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So I guess this is one of those times when I had an epiphany that I was a roleplayer at heart and wanted to know when if ever that happened to you. I have always enjoyed roleplaying but in the past year or so I've [really] become much more involved with it.
Okay, so Enoch26sf's thread made me think of starting this thread. Let's create a top 100 list of those things / moments that make you have an epiphany that you are a roleplayer.
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1. When you overhear someone mentioning a "GM," you think "game master" instead of a "General Motors" vehicle.
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2. You pass a Devil's Martini bar and diner and think of a plot to have a half-fiend be the owner of an inn and tavern in your next campaign and also hiave/her be the head boss.
3. You pass by some writing pads in some sort of market, store, quick-e-mart, etc. and you get excited thinking about the gaming notes you could take with that pad of paper.
True story.
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When you look at a picture of the pyramids of Egypt and think to yourself, "Man, those 4-siders are massive!"
Funny... Funny...
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Think PC first means Player Character instead of personal computer or politically correct.
Associate RPG with role playing game instead of the commonly used modern weapon.
Like to plot out the alignments of historical figures, or others
(My philosophy friends and I who played D&D liked to do this with philosophies and philosophical outlooks. Like, Utilitarianism = NG; Thomas Hobbes = LN; Marquis de Sade = CN; etc... We also tried to do religions, but I won't give any examples of those.)
If laughing is an involuntary reaction whenever someone declares, "I attack the darkness!"
If you never leave home without a 10 ft pole.
If you blame something on a low ability score or a poor roll in casual conversation.
Examples: "I tried to put my best foot forward, but you can only do so much with charisma 8." "I think i just failed a bluff check."
(And yes, I and some of my friends have done this, sometimes w/o even realizing it around people who don't get the reference)
My online gaming group, Torch of Spirit (Contains all information for the current game I'm co-DMing as well as lots of houserules I'm using or considering for the future. Feel free to check it out.)
When you carry a set of polyhedral dice upon your person at all times.
When you put on the emergency jacket in the back of your car to do some repair work and feel a d20 in the pocket poke you between your ribs as you lean against the vehicle.
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You think the acronym for an accidental death and disability insurance policy refers to the second edition of your favorite game.
I asked Gygax that one, as he was an insurance salesman as his day job when he was coming up with D&D. He said it's just coincidental, but he'd definitely played in some games where "The Game of Accidental Death and Disability" would seem an apt description.
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1. When you overhear someone mentioning a "GM," you think "game master" instead of a "General Motors" vehicle.
My girlfriend mentioned the GM at her work and I was like "You guys RP at your work?" she asked what the hell I was talking about, and I said "you told me you have a game master"
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