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Forums  > General  > General  > What have your characters taught you?     Display using: Flat View Threaded View   Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Thread :: Next Thread   Author  Thread: What have your characters taught you?  Llewen Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 193 Send PM   What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 01:50 PM One of my favourite things is learning. I love discovering new things about myself and others, and the world around me. I usually think of bringing my knowlege into a role playing game, and using it, or not, to give my character depth and interest. However, I have had those moments of serendipity when my characters have actually taught me something. Of course I shouldn't be too surprised I suppose because any time you interact meaningfully with other people you should expect to learn and to grow, but it is always a pleasant surprise when it happens in something as "silly" as a game. So I'm curious, what have your characters taught you, if anything? I'll get the ball rolling. Some of you may or may not know, and I don't like giving IC things away OOC, but I suppose it is pretty obvious to those who have met him in game. I play the deaf dwarf Jholl Thunderdrum. What I learned from him wasn't entirely new, but it reinforced some things I had already dimly understood, in a clear and immediate way. What I learned from that loud obnoxious dwarf was that being hearing impaired is a very lonely experience. You often don't understand what is going on around you, and you are often misunderstood. People tend to mistake deafness for stupidity, or a mental problem, and people often don't want to be around you because they don't understand why you act the way you do, and you make them uncomfortable. Now I realize that Jholl Thunderdrum has other issues beyond simply being hearing impaired :), but playing him has, hopefully, taught me to be a little more compassionate with people I meet that suffer with similar challenges. "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table;" T.S. Eliot  dslayer Joined: 26 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 78 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 02:22 PM Kitty is, as you will know if you have spoke to her, very simple. Simple-minded I mean. If she has taught me anything it would be, how innocent the world looks when you arn't that clever. The more intelligent you are, the more you look in to things, the more you get angry, the more the world doesn't seem as nice as it looks. This is mainly a comparison thing, not that I am saying that I am super brainy or anything. It's just when I play her I love the way she looks at things, not seeing much evil in anything; well apart from the centaur children that shot her in the bum. Played loads of characters, mostly evil, but my favorite to play has been Kitty, actually makes me laugh in RL when I play her, and after a 'oh so boring' day at work making lenses, there is nothing better than to come home and go simple-minded for a few hours and have a laugh... Errmm, this is not an insult to simple-minded people by the way, if anything I envy the way some of them see the world......... Kitty... Orphaned child turned house burglar When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I'll tell you; whenever you want it to be."  Barnas Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Total Posts: 3322 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 02:23 PM Fri'el taught me that arrogance, pride, self obsession, and desire to be fawned upon get you very bad places very fast. Like Alenuska's room in Icy Vale, Hell, and Vidus' quarters. -Barnas  Akril Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 1363 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 02:57 PM Tough fiesty evil women are fun but it all ends in tears. *looks at Fri'el and now Macha* Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Akril Quinellieth. 20th Circle of the Order of the Ring  Aranel Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 226 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 03:16 PM *darkly* Eliana's taught me to never assume I have any control over my characters whatsoever. Seriously though, adapting the viewpoint of someone completely different from yourself is an enlightening experience - at least for me. Eliana is very different from me in her outlook and many of her opinions, so I have had to dig deeply to figure out why she thinks and does certain things. I think it's giving me a slightly better understanding of people in general, because I'm forced to see the reasons behind Eliana's actions and viewpoints IG... and the habit carries over into RL. I'm thinking a little more about possible motivations for people's actions, and don't make so many assumptions... Eli makes enough of those for both of us. :P Consequences Unsent It's hard to say it, time to say it... Goodbye, goodbye  Phoenix_Flamehart Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 482 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 06:17 PM :) I think my characters have taught me more than I dare to admit. As each character develops their own personality, the fragment of me that they are based on seems to strengthen. Shaz'jen has taught me a lot about being a smart-arse, for exampleAnd how to put on one facade to protect anotherSakhaji has shown me a lot about just seizing the moment and getting on with it. I could go on :D - Who needs Epic Levels when you have Epic Eyebrows?  Veran Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Total Posts: 718 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 06:19 PM Daimon taught me how to smith steel.. and apply annealed coats of alloys to strengthen a natural carbon ferrous blend of composite metals of soft and hard qualities. I do all the plumbing in my house now. The Legacy Saga  Llewen Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 193 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 06:29 PM lol Veran... "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table;" T.S. Eliot  Quietus Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 803 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 17 Oct 2004 11:07 PM So I'm curious, what have your characters taught you, if anything? Not to swindle big fat lazy obnoxious dwarves :P -Q  Shanara Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Total Posts: 127 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 18 Oct 2004 11:47 AM When someone says let's smite the evil that is the undead - RUN! As far and as fast as you can! Shalee Windwalker.....wife of Chandler, Ranger, Cleric of Elbereth Alianda - Change can happen. Lara - half-elven Ranger, trying to reshape her life Tia - Cleric of Vilyave "Delicious Ambiguity"  Byron Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 212 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 18 Oct 2004 12:00 PM Women are too complex for words. and When in doubt, talk to yourself. People will either think you are wise or crazy. Either way, the annoying ones will leave you alone. My name is Byron Lorian....I am the Last Son  Llewen Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 193 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 29 Nov 2004 06:07 PM It's exhausting being mentally unstable... "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table;" T.S. Eliot  Vandle Savage Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Total Posts: 596 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 29 Nov 2004 07:38 PM That I am too sexy for my shirt. I'm The Cult of Personality.  JoheJaxon sixby9.net Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Total Posts: 477 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 30 Nov 2004 04:31 AM My band mates will tell you that I am a lot like Johe, I'd like to think I'm a bit smarter and less naive than he is, but wether that is true or not, it's strange how playing Johe has strengthened my resolve to continue the path that we started as a band over a year ago, we quit our careers to be part time workers and full time musicians, things have been up and down, and admittedly right now they are down as far as finding gigs, and stuff, but I can honestly say that I have never been more happy than I am chasing the dream. As Johe would say "you can always guyver gold, but smiling while yer lookin' for it is the fun part."  pdwalker Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 5692 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 30 Nov 2004 04:33 AM ...That touring the insides of a draconic digestive tract is not wise. Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly. -- "...Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good." -- <@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.  bennyhsrh Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 773 Send PM   Re: What have your characters taught you? Posted: 30 Nov 2004 05:17 AM That I am mad... completely insane Elvalia - Chosen of Aros Elrith Mellin Perin - 'Cleric (an' drewid) o' Elbreff' Weddin's an' pies a speciarality Previous Thread :: Next Thread  Page 1 of 1   Forums  > General  > General  > What have your characters taught you?