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<blockquote data-quote="Galethorn" data-source="post: 1935536" data-attributes="member: 7888">My group would be a good example of not satanic (if only because our one and only religious member is a christian, and I don't allow evil PCs), and it's definately fun....but, as for nerdity...well...My group is a perfect example of teenagers who seem normal, out in the world, but are all die-hard nerds and gamers when it comes right down to it. Sure, we all have our 'specialty'* (literature, computers (and subsections thereof), ironic humor, sci-fi, art, etc.), but we all have at least a passing interest in everything everybody else does, as well as a common interest in gaming.Our sessions (and non-gaming get-togethers) include never-ending strings of conversations about topics that only about 10% of the population would really understand, including topics as diverse as cosmology, the big lebowski, puns ('you hurt my punny bone!', 'punnery sgt. snyder reporting for duty, sir!', etc.) and game mechanics.* My specialty is knowledge. If somebody makes an obscure reference (DC15 to appreciate), I only fail on a 1. Now, on the other hand, I also specialize in writing (much moreso than reading), but that's not directly connected to my nerdiness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Galethorn, post: 1935536, member: 7888"] My group would be a good example of [i]not satanic[/i] (if only because our one and only religious member is a christian, and I don't allow evil PCs), and it's definately fun....but, as for nerdity...well... My group is a perfect example of teenagers who [i]seem[/i] normal, out in the world, but are all die-hard nerds and gamers when it comes right down to it. Sure, we all have our 'specialty'* (literature, computers (and subsections thereof), ironic humor, sci-fi, art, etc.), but we all have at least a passing interest in everything everybody else does, as well as a common interest in gaming. Our sessions (and non-gaming get-togethers) include never-ending strings of conversations about topics that only about 10% of the population would really understand, including topics as diverse as cosmology, the big lebowski, puns ('you hurt my punny bone!', 'punnery sgt. snyder reporting for duty, sir!', etc.) and game mechanics. * My specialty is knowledge. If somebody makes an obscure reference (DC15 to appreciate), I only fail on a 1. Now, on the other hand, I also specialize in [i]writing[/i] (much moreso than reading), but that's not directly connected to my nerdiness. [/QUOTE]

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