Best posts made by Ganymede

@surreality said in CofD and Professional Training:

@surreality said in CofD and Professional Training:

Personally, I'd make it the 'this is the collection of crap you get for choosing the template' for M/M+ (not ghouls or WB, but just 'mortal with supernatural merits' sort of +).

^ is relevant to the whole.

No, I got that. I get it. If you'll note, I thought it was appropriate for a M/M+ game like BITN. But for a mixed-race game (har har har), I simply believe that implementation creates peculiarities when you look at what lines like Werewolf provide. And then the argument of "why can't my vampire have it when his masquerade is a security guy / lawyer / professional stripper?" when you ban it for certain races because you don't want to give them too many advantages, and it's just not for me.

It's for everyone or no one on mixed-race games, for me.

@insomniac7809

To me, it is a watershed show against which other shows will be compared.

@Jennkryst said in Brainstorming: Hybrid/Homebrew Werewolf Game:

I THINK (or would guess/suggest) that the lodges are the social structure, with the base tribe you're a part of being just a mechanical bit, for the purpose of gifts and renown.

Very well. If that's the case, then maybe changing the names of the Tribes would help. For consideration:

Archetypes

The Talon (Glory): The war is here; the Garou are ready. You rush forward into the fray with the intent not to capture or mollify, but to annihilate your foe. They will surrender or they will die. (Lodges: Fianna; Fenrir; Wendigo.)

The Shadow (Wisdom): There will always be darkness, and you are its master. From it, you learn the quiet things that no one knows, and use those secrets to undermine your enemies' efforts. You conduct the war wisely and safely, in secret and away from the light. (Lodges: Bone Gnawers; Silent Striders; Uktena.)

The Warden (Purity): Beset on all sides, only the purest of hearts and cleanest of souls will withstand the predations of the Weaver and the Wyrm. You keep the old ways, and protect the sacred sites from defilement. Gaia's most eldritch blessings are yours to command. (Lodges: Black Furies; Red Talons; Croatan.)

The Master (Cunning): Knowledge is useless without application. Application is wasteful, if not perfected. And if it is not perfect, it is not worth doing. You put into motion that which will not fail because you are the best, and the best don't fail. (Lodges: Glass Walkers; Shadow Lords; Stargazers.)

The Lord (Honor): Not everyone is destined to be an Alpha. Of all of the approaches, the Alpha must practice all. It is your way because it is the right way, and it is the right way because it is your way. You lead your pack to victory because it would never find it without you. (Lodges: Children of Gaia; Silver Fangs; White Howlers.)

Just some ideas.

@geeklure

This seems to be more of a Crawfish-sketch place. We have another Crafting Thread in the same area of the forum if people want to stick up other sorts of crafts.

Or if you have a particular craft of your own to advertise, I'm not against making a thread for that too.

@surreality said in CofD and Professional Training:

For social characters or crafters? Pretty much screwed. I played a lot of artists and performers.

Social characters have Conditions to inflict. Or, at least, in theory they do. And crafters? Fuck, White Wolf/Onyx Path was never good with fleshing those rules out.

Hence, as you said: homebrew.

@chet

And what interest would I or anyone else like me have in performing a transitional discourse?

@crusader

Re: Authority

I was commenting on what you wrote here:

Hardly anyone in this thread seems to understand Werewolf: The Forsaken theme.

As you cannot possibly know what others truly know or understand, you cannot judge that they do not understand "Werewolf: The Forsaken" theme. As you lack expertise to opine based on what's been stated, you haven't the authority to make that conclusion. That's what I was talking about.

You're a smart fellow, but your communication levels don't seem to follow. Avoiding making judgments as to others' knowledge will strengthen your arguments.

@golgoth said in Mercenary Entrepreneurship:

he's suggesting his logic is on a different level because he believes he uses Theravada psychology (in the moment/non permanent) to defeat your simple yin/yang psychology (Jungian, more about self and opposition)

I am aware of this.

Theravada psychology is a good way to think beyond conventional logic to devise novel strategies to solve problems. It is a terrible way to sell a product, which is what he is trying to do. People exercise power in ways that are familiar to them.

He would be aware of this were he an entrepreneur.

@Auspice said in Emotional separation from fictional content:

''this is the werewolf tea sipping society scene at the garden party center, formal attire required''

This won't happen because the Elodoth in W:tF 2E unequivocally suck.

@jibberthehut

I'll bet she be like: "i can't see yo fas but i bet u fugly."

I love judgmental cats.

@Apu said in Emotional separation from fictional content:

And other times, someone might be new to the style of offered RP and not realize it's a bit more than they can handle, emotionally, until it's too late.

At these times, I propose having that player duck out, and catch up with them later as to how their PCs would have participated, so that they are still included in the RP (sort of).

@sunny said in Good TV:

I love Invincible SO MUCH. I can't really do gore so it gets rough at moments, but gosh, the characters and storytelling are so good it keeps me watching despite my hangups.

I'm really digging DC's Harley Quinn, if only because it is really gory. (Like when King Shark bites people in half.)

But it's so hilariously vulgar that it's hard to take too seriously, and all of the decapitation and uber-violence only adds to its absurdity.

Plus, like, Lake Bell is my totem Hollywood voice, so.

@Arkandel said in Emotional separation from fictional content:

Do you think something like an anti-vote system might help? A sort of "this person creeped me a bit OOC just now" anonymous, silent vote, if you will.

I don't see how what you're proposing is any different that crafting a @mail to staff generally.

I am against the idea of anonymous complaints where the conduct complained of is a serious problem. It makes investigating the allegations very difficult.

@aria said in RL things I love:

I said a man because we were literally talking about a guy ...

I understand.

What I meant to insinuate is not about gender; rather, it was that one should find someone resourceful enough to be useful. Because there's really no excuse not to be, in my opinion, for household tasks.

I recognize that replacing a water heater is a two-person job, but it's not a difficult one. (I helped my friend replace his with him.)

@Arkandel said in Emotional separation from fictional content:

Alright, that's fair enough. Do you think though that tracking down general misbehavior isn't worth/fair to track? What I'm attempting to eliminate here is people flying just under the radar; those somewhat minor things that might make playing a game unpleasant to someone, perhaps to the point where they stop logging on but where each trasgression isn't significant enough to report on its own, still take a toll.

The issue isn't whether a transgression is significant or not. That depends on the complainant. Failure to file a complaint means that staff may not notice what's going on. It's important to put in a complaint. I'd make this very clear. If something bugs you, report it. I don't give a shit how small it is.

Staff ought to look into each of these, seriously. It helps staff figure out the OOC dynamics they otherwise would not be able to track without a player-alt. People that complain a lot about tiny, miniscule things should get a sit-down; they should not be ignored because their frivolity saps staff of its available time. But those "under-the-radar" things? A quick chat with staff can make a player stop that shit real fast, if they want to remain on the game.

Sidenote: no one is fucking interested in your sex-related rant by page, and that to me is something I would report. Because that's how Rex/Sovereign and other "predators" get started. (I put that in quotations because he's the sort of stupid predator that gets shot apart real fast.)

@greenflashlight said in RL Anger:

My doctor has known the results of my MRI for two weeks but wasn't allowed to tell me about it before worker's comp gave him permission to, which seems just a wee bit fucked up that my employer's insurance provider is allowed to have information about my health before I am and can direct my healthcare provider to withhold that information from me until such time as they give him explicit permission to disclose my medical status to me.

There's more going on here. Physicians owe their duty of care to their patients, not to the insurers.

@Bobotron said in Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info:

The situatation seems to be the Sabbat dabbled in the Middle East, playing all sides, and that this meddling kicked off the 2nd Inquisition, which in turn led to a night in Berlin in which careless Berlin Anarchs had messages intercepted by this Inquisition, leading to the catastrophic events of last Friday night here and the eventual expulsion of Anarchs from the Camarilla and its setup as a "closed room", a secret society you have to be invited into.

This sounds really lame, right from the start.

@greenflashlight said in RL Anger:

Now take a wild guess who is most likely to claim a person died of excited delirium rather than, oh, I don't know, a two hundred pound man kneeling on the back of the decedent's neck for nine minutes.

I'd chuckle if it weren't so tragically absurd.

@Bobotron said in Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition Info:

But okay. Nothing that's been said paints the Middle East in any light other than 'there's fighting and shit going on here'. I'm genuinely curious what paints that picture to you.

"There's fighting and shit" occurs all over the world. In China, there is the government-driven oppression of Uygurs. In Myanmar, there is the oppression of the Rohingyas. In the Central African Republican, there is the oppression of the Fulas. And this is just the violent oppression of Muslims.

What about the Russian crackdown on homosexuals? What about the structural violence in India against the poor and underprivileged?

But when it comes to "fighting and shit," White Wolf goes and picks the low-hanging fruit. Because the ongoing media sub-text is: all the violence in the world occurs in or stems from what happens in the Middle East.

The World of Darkness' prior take -- that the United States is the breeding ground for Sabbat dissidence -- is a far-livelier and interesting take on the eternal struggle.

So, yeah. Orientalism. Right there: alive, well, and uninspiring.

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

They're the ones that don't have to work, is my guess.

They're the ones whose family don't have the guts to make them work.