tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post461470710546060077..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Wisdom ReduxAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-73246777353675087462011-10-01T15:04:17.235-06:002011-10-01T15:04:17.235-06:00Yeah, I should have done this and posted ages ago....Yeah, I should have done this and posted ages ago. I've worked at bits and pieces of it. But seeing that this is almost two years old, makes me feel guilty.<br /><br />Let's say I'll try to have something to show in November.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-36746539372216296342011-09-30T23:59:26.869-06:002011-09-30T23:59:26.869-06:00I was wondering if you ever reworked your tables f...I was wondering if you ever reworked your tables for Dexterity, Constitution, and Charisma? And if so, where did you post them?Peppermint Nightmarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03988746526687542570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-85872741613905199242010-01-31T21:53:45.297-07:002010-01-31T21:53:45.297-07:00I'd like to apologize for being so confrontat...I'd like to apologize for being so confrontational in my posts. I guess I just went through F.A.T.A.L flashbacks- <br /> Bad memories of the harlot-breast-size tables in the Ready Ref sheets and neckbeard DMs aside, I really don't have any strong objections to the table itself, but I feel like this attitude can open the game to a level of granularity and intimacy that can become both cumbersome and uncomfortable.<br /> My problem with the table (now that I step back) is pretty much purely rhetorical- I just strongly believe that level of detail (character sexuality in general) doesn't need to be introduced unless the player wants to.Harlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124944584897809826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-53898858225908823602010-01-31T13:11:41.775-07:002010-01-31T13:11:41.775-07:00I must play with some really mature people then. ...I must play with some really mature people then. Rolled this result last night, for one of the two girls who play in my world who happen to be of lesbian orientation. My 'looking up from the table and gravely telling them' was met with cheers, much laughter, and arguments about why I didn't also include "transvestism" on the table (I consider this a choice). I already have a character (played by my daughter) who has chosen to run as a transvestite.<br /><br />Incidentally, it was particularly humorous that the girl who got the homosexual result was playing a MALE character.<br /><br />So, 'add' something? I don't know. Game is supposed to be fun, right? Is 'fun' an addition?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-79911089001491994012010-01-31T12:16:42.439-07:002010-01-31T12:16:42.439-07:00I guess it just seems strange to connect it to wis...I guess it just seems strange to connect it to wisdom of all things- if anything sexual orientation seems like it should be a roll unconnected to anything else-<br /> BUT I really don't think that you need any sort of system, or that one is desirable. Obviously you don't choose your orientation any more than your race or sex in life, but I don't think anyone's gaming will be improved by you looking up from a table and gravely telling them that their character is gay, because you say so. It's just uncomfortable to have your sexuality dictated. Obviously this depends on the maturity of the group, but I can't see how that improves anything.Harlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124944584897809826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-90679028928701573012010-01-30T10:09:36.467-07:002010-01-30T10:09:36.467-07:00Is it not humorous, knowing that this would defini...Is it not humorous, knowing that this would definitely be brought up.<br /><br />You will take note that the result appears if you <i>exactly</i> roll your wisdom ... which means, if your wisdom is 17 and you roll a 17 on a d20, or if your wisdom is 10 and you roll a 10 on a d20, you have homoerotic tendencies. It has nothing to do with how high your wisdom is. It is an utterly neutral result, and there is ALWAYS a 1 in 20 chance of getting it, regardless of what wisdom your character has.<br /><br />Consider, Harlo, that I am including the result very carefully, in a game that NEVER gives one word towards the possibility. If you take the position that homosexuality is something one is BORN with, then it ought to be something a character has by chance, not something the character 'chooses' to play.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-46094763378510831982010-01-30T09:27:25.253-07:002010-01-30T09:27:25.253-07:00Am I misreading you, or are you saying that "...Am I misreading you, or are you saying that "homosexual inclinations" are somehow the result of a deficient wisdom score?<br /> Because duuuude, that is not cool.Harlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124944584897809826noreply@blogger.com