Let Me Tell You About My Character….
Never ask Fighter about his character. Trust me on this one. He’s got the same bad stuff as the wannabe vampire.
It is seriously difficult to be a fan of these games without turning into a bore about it. Dragons and elves and enumerated platonic solids have a way of worming into your subconscious, creeping into your conversation, and beginning every one of your sentences with the phrase, “I had this great idea for a character.” It gets bad, man. For crap’s sake, I’ve got to block the Pathfinder SRD just so I can get my writing done. I’ve got a buddy who has to withstand periodic Facebook messages asking his opinion on my latest build. I’m married to my illustrator, who is my collaborator on a gaming webcomic, who is also active in the same five campaigns as me, and the poor girl still has to tell me to shut up about gaming every once in a while. I guess what I’m saying is don’t invite me to your cocktail party.
How about you guys? Have you ever been cornered by an oversharer? Or worse, have you ever realized halfway through a conversation that you were guilty of RPG TMI?
In my reverse binge, this one’s the one that makes me comment.
It is WAY too easy to get me going on RPGs. Mechanics, stories of games I’ve been in, my philosophies regarding the hobby. It’s a real treat when I actually find someone who will engage me in conversation on the subject, but it’s a rare occurrence.
I think perhaps you have come to the right place. 🙂
Oh god, oh no! I’m one of those guys. T-T
My party is most composed of normal people. I’m a little sad that I can talk about RPG(Pathfinder) and character creation for more than 5 minutes without they start to getting bored and say things like: “We will talk about this later, on session day”. Session day should be supposed to be a day to play, not to discuss builds and feats. T-T
I suggest you start an RPG-themed webcomic (or, less sarcastically, join a forum). That way you can talk about your favorite gaming topic and the internet will talk back! 😀
But you know what? You came here, and I appreciate that. Therefore, for one day only, let’s have it: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER!