a care package from my mother with our Christmas gifts. One for me, one for Impus Minor, and one for Impus Major.
Yep. My own mother did not send my wife a Christmas present, but made sure everyone else got one!
And the saddest part? I know exactly what happened: She was planning on getting gifts for the kids, went to the store to get them, saw something she thought I'd like, picked it up, and sent it all out, not for a moment considering the fact that she was implicitly snubbing NobodysWife.
And now I have to calm the whole thing down.
Stoopid family!
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I'm now babysitting the FedEx guy.
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Suddenly, I don't feel so bad about my gift for my cousin's kids.
It's a Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. And only one set of joycons.
Nobody, I wish you luck. I would not want to be in the center of that storm.
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I dislike them so much I can't touch them with a 10 foot pole, even in games. Simple enough?
Have you had anyone with any kind of phobia at your gaming table?
I've heard that at a gaming table, when the GM described a spider to the table, one of the players, who had arachnophobia, actually freaked out.
I'm not sure if the GM knew beforehand that the player had arachnophobia.
No, or at least never that severe. I have a pretty distinct phobia of power saws IRL but the saw sword in Iron Gods doesn't bug me. Maybe if someone played a saw sound effect that might get a reaction, but just a description of one, no.
I guess I just don't understand how a dislike of a weapon irl could lead to even eschewing use of it in a game, especially when you're okay with something like a vibroaxe which is no doubt just as painful and lethal.
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Since to us, Christmas is just a let's get together to om nom nom nom, I guess it's simpler. I bought my nieces Christmas preview, my brother bought my nephews. We're not giving anything to grownups.
Yeah, that's the issue. We did away with "gifts for grownups", but people keep doing it anyway, and if one grownup gets left out, it's family fireworks time. Whee?
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Though the misunderstanding may be an issue on my end. I've been told by a lot of people recently that I seem to have a problem with lack of empathy, as I've always been, near-incapable of fathoming the mindsets of others, especially those I disagree with on certain issues and/or who have experienced things I never have.
It's what kept me out of debate club in high school. I could not fathom having to defend a position I don't actually agree with.
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A vibroaxe is a melee weapon. It’s as close as a medieval weapon (at least it partially resembles one) that I could get my hands on, given the futuristic setting. I have no issues cutting, chopping, slicing, and dicing things up – don’t we do that a lot in the kitchen anyway?
So in game, cutting, chopping, dicing, and slicing people up – I don’t see an issue. Even if blood were painted on the walls, I don’t care =)
Now touching a firearm…gives me a sense of revulsion and disgust.
A lot of lawful neturals suffer from a lack of empathy. I too have that issue. My empathy is blocked off most of the time, thank goodness. (I actually cried when I listened to One More Light by Linkin park – their lead vocalist, Chester committed suicide not too long ago). That’s what happens when the “channel” so to speak, is left open. I become a soft, sentimental and soapy sap, which I could happily kick the @ss off.
I have issues with heights. I can’t look down more then 10 storeys without getting twitchy. So I know what it’s like to have a phobia, so even if I don’t see why people should be scared of spiders, I know to leave well enough alone. No one likes having their weak spots poked at.
I understand one of the treatments for phobias is exposure treatment, but that is only if the person having the phobia in question wants to do something about it, and that should be the person’s choice, and not for someone to make for them.
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A vibroaxe is a melee weapon. It’s as close as a medieval weapon (at least it partially resembles one) that I could get my hands on, given the futuristic setting. I have no issues cutting, chopping, slicing, and dicing things up – don’t we do that a lot in the kitchen anyway?
So in game, cutting, chopping, dicing, and slicing people up – I don’t see an issue. Even if blood were painted on the walls, I don’t care =)
Now touching a firearm…gives me a sense of revulsion and disgust.
I think this is the part I have problems understanding. I don't see enough difference here - they're both weapons that can cause lethal harm, just in different manners.
In fact if you asked me personally which was worse I'd probably say the axe - the gun would be a quicker, cleaner, more precise death while the axe would be messy, gory, and slower.
And my sense of morbid curiosity demands I ask how you feel on less-modern ranged weaponry such as bows, crossbows, etc.
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Though the misunderstanding may be an issue on my end. I've been told by a lot of people recently that I seem to have a problem with lack of empathy, as I've always been, near-incapable of fathoming the mindsets of others, especially those I disagree with on certain issues and/or who have experienced things I never have.
It's what kept me out of debate club in high school. I could not fathom having to defend a position I don't actually agree with.
Heh. This is literally the opposite problem that I have. Too much empathy. I have trouble arguing a 'two-sided' question, because I'm like, well, I see at least eleven different sides to this particular issue...which one was it you wanted me to focus on again? Yet I am utterly socially clueless at the same time. Seeing things from other people's perspective is easy. It's my own I have trouble with. *shrugs* Always trouble with the extremes.
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NH, that sucks. Sorry you're having to deal with family drama at the holidays. I know how that goes. :(
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Heh. This is literally the opposite problem that I have. Too much empathy. I have trouble arguing a 'two-sided' question, because I'm like, well, I see at least eleven different sides to this particular issue...which one was it you wanted me to focus on again? Yet I am utterly socially clueless at the same time. Seeing things from other people's perspective is easy. It's my own I have trouble with. *shrugs* Always trouble with the extremes.Though the misunderstanding may be an issue on my end. I've been told by a lot of people recently that I seem to have a problem with lack of empathy, as I've always been, near-incapable of fathoming the mindsets of others, especially those I disagree with on certain issues and/or who have experienced things I never have.
It's what kept me out of debate club in high school. I could not fathom having to defend a position I don't actually agree with.
Oof. Yeah I can't even fathom what that's like. I have enough trouble just following the threads of (il)logic through one viewpoint that contradicts my own.
I was super excited to get involved in debate too, when I first heard about it, because I can argue over things for hours, especially stuff I'm passionate about. But all that interest evaporated in a nanosecond when I discovered that we didn't get to pick which side of the debate we argued, but rather it would be assigned.
Past that point... all desire lost. My poor teenage brain could not comprehend how we were supposed to be able to do that.
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Feeling a little better today, but sincerely regretting eating dinner. I've got some kind of stomach bug. Yesterday I threw up and had a high fever. Today I still feel like crap, but the fever is gone and I can eat. I just should have kept to blander food.
And of course I'm freaking out because I am running behind on Christmas preparations, which wasn't helped by being too sick to get up most of today. The annual tug of war between my ambitions and my capabilities....
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If I didn’t try to murderhobo them, they’d murderhobo me. Kill or be killed. Nuff said. I’ve got a fairly large streak of blood knight in me once I’m provoked. If need be, I’d strangle them with bare hands. Or maybe paws. I don’t really care on giving them a less painful/more precise death at that point of time.
I am actually perfectly fine with bows and crossbows. I regularly roll archer clerics of Erastil just to prove to the world that clerics are not your healbots. It’s just firearms that turn me off.
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For all of you who are curious why you act in certain ways, I recommend The Myers Briggs Personality test
There are 16 different personalities and I find(tested it on myself) its fairly accurate in describing you. That being said, some of you may find it uncomfortable sharing the results with others, which I understand since personalities are quite private things.
Theory of Myers Briggs.
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I dislike them so much I can't touch them with a 10 foot pole, even in games. Simple enough?
Have you had anyone with any kind of phobia at your gaming table?
I've heard that at a gaming table, when the GM described a spider to the table, one of the players, who had arachnophobia, actually freaked out.
I'm not sure if the GM knew beforehand that the player had arachnophobia.
No, or at least never that severe. I have a pretty distinct phobia of power saws IRL but the saw sword in Iron Gods doesn't bug me. Maybe if someone played a saw sound effect that might get a reaction, but just a description of one, no.
I guess I just don't understand how a dislike of a weapon irl could lead to even eschewing use of it in a game, especially when you're okay with something like a vibroaxe which is no doubt just as painful and lethal.
Years ago I was playing a game of Blue Planet, and the GM wanted to role play my character's job interview for something or other. (Getting a job was part of some plan of ours to infiltrate some corporation.)
Anyhow, I told the GM "I don't want to role play this, not even briefly -- it's just too close to real life." And it was, because interviewing to me has always felt like I need to 1) have psychic powers and 2) straight-up lie. And during that particular period of my life I was in my mid-20s, working my old high school job at the YMCA, and living with my mother -- so role playing an interview was just a reminder of my frustrations and feelings of inadequacy.
So I get the no gun-characters thing.
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Lynora – you need to delegate the workload. You can’t be everywhere at one time. Failing that, then you’ll just need to accept that’s the best you can do.
Yeah, it's more the acceptance thing. My husband is up to his eyeballs in work projects. The kidlet is up to his eyeballs in homework. And even if they weren't, they're not much good at arts and crafts. Or cooking and baking. I mean, they try, but it's not what you would call a talent. And definitely not going to take up sewing. The poor kidlet freaks out every time I use the sewing machine because he's afraid I'm going to sew my fingers. No matter how many times I've showed him that this is literally impossible on my machine. I've used the older models where it wasn't impossible and never had it happen with those either. (I sincerely miss that old machine from the 50s that I learned on. Best sewing machine ever. You could do anything with that machine. It had no safety features at all. I was sad when my mom gave it away.) So yeah, basically, I need to accept that sometimes I have to buy some ready made things because I need sleep and such. :P
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Heh. This is literally the opposite problem that I have. Too much empathy. I have trouble arguing a 'two-sided' question, because I'm like, well, I see at least eleven different sides to this particular issue...which one was it you wanted me to focus on again? Yet I am utterly socially clueless at the same time. Seeing things from other people's perspective is easy. It's my own I have trouble with. *shrugs* Always trouble with the extremes.Though the misunderstanding may be an issue on my end. I've been told by a lot of people recently that I seem to have a problem with lack of empathy, as I've always been, near-incapable of fathoming the mindsets of others, especially those I disagree with on certain issues and/or who have experienced things I never have.
It's what kept me out of debate club in high school. I could not fathom having to defend a position I don't actually agree with.
Oof. Yeah I can't even fathom what that's like. I have enough trouble just following the threads of (il)logic through one viewpoint that contradicts my own.
I was super excited to get involved in debate too, when I first heard about it, because I can argue over things for hours, especially stuff I'm passionate about. But all that interest evaporated in a nanosecond when I discovered that we didn't get to pick which side of the debate we argued, but rather it would be assigned.
Past that point... all desire lost. My poor teenage brain could not comprehend how we were supposed to be able to do that.
I was great at the research. I can research the crap out of anything. But picking a single point of view...that's hard. And debate itself....apparently asking the other side lots of questions to justify their point of view doesn't count as argument....
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For all of you who are curious why you act in certain ways, I recommend The Myers Briggs Personality test
There are 16 different personalities and I find(tested it on myself) its fairly accurate in describing you. That being said, some of you may find it uncomfortable sharing the results with others, which I understand since personalities are quite private things.
Theory of Myers Briggs.
INTP here. Which probably explains a lot.
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One of my cats has a tendency to eat whatever flowers that I put out. He likes to stop and eat the roses. The other one often joins in, but this week has been walking up to the vase, smelling the flowers, and walking away. Not sure what to do when my cat literally stops to smell the roses. It's really weirding me out. :)
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ISTJ – I’m very task orientated and focused (probably why I run APs in record time). I keep telling my players to push plot, and get impatient when no one posts which door they want to kick open. Or what course of action they wish to take.
Also note that when I hear about people’s problems – I tend to focus on offering solutions then offering any form of empathy. And tell people what to do a lot – That’s the J part of me speaking.
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INTJ here. You know. Because the type-A mad scientist do-what-we-must-because-we-can mindset is exactly what you want in your English teacher.
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My cats as of late have a tendency to try to nap on my lap for hours. Even when I need to get up to go to work.
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INTP here, almost 100%. Which explains in equal parts why I can't understand people and also why I beat my head against a wall trying to get them to make sense within my perception of logic.
I don't slip out of INTP often, but the very, very few times I do, it's into INTJ (see Scint's link). I, N, and T are all at or very near 100%. P and J are more moderate.
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You know, I’m a mad scientist(in my own right) interested in crazy pathfinder science(who the hell runs a strange aeons for only 6th – 9th level arcane spell casting classes)…but I think INTJs are scary? =P
And Orthos – I almost thought your love for debate – you had some J in you.
I did suspect N and T from your description of your lack of empathy.
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I've taken the Meyer-Briggs so many times I've lost count (took a bunch of psych classes in high school/undergrad), and it's always been INTJ.
So I not only go into the most extroverted career known to man, I go into the most subjective and emotionally touchy-feely field of it. I'm good at life.
I suppose it does explain how people can find me intimidating. I've been told they do, and I'm under 5' and dress like an awkward librarian most days. So scawy.
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For all of you who are curious why you act in certain ways, I recommend The Myers Briggs Personality test
There are 16 different personalities and I find(tested it on myself) its fairly accurate in describing you. That being said, some of you may find it uncomfortable sharing the results with others, which I understand since personalities are quite private things.
Theory of Myers Briggs.
INTP here. Which probably explains a lot.
(Except for that whole lazy thing. That's just insulting for no good reason. Paralyzed by indecision and lazy are very different problems)
INTP buddies~!
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And Orthos – I almost thought your love for debate – you had some J in you.
Yeah, it's definitely there. It's the only part of the test I have any variance on.
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I test as INTJ, but several people swear I am too sociable to be that.
Except the test subjects in Cell 43, but some day I'll fix their intercom.
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I test as INTJ, but several people swear I am too sociable to be that.
Except the test subjects in Cell 43, but some day I'll fix their intercom.
You don't need to anymore. It's taken care of.
Now let me out.
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You INTJs freak me out…is there anything you won’t do For Science?=P
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I test as INTJ, but several people swear I am too sociable to be that.
Same. I've had to learn to fake sociability to survive retail/classroom stuff to the point that my new principal straight-up did not believe me when I said I was an introvert.
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You INTJs freak me out…is there anything you won’t do For Science?=P
I prefer for social science. It's less explodey, but it's subtle enough that you can make it last forever before people catch on.
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You INTJs freak me out…is there anything you won’t do For Science?=P
Nope.
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You INTJs freak me out…is there anything you won’t do For Science?=PI prefer for social science. It's less explodey, but it's subtle enough that you can make it last forever before people catch on.
On the other hand, it's not so great for stress relief. Explosions can be very good for that. I have the test results right here to prove it.
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That sounds fun!!!!
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You don't need to anymore. It's taken care of.
Now let me out.
Not until you clean up the mess! I am not cleaning up after you a fifty-ninth time!
You INTJs freak me out…is there anything you won’t do For Science?=P
Yes. I won't scream "For Science!" after making a discovery. Not after the last one exploded.
Same. I've had to learn to fake sociability to survive retail/classroom stuff to the point that my new principal straight-up did not believe me when I said I was an introvert.
I've had people not believe me too. Up until they invite me out a lot and find out there's only so much of people I can take.
But at least explosions help calm that.
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Whelp. No more gaming at PCC. At least that frees up my Memorial Day weekend.What happened?Yes!
Prying old menConcerned citizens want to know. Especially if it concerns the incident from the cons that has greatly been discussed on these boards on threads where such discussion is permitted. (In other words, if it's that, and you have a link, please linky.)And now I need to find and turn off Autocorrect again, before I ask TOZ to get kinky with me.
PCC has decided not to contract with Magic Meeple Games, the company that took over managing the gaming volunteers this past year. They have decided to move all gaming into the convention hall proper. We cannot use our usual hotel ballroom. So rather than deal with the hassle of getting into and out of the hall for games, we're not going to attend.
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God, the more I reread INTJ, the more I laugh.
INTJs tend to prefer to work alone, or at most in small groups, where they can maximize their creativity and focus without repeated interruptions from questioning colleagues and meetings-happy supervisors. For this reason INTJs are unlikely to be found in strictly administrative roles or anything that requires constant dialogue and heavy teamwork. Rather, INTJs prefer more "lone wolf" positions as mechanical or software engineers, lawyers or freelance consultants, only accepting competent leadership that helps in these goals, and rejecting the authority of those who hold them back.
Above all else, INTJs want to be able to tackle intellectually interesting work with minimal outside interference, no more, no less. Time-consuming management techniques like trust-building getaways, progress meetings, and drawn-out, sandwiched criticisms are only going to annoy INTJs – all they need, be they subordinate, colleague, or manager, is to meet their goals with the highest standard of technical excellence and to be surrounded by, if anyone at all, people who share those values.
On paper this makes them appear to be exemplary employees, and in many ways they are, but there are many types, especially those with a combination of the Observant (S) and Feeling (F) traits, who will find a work (or any other) relationship with INTJs extremely challenging. INTJs have a fairly strict code of conduct when it comes to their work, and if they see coworkers valuing social activities and "good enough" workmanship over absolute excellence, it will be a turbulent environment. For this reason, INTJs tend to prefer to work in tight, like-minded groups – a group of one, if necessary.
i work in a high school