Limitations You Would Like to See More Often

[archermoo]

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Everything in the realm of quoting is offlimits if it is completley out of context, or someone feels the need to recite an entire scene like it's one of the great soliloquies of Shakespear or something.

 

And I don't care if the team is using radios in game, you don't have to make that *krrrrk* static noise all the storm troopers make when talking!

 

So does that mean that reciting one of the great soliloquies of Shakespear is okay?

[ghost-angel]

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And I don't care if the team is using radios in game' date=' you don't have to make that *krrrrk* static noise all the storm troopers make when talking! [/quote']

crap .. that's the only reason I have my characters buy radios

[prestidigitator]

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So does that mean that reciting one of the great soliloquies of Shakespear is okay?

Shakespeare is always called for!

[archermoo]

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Shakespeare is always called for!

 

Well okay then:

 

What's he that wishes so?

My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow

To do our country loss; and if to live,

The fewer men, the greater share of honour.

God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,

Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;

It yearns me not if men my garments wear;

Such outward things dwell not in my desires.

But if it be a sin to covet honour,

I am the most offending soul alive.

No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.

God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour

As one man more methinks would share from me

For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!

Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,

That he which hath no stomach to this fight,

Let him depart; his passport shall be made,

And crowns for convoy put into his purse;

We would not die in that man's company

That fears his fellowship to die with us.

This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.

He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,

Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,

And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,

Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,

And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'

Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,

And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,

But he'll remember, with advantages,

What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,

Familiar in his mouth as household words-

Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,

Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-

Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered-

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition;

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed

Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

[Pogo]

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Cats:

Desmond Morris covered this in Cat Watching. Usually the person who's allergic to or dislikes cats will not look directly at the cat, not make noises at the cat, and not make quick gestures at the cat. Most cats find this very inviting, so of course they head for that person. Cats challenge each other by staring and making noise, so the one with the allergy is saying "I am friendly. I will not hurt you. You can surely trust me" in catese.

 

Smoke:

I suspect this is a matter of sensitivity. I don't smoke. My wife is allergic to cigarette smoke. She notices it much more quickly than I do, even if we trade places. Presumably the same sort of thing holds true for smokers vs non-smokers. I'm guessing fewer smokers than non-smokers don't mind cigarette smoke, so the non-smoker reacts more strongly.

 

Buttered toast and carpets:

Some secrets man was not meant to know.

 

Oh, and a limitation I'd like to see brought in from [dagnabbit, can't remember the game]: -0, power will fail with 3 consecutive identical descriptions (eg: "I punch him" "I punch him" "I punch him.") It gets boring after a while.

[archermoo]

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Smoke:

I suspect this is a matter of sensitivity. I don't smoke. My wife is allergic to cigarette smoke. She notices it much more quickly than I do, even if we trade places. Presumably the same sort of thing holds true for smokers vs non-smokers. I'm guessing fewer smokers than non-smokers don't mind cigarette smoke, so the non-smoker reacts more strongly.

 

I'm sure that is some of it, as I am sensative enough that someone smoking in their car with the window down in front of me at highway speeds bothers me if I don't have my air system on recirc.

 

However, I have actually been able to watch the flow of visible smoke change directions as I moved from one place in a room to another.

[AliceTheOwl]

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Well okay then:

 

What's he that wishes so?

My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;

Sadly, I just repped you yesterday, so I cannot give you rep today for Henry V's St. Crispian's Day speech. Would that I could . . .

[archermoo]

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Sadly' date=' I just repped you yesterday, so I cannot give you rep today for Henry V's St. Crispian's Day speech. Would that I could . . . [/quote']

 

The knowledge that it in some small way amused or entertained you is sufficient praise for this thespian's soul.

[Dust Raven]

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So does that mean that reciting one of the great soliloquies of Shakespear is okay?

 

No.

[Dust Raven]

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Well okay then:

 

What's he that wishes so?

 

Ah damn... and I liked Renaissance Man.

[Cancer]

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I'm toying with the concept of building a (male) character in a Champions campaign (actually a Champions-system Necessary Evil campaign), a magically-augmented martial artist sort, where the magical augmentation (about 100 AP out of the 300+150 starting build) is dependent upon keeping his virginity. It's not worth any points, of course, but it makes for lots of bad jokes.

 

Given that the backstory for the character is that this is a quasi-hereditary heroic identity, everyone in his line has decided to "hang up the mask" at some point and work on creating one's successor. The question is, when do you decide to do that....

[Duke Bushido]

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When the bullets start to hit......

[Dust Raven]

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Given that the backstory for the character is that this is a quasi-hereditary heroic identity' date=' everyone in his line has decided to "hang up the mask" at some point and work on creating one's successor. The question is, when do you decide to do that....[/quote']

 

Right after your DNPC saves your life.