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Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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billytea - Aug 16, 2013 6:36:54 am PDT #20730 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
omnis_audis - Aug 16, 2013 6:49:46 am PDT #20731 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha. Yeah, I'm the panel that finds no problem looking things up on the Internet.
Laga - Aug 16, 2013 8:38:47 am PDT #20732 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I usually try a few times before I look things up. Did you ever play, "The Cave"? At one point the game narrator said to me, "or you can look up the solution on line."
Kalshane - Aug 16, 2013 8:38:57 am PDT #20733 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I have no qualms about looking stuff up online if I've been stuck for over an hour and feel like I'm missing something obvious (I recently had to do that with Arkham City. I was stuck in a Riddler room. It turned out I had completely forgotten you could fire a new zip line in a different direction while still on the first one.)
omnis_audis - Aug 16, 2013 9:44:50 am PDT #20734 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Oh yes, I try first. Skyrim is great example. Trying to get out of this one dungeon. There was a raised bridge. Couldn't get it down. Tried all other doorways out of the room. They all went down stairs, into a chamber, whose doors all led up other stairs back to the exit chamber. Handy. After a half hour of magic, shouts, running at the bridge, and trying to find alternate ways out, I looked up the solution. Sure. A lever RIGHT NEXT TO THE BRIDGE, but very dark, and hard too see. Yup. Not cheating. The goal of the game is to have fun. Feeling useless is no fun.
Laga - Aug 23, 2013 11:35:10 am PDT #20735 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm getting caught up on the latest Aquisitions Inc. series of D&D podcasts. Rothfuss just made an obscure Buffy reference.
Kalshane - Aug 23, 2013 3:45:31 pm PDT #20736 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I unfortunately just can't get into those podcasts. I've discovered that listening to other people's gaming sessions is like listening to people talking about their character, just longer.
Laga - Aug 24, 2013 1:44:02 am PDT #20737 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love listening to people talking about their characters! Wizards once asked Facebook fans to post about their favorite. I must have read that thread for an hour.
Kalshane - Aug 24, 2013 6:13:20 am PDT #20738 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I can read about people's characters without a problem (of course it helps that I can just skip the lame ones) but unless someone has a really interesting concept, or I'm actually playing in or running a game involving that character, it starts to grate after about thirty seconds.
On the other hand, listening to someone talk about their character(s) is a good way to determine if they're someone you want to invite to game with you. "So my guy was a Drow vampire that dual-wielded gunblades..." Yeah, next.
billytea - Aug 24, 2013 6:27:53 am PDT #20739 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I love listening to people talking about their characters! Wizards once asked Facebook fans to post about their favorite. I must have read that thread for an hour.
That sounds like a call to action. Everyone, what's your favourite RPG character? Or at least favourite character write-up.