The OOC Hangout Thread (New people introduce yourself here!)

[Magni Prime]

I prefer to (at least in this venue for the moment) apply the penalties in a more practical way. Say a person has a broken arm. On paper, that might be a -2 to any rolls because of overall damage. I disagree. It would provide no demonstrable detriment to running or perception. It would, however, provide a significant penalty to strength or dexterity. The damage should be factored into rolls accordingly. That said, such can get very complicated very quickly.

I remember that there was a game where we ended up fighting a huge baddie, a priestess that became the avatar for a vengeful deity. We had a member of the party that had a unique ability called a "Demon Deathblow," a special attack that would negate armor and go straight to hit points. He tried over and over again with a deathblow called shot to the back of the neck of the avatar. He had massive penalties, but then on somewhere around the 6th or 8th try he got a natural 20. Beheaded the thing, and ended a massive battle that our GM had planned. it was glorious.  

[Magni Prime]

Just another of my favored war stories. I have more than a few of those. cool

Any hard rule should be ammended. For instance, in the world where I am running, one of the three players actually created that world. For the current game, it is a variant, and he said to me that because of how I play/run, I know more about his world than he does. He focused on making the map, and then tried to make stories based on that. Why is this called that? What would this do for people? For me . . . I took the reverse. I focused on the people and societies. Fleshing out what it would mean to be an elf, dwarf, wolfen, etc. How would those races interact and what kind of culture would you expect to find in them. Sure, the mountains and seas are important, but the people there- that was my focus, and it is working well thus far.  

[Magni Prime]

I'm just about done helping others. No. Scratch that. I'm ******** done for a while. I'm tired of being shat upon by others. When they need something, I do the right thing. When I ask for something, I'm the last person to be considered for anything. Gave up a day off to cover a guy who had a breakdown, and I heard he was worried about losing hours. So I don't have to work six days this week, He was to take over my day tomorrow.
Oh, well, uh, that is, umm . . . . Yeah, thanks. ******** bullshit. I'm pulling 8.5-10 hours a day almost every day, and when I need a break? Too bad. ******** off.  

[Magni Prime]

Well, that was a coworker. Happened again today. a new hire called off the moment the insider came in today. Right when he is due in, he called off. I mean the minute. So, guess who got called in- and then yelled at because I went in early. Ticked spouse, going to work early, and a pile of feh.

Naturally, I lived through it, but still got really upset at being yelled at for being dependable.  

[Nine-Tails927]

I'm sorry to hear about that Prime, as it is not as rare as most think about how people suffer from verbal lashings just for doing their job the correct way. Tends to bring down morale and even lose jobs in the process. But I digress, lets leave this depressing subject for at least a moment more.

Hello everyone, I'm more like a returning member than a newbie, having arrived after self-exile from having my time taken up at Job Corp, and I hope to re-integrate back into this community.  

[Serena of Pretensa]

Hello!
Nice to meet you all. Can't wait to start rp after the infernal finals i endured.  

[Magni Prime]

I vaguely recognize you, Tails. Good to see you about. I fear this place is nowhere near as active as it used to be. Personally, I blame Gaia. It used to be a site geared specifically toward online RP, but the focus has long since shifted away from that. Either way, welcome back and good to see you.

Serena, welcome to our little corner of the net. Feel free to ask and look around to your heart's content. *warm smile and bow*  

[Nine-Tails927]

I am honestly surprised somewhat that I am recalled by you in any way, Prime. None the less, Its good to be home in the community and I hope that, over the summer time, that others might possibly return. Otherwise, its not like I can even find my last posts on here from about over a year ago, so I'll just start out new and fresh.  

[Magni Prime]

You have a somewhat interesting and familiar countenance, friend. You are most welcome to return and hang out, though the place has seen far more active days.

I apologize for the delay in responding, I had a family emergency. We were stranded out of state, and I just got home. sweatdrop