NoisyCricket
Elder Member
Always being held up by the Canadians...Tikor said:
It's got to be something in the syrup.
[OOC Thread] [The Resurgent]
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It's got to be something in the syrup.
Tikor
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Did I say 'any trouble'? I obviously meant 'to much rail-hopping trouble'.
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
I am perfectly fine with ignoring causality.
Tikor
One Thousand Club
I get enough of Rokugani time on Sundays.NoisyCricket said:
Tikor
One Thousand Club
List of RPG gamer types
I don't know if I'm entirely satisfied with this list - I can't pinpoint myself well, but that might be from lack of self-reflection.
What type of gamer do you think you are?
Which gamer type do you think I am?
I don't know if I'm entirely satisfied with this list - I can't pinpoint myself well, but that might be from lack of self-reflection.
What type of gamer do you think you are?
Which gamer type do you think I am?
Kalarix
Member
Access denied at work 
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
I am a healthy mix of several:Tikor said:
Butt-kicker: Some of this stems to starting out and not being good at combat...and never rolling above an 8 on a d20 to hit.
Specialist: I like swords! I like martial artists (armed or unarmed). Anything melee really. Kentani is a really odd character for me to play. Ranged characters are usually precision-based, if I have to play one.
Method-Actor/Storyteller: I like to think I'm both of these (whether I'm good at them is a different story...)
Tactician: in regards to wanting the rules to jive with my views of reality.
Power Gamer: I have to admit I do get a bit giddy getting new shinies.
Percentages? I would say 30/20/40/5/5 (combining Method-Actor/Storyteller)
Any thoughts on that?
As for Tikor, I haven't seen you in enough games to really get a feel for your playstyles. Definitely no to butt-kicker though. >.>
Tikor
One Thousand Club
You've been at the table for a higher percentage of my RPing experience than anyone else I've played with, NC. If you haven't gamed with me enough, no one has.NoisyCricket said:
Tikor
One Thousand Club
I like your format, NC.
I'd have to say I'm a mix too:
Power Gamer: I do dice simulations. But then I forget about them in play. I tweak mechanics, but submit to whatever the GM decides for the sake of story (and the poor GM!)
Butt-kicker: There is a certain appeal to taking a daiklave to a problem, though that is far from the whole of my RPG fulfillment. If I really want hack and slash, though, I'll go play D2.
Tactician: I'll admit to enjoying a good challenging battle with lots of tactical choices. I'll admit to speed-running console RPGs (FF Tactics is awesome for this, btw). Again I think this is simply done better with software.
Specialist: I'd feel cheated if I did the same concept again and again. I suffer from altoholism so I'm the stark oposite of this.
Method-Actor: I identify here. I really want to think how my character thinks and do what I think he would do. This comes out best in Hiruma Josuke, who has no hope of staying under Infamy 1 if there are more Crab bar brawl scenes. But I also do this quite a bit with Dynastic Dragon-Blooded. Their worldview is very different from RL as well as most of the rest of Exalted, and I like to tap into that.
Storyteller: I also identify here. When I played Shadowrun I liked the planning sessions the least and the atmosphere the most. I love the epic nature of Exalted and the trajety aspects. I read setting books cover to cover. I love stunting.
Casual: I'm anything but casual. I demand to know what I'm doing.
For percentages, perhaps 10/10/10/0/30/40/0.
I'd have to say I'm a mix too:
Power Gamer: I do dice simulations. But then I forget about them in play. I tweak mechanics, but submit to whatever the GM decides for the sake of story (and the poor GM!)
Butt-kicker: There is a certain appeal to taking a daiklave to a problem, though that is far from the whole of my RPG fulfillment. If I really want hack and slash, though, I'll go play D2.
Tactician: I'll admit to enjoying a good challenging battle with lots of tactical choices. I'll admit to speed-running console RPGs (FF Tactics is awesome for this, btw). Again I think this is simply done better with software.
Specialist: I'd feel cheated if I did the same concept again and again. I suffer from altoholism so I'm the stark oposite of this.
Method-Actor: I identify here. I really want to think how my character thinks and do what I think he would do. This comes out best in Hiruma Josuke, who has no hope of staying under Infamy 1 if there are more Crab bar brawl scenes. But I also do this quite a bit with Dynastic Dragon-Blooded. Their worldview is very different from RL as well as most of the rest of Exalted, and I like to tap into that.
Storyteller: I also identify here. When I played Shadowrun I liked the planning sessions the least and the atmosphere the most. I love the epic nature of Exalted and the trajety aspects. I read setting books cover to cover. I love stunting.
Casual: I'm anything but casual. I demand to know what I'm doing.
For percentages, perhaps 10/10/10/0/30/40/0.
Kalarix
Member
I lol'd, again provoking odd looks from my colleagues. To which I asked if any of *them* had any dots in occult. When they gave me a quizzical look I then of course finished with...
...poor bastards.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW I'M A SOLAR AT WORK!
kaliket
Member
There are whole SCENES going on through PM! What's so special that I can't enjoy the show? And here I've been conducting my busines out in the open. =P
Kalarix
Member
LOL, we can port it over to a thread I suppose. I guess we could make a combined thread for the scene Act 4.5 or something and plop it all in there. Just started it that way because it was like I was catching Cricket in the hallway.
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
Dude...stop trying to get the hunt down on us...Tikor and I are way too close together to not get a nice DB convention in Indy...Kalarix said:
And I've got a great window seat here, I'd hate to lose that.
Tikor
One Thousand Club
I prompted people to start their own scenes should they want to and didn't say it had to be in a thread. It's just like describing the mayor's room. I didn't say there wasn't a second table, so NC made one appear and smashed it. So Rillard decided PM was the way to go and I swung with it.
Exalted is an awesome game to ST. I love their philosophy.
This is also why I put so much work into the houserules before play started.
Rillard will have to fill you in in-character!
And post his action or tell me he's done of course...
Exalted is an awesome game to ST. I love their philosophy.
This is also why I put so much work into the houserules before play started.
Rillard will have to fill you in in-character!
And post his action or tell me he's done of course...
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
slashkaliket said:
:-P
Kalarix
Member
Sent a PM, went to edit in some italics about 20 seconds later and I couldn't because it was already read...
Someone's spamming refresh 8)
Someone's spamming refresh 8)
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
Surely not me... >.>Kalarix said:
kaliket
Member
WTB Act 5 pst
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
To let you know, Tikor hasn't been online at all during work since yesterday afternoon. He said something about a carnival with ponies...I think we'll be on our own for a bit.kaliket said:
He also said that his carpets were being cleaned last night, so no idea when he can tread back to his computer.
Kalarix
Member
"For fools walk in where angels fear to tread"
Tikor
One Thousand Club
On IM:
NC: do those MDVs include relative appearances?
Me: Actually those MDDVs don't include any of the modifiers. They happen in step 5, which is confusing me since the reroll is in step 4 and it says you should know the opponent's DV then. Perhaps they assume metagame knowledge derived from previous attacks? Specific to this situation, though: when modified 5 still beats Red Flounder's but doesn't beat unnamed's MDDV.
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Naively I think Step 4 and 5 need to be switched. I will do some research on this.
NC: do those MDVs include relative appearances?
Me: Actually those MDDVs don't include any of the modifiers. They happen in step 5, which is confusing me since the reroll is in step 4 and it says you should know the opponent's DV then. Perhaps they assume metagame knowledge derived from previous attacks? Specific to this situation, though: when modified 5 still beats Red Flounder's but doesn't beat unnamed's MDDV.
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Naively I think Step 4 and 5 need to be switched. I will do some research on this.
NoisyCricket
Elder Member
Speaking of that, should Rillard have something to boost his attack that I don't know about, feel free to ignore my response.
I thought he didn't though, so I went ahead and posted.
I thought he didn't though, so I went ahead and posted.
Tikor
One Thousand Club
Well I hope I played that to your satisfaction, Rillard. You did get some information out of Red Flounder, but getting into restricted areas without some sneakyness will likely require Charm use or kicking some teeth in. If they're Social Charms not being against someone Intimacies, Virtues or Motivations (or costing a ton of Virtue Channels to resist) will grant success. NPCs will usually resist mental influence that goes against their values, but will generally not resist mental influence that is ancillary to their values. NPCs also have a terrible habit of not spending any xp in Virtues, so you can hack through them if you really want to with UMI.
Tikor
One Thousand Club
Thanatos, you're in Act 5 stealthing somewhere, I'm sure. Post where you are and what you're up to.
Kalarix
Member
mmhmm.
Performance limited my options as far as charm selection Cricket.
I could have hammered them with some presence attack afterwards, but I didn't feel it fit.
That said, I'll need to work out some experience expenditure.
Performance limited my options as far as charm selection Cricket.
I could have hammered them with some presence attack afterwards, but I didn't feel it fit.
That said, I'll need to work out some experience expenditure.