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mnightsilver
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: Role Playing Psychology |
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I'd like to have some fun regarding our role playing. If you guys have any ideas, post your psyche analysis here.
I'd like to begin with myself:
As a DnD player, I don't like role playing that much. I do not take role playing seriously most of the time. I make a character, then join the campaign. I do not care much for optimization or flavor. I go with only one. A lot of times, character optimization sacrifices flavor. In other times, flavor sacrifices optimization. I do not care.
My characters tend to be Chaotic Good, just as I am Chaotic Good. I believe in morality, and what they stand for. But If fighting for morality would hurt me, then I'd rather keep myself in the shadows. I keep myself free from any harm, free from the clutches of morality even when I see something wrong done against moral standards.
Because I'm Chaotic Good, then so are most of my characters. They make a lot of wrong decisions, or tend to take a decision that is outside the party's decision. I help my party mates when I'm in favorable condition, but I will not die for them. That's my kind of Chaotic Good way.
Yzumel was Chaotic Good. My character from Phil's short-lived second Pharagos campaign was Chaotic Neutral. Aiuna is Neutral Good because I made her out of flavor, and because I want to be good.
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Revan
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Offhand, I'd have to say maybe.
Analysis:
Favorite Character Archetypes: Warriors, Commanders, and Manipulators.
I am not the most aggressive person in real life if you guys have noticed. A quick look see at my favorite archetypes show me using RPGs as a form of wish fulfillment and steam-venting (much as I use and excel at FPS games). The Commander aspect is very much wish fulfillment as well.
Still, while my characters are frequently warriors, they are almost invariably warriors and something else.
| Michael Stackpole wrote: | "I am more then a Warrior. Maybe you will understand what that means when you finally win your Bloodname."
- sa-Khan Phelan Ward, Clan Wolf, 23 May 3052, Tukayyid (Battletech: Lost Destiny) |
Whether they are warriors with a conscience, military brats, brawlers, emokids with superpowers, paragons and champions of a cause, or down-to-earth mercenaries, I always love adding twists, flavor tweaks, and shades of nuance to characters, and have always enjoyed the mere act of creating characters, an aspect of my CW background I guess. Unfortunately, that tends to mean that I sacrifice some game effectiveness for flavor.
Frequently Used Character Traits: Militant, Angry, Disciplined, Manipulative.
For Militant and Angry, see above. As far as Disciplined is concerned, its something of a hit and miss, comparing RP to RL. It definitely reflects some of my extremely Dualist, "Absolute Truth" morality that I used to embrace (and still turn to occasionally) pre-UP. Still, it's an outlook that I've regularly turned on and off over the past few years, my conscience still being a regular battleground between Absolutism and Relativism. I'm not so sure about the Manipulator aspect. I've never thought of myself as a political animal, but I've kept on getting bits of that in feedback from new friends in CAL. Cold, aloof, and at the same time arrogantly opinionated and always looking for the perfect moment to drop one or two words to shift the course of a discussion (or start one).
I could go on and on, but I think that covers the gist of how I and my characters interact in a meta-reality sense.
Related reading: GNS Theory article (Wikipedia)
By the standards of this article, my gaming style is most definitely Narrativist with slight aspects of Simulationist flavor.
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Revan
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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A more detailed model of the social and psychological aspects of gaming:
The Big Model (Wikipedia)[/url]
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boy_bakal
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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better believe I'm freaking CE XD
it's been determined that i'm incapable of playing good characters, that's no secret. the only time my characters ever feel right is when they're CE. they do what they want, when they want, to get what they want.
it's a different kind of CE, though. i don't stop by and kill every random peasant i pass by. i don't burn innocent bystanders for no apparent reason. it's because such acts do not serve my purpose. just because my character is CE doesn't mean he can't see the big picture. in a strange sort of way, his madness all falls into place to accomplish his goals (usually some form of vengeance).
in real life... am i CE? i'm not sure... but even if i was, i'd never tell. :3
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Xtian
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Revan
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| boy_bakal wrote: | | just because my character is CE doesn't mean he can't see the big picture. in a strange sort of way, his madness all falls into place to accomplish his goals (usually some form of vengeance). |
Ah yes. As Lawful Good != Lawful Stupid, Chaotic Evil != Bugfreakin Insane. A fairly clear distinction that still eludes people sometimes. Good != Bleeding Heart Liberal, Evil != Malevolent Force of Utterdarkness.
Fun RP possibilities actually with the Evil characters.
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mnightsilver
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I think that's why we play evil characters, don't we? It's fun. We can do more than when we are in real life. It's who we are, but who we can't be. As Xtian said, it's escapism, a suspension of disbelief. I did play an evil character for a short time (The gnome in BJ's the Chalice, Nuvelin, the one who did not tell where the traps were...  , you guys were pissed off weren't you). And that is one part of my personality, manipulative and playful. It's part of me, but I can't release that part of me most of the time.
Which brings me to another relevant topic: Evil is not nature. It's a face. People usually can't be "evil" outright. Evil is a worm that crawls in our stomach, then becomes gas spurted out of our a**. We keep it suppressed in our persona. By social standards, this "evil" can't be out else we f*** up our lives. So in the end, we release this stink cloud into our games.
Unfortunately, sometimes when we release, we begin to immerse with this alter persona. Sometimes we roleplay this "evil" too much, it becomes serious.
(We can read some evidence of immersion from our previous games. Let me just continue with analysis...)
I can't read Xtian because he prefers character optimization over flavor. He doesn't get into the game as much as, say, BJ does. But then again, character optimization to the extent of power-gaming shows something. Perhaps Xtian likes authority, or dominance, without making much effort. He's the eldest, but maybe he can't use this fact to his advantage. (But before I get too deep, I'll end this now, unless you want me to continue. I don't want to sound crappy any further, or before Xtian kicks me out of this forum )
But overall, optimization also means maximum fun for some players.
Am I being too Emo? because I kinda think I do, and I'm liking it. Hehehe.
If I'm going overboard here, tell me and I'd restate and repost. Otherwise, I'll continue...
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supertotoy
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say that I'm CN to CG. I also don't care embarrassing myself or others, as long as I express my conviction on the matter. I follow intuition and logic both. Freedom, flexibility, creativity. Flavor over power.
In gaming, I tried to play Lawful characters, but I can't seem to make it work. I like Chaotic and neutral characters better in that they can do whatever they want.
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oghma
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Neutrality has its perks, you adhere to your own code and love it. Aspects of chaos and neutrality have been my cup of tea since I started playing here in HGC. The last time I tried to play a paladin, I killed a bartender just because he was evil. 
I love the roleplaying aspect of this game that's why I love to play in New Selentia. 
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Pitz-Ikko
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:28 am Post subject: |
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I voted "No" to the question. I'm never a risk-taker, and I'd rather escape a fight if I can. I'm not at all skilled where it should count, but I strive to make my characters as skilled as possible. So overall, my PCs tend to be my complement.
More importantly, I've played female characters. Now, I'm DEFINITELY NOT saying I'm gay. (Curse be upon who claims otherwise!) 
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Xtian
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:45 am Post subject: |
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BJ
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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On the topic, I make varied characters, and their alignments are radically different (Vrahn was LE, Kruzko CE, Kellyzeah CG, Zyrena NE, Thovash NG). So I can say that it doesn't reflect my character at all.
But, for the record, methinks I'm LE 
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Pitz-Ikko
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Xtian wrote: | | We know you are not a gay since you are a female trapped in a man's body. |
Ah, that would explain why I find myself so cute. 
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