Ambiguously Gendered Return of 'What is the Hivemind?'

[Jdvn1]

Wow, he's the least-magical-beast-killing Favoured Enemy Magical Beast Ranger nice guy ever!

Yeah, I know, it annoys me.

It's not like a ranger has to hate his favored enemies, even though some people seem to believe that.

"I am a chaotic good ranger! I slaugher unicorns!"

... That too! Thing is, I've been playing this character, mostly, as a personable person. I try to find compromises that make everyone happy. My stats don't really reflect that, but I guess I'd fail at a more formal use of Diplomacy. Then again, Favored Enemy gives bonuses other than for damage. I just supposedly know Magical Beasts very well (eventhough I don't get a bonus on Knowledges for them, which I don't understand).

Anyway, Anton's deity and alignment don't really support killing the render either. As it says on my sheet, he has a complex philosophy, which I can't explain very well. You can try to make sense of what you see, but I think I've been mostly in character.

... And A'jardin really said that before I did...! I didn't know!

 

[Jdvn1]

The last time a crossbow "slipped", we had one guy nearly get his "goodies" shot off....

He was going trick-or-treating?

 

[Rystil Arden]

... And A'jardin really said that before I did...! I didn't know!

Yup, he was like "I wish we could tell Anton, but we might alert Tandi. Oh well, hopefully not telling Anton won't ruin my plan to sneak out while Tandi and Laynie are gone and murder the render behind their backs."

 

[Rystil Arden]

Thing is, I've been playing this character, mostly, as a personable person. I try to find compromises that make everyone happy. My stats don't really reflect that, but I guess I'd fail at a more formal use of Diplomacy.

I noticed that. When I first read over your sheet because you were in my game, I was surprised at your stats vis-a-vis what I expected from talking to him with Lasair.

 

[Jdvn1]

Yup, he was like "I wish we could tell Anton, but we might alert Tandi. Oh well, hopefully not telling Anton won't ruin my plan to sneak out while Tandi and Laynie are gone and murder the render behind their backs."

Hah. Well, gotta account for more than one person coming up with the idea too...

 

[Jdvn1]

I noticed that. When I first read over your sheet because you were in my game, I was surprised at your stats vis-a-vis what I expected from talking to him with Lasair.

Anton isn't a very strong personality, though. Charisma isn't just whether or not you're a jerk or what you look like. You can have a powerful Sorcerer that's both ugly and a jerk.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Anton isn't a very strong personality, though. Charisma isn't just whether or not you're a jerk or what you look like. You can have a powerful Sorcerer that's both ugly and a jerk.

Oh, its true that its not just that, but those are parts of it. It'd be like playing a character with high Wisdom who never picks up on obvious cues or a low Int character who is an idiot savant when it comes to solving RPG puzzles but is otherwise mentally retarded. Definitely doable, just a bit surprising at first .

That said, I've done similar things before--My 12 Cha Magister Vayj is a bit depressed and used to being controlled by the women in his life, but he's not unattractive and he's a nice guy under all that...

 

[Rystil Arden]

Hah. Well, gotta account for more than one person coming up with the idea too...

True, that's why I said it was really ironic

 

[Jdvn1]

Oh, its true that its not just that, but those are parts of it. It'd be like playing a character with high Wisdom who never picks up on obvious cues or a low Int character who is an idiot savant when it comes to solving RPG puzzles but is otherwise mentally retarded. Definitely doable, just a bit surprising at first .

That said, I've done similar things before--My 12 Cha Magister Vayj is a bit depressed and used to being controlled by the women in his life, but he's not unattractive and he's a nice guy under all that...

I like playing characters that are slightly off-kilter from the norm. Nothing, "... That's so weird," but atypicaly nonetheless. I think people often have too narrow a view of Cha.

 

[Jdvn1]

True, that's why I said it was really ironic

Yes, I was highly amused as well.