Planescape Fans: Are You Normal Gamers?

[TarionzCousin]

Are Planescape fans "normal" gamers?

If you consider yourself a Planescape fan, is it because you are a little too far outside the mainstream among roleplayers?


Wait for the poll.

 

[Piratecat]

I'm honestly not sure how to answer. I love me the Planescape, as it plays into a lot of my strengths as a GM: politics, city based, high magic, philosophical quandries, and (just ask Rodrigo) funny voices. So do a lot of other people, though. I'm not sure that makes me stand out.

 

[Tequila Sunrise]

All I can speculate on is how I appear to others, as I've never met any other PS fan in person.

So, am I a normal gamer? Well I'm a white male, I'm on the skinny side, I have asthma and another chronic condition that most people have never heard of, I'm short-sighted, I'm good at math, I can be socially awkward, and I can quote much of LotR. I don't know if that makes me a normal gamer, but I'm pretty sure that makes me a walking stereotype.

 

[TarionzCousin]

... funny voices.

'Nuff said. You ain't "normal."

 

[Shemeska]

I'm normal. My gaming group tells me that. My girlfriend tells me that. Even my friend Pinkamina Diane Pie says that to me.

 

[Stormonu]

Planescape is a little unusual for D&D; it strikes me as a light attempt at tapping into the goth culture of the '90s - perhaps to take back a piece of the pie that drew WoD players away from D&D.

However, I don't think Planescape players are any different from other gamers. They're just pretending to be tiefling peelers instead of pointy-eared elves.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

There's such a thing as a normal gamer?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I love Planescape and I am A. B. Normal, sir.

 

[Wycen]

I chose maybe, but I think a better question is, "Gamers: Are you normal gamers?"

 

[Zhaleskra]

I'm far from what seems to be the standard gamer. Using the same standard fantasy races because that's what everyone else does smacks of laziness to me. While PS can be a Multiversal Sink, it did at least vary the base "Outsider" PC races. Because I'm not really a hack and slasher (mostly because video games will always be better at mindless violence than tabletop RPG), I like that it was a setting that really made you think. Unfortunately, the more I think about it, the more I feel D&D wasn't the right chassis.