@SwampCreature

I am obsessed with Solid Snake's herculean odyssey, his machismo archetype, and his ability to become the avatar of the audience that plays him. His rise and fall. His naivety to betrayal lends itself so perfectly to an audience coming into the story for the first time.

His ability to nod the fourth wall that controls his steps without accepting it. He follows orders with suspended disbelief in what is real and what are the psychological horrors of the battlefield He follows his own ideas with a certain cognitive dissonance to both the plot AND the concept of being inside a PlayStation. The way he gets distracted by childish things (as an aside to the equally bored and overwhelmed viewer) whenever something important is revealed in great detail.

He is a perfect vessel for the player... A film will never be able to capture the magic of Snake as a video game character. I could go on.

Also, I love Senua from Hellblade.
I love the concept of being schizophrenic/ mentally ill in ancient religious times. Fighting off shadows in the forest. Finding meaning in random shapes and colors. Stricken by grief of lost loved one. All to the tune of ancient pantheons. Her acting and mocap were amazing. Her performance was incredible and the character as a game concept was peak 2010's.

And the Narrator in Darkest Dungeon. His anguish for his sins. His desire for more. A lot of twists and turns. A memorable performance!

@SerasStreams I agree but my logic is that names are better off fixed in production. in fact they are generic for the point that they are archetypes and simpler to follow along. If "Kingdoms of Amulur: Reckoning" taught me anything... it's to keep the names simple. I'm no Tolkien. haha

This stream was so much fun! I strongly recommend checking it out if you weren’t able to watch it live!

I'm late to this, but I also love dice with tiny things inside. I'm always seeing unique dice sets come up on IG; I've recently seen some cool nature-y ones. I also like glow-in-the-dark, glitter, or hollow core ones filled with colored water. I think my perfect set would depend on my character and the game I was currently playing. In my current game, I think I'd love some transparent dice flecked with gold, with small leaves and vines swirled within (or carved into them), with a little deer inside, representing my character. 🦌

Airbending, especially if it includes being able to harness storms. I've always felt an affinity for wind and thunderstorms. I love how many people in this thread chose Airbending, I didn't think it would be so popular!

“You are a horrible person. I'm serious; that's what it says: 'A horrible person.' We weren't even testing for that. ” Pretty much anything GLaDOS says in Portal is gold. I don't know that a game has ever made me laugh harder than that one.

Also, any quote from Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2, there are too many to name, but I do especially love Butt Stallion. The Borderlands games have such good dialogue.

@Alexander-Salkin

NO! You are right, they were so drunk on power, they never stopped to ask why! WOW. And to be ended by a rusty knife of all things! Pride does goeth before the fall. I have to say I LOVE evil campaigns. I think they are so fun and fulfilling. It sounds like you had an awesome group and campaign. To get past level 20 and then die. But it doesn't matter cause it was epic and everyone is still happy. That is truly the biggest compliment for a DM. Kuddos.

@Alexander-Salkin

I woke them up in a cave, how very DnD of me. They got to explore, fight (baby owlbears), and stumbled upon a secret door. Who would have thought? I was a little disappointed though. I had a color puzzle that I had seen on reddit and thought was fun and simple. Purple Door - Red/Blue/Yellow Torches. Light the right ones (red+blue = purple) the door opens. I didn't even get done describing the room before they had figured out the puzzle. Shrugs. Could have been worse. At least they got it.

@mianngu I didn't even know there was one lol this is pretty exciting! I often wondered what kind of bender I would ultimately be....

@Hanzilla

Felicitations Krimber,

I'm sure you are surprised to be receiving this correspondence, considering the way we last parted. It was not my intention to trouble you or burden you further with sentiments. I can assure you, I am but reaching out in a purely academic capacity. But should you find this letter too burdensome, I completely understand if you wish to disregard it. Though I could not lie and say that wouldn't sadden me greatly.

Surprises abound for I have also left Lightsworn. Several months ago, I had stumbled upon a unique tome authored by Turkin Stuffin, a halfling of great age. Within Stuffin's recipe for Gooseberry pie, I found the first mention of the lost city of Snacking. Lost far to the North of Trameea, within the wildness of the forests of Rhubard.

Deciphering its exact location took me several months, and even longer to convince the Explorers Guild to take me. But I have finally found Snacking. Crumbling into the forest floor, it is half buried, but its treasures are still intact I think.. You always encouraged me to seek my dreams, I regret it has taken me so long to seek them too.

We have been here several weeks and I have found myself in a quagmire of secret doors and silly traps. But perhaps the most frustrating is this note found sealed within a chest made of jade dragon skin. Presumably, to keep it safe from fire I suppose? I have included it in this letter.

Long have I pondered its contents, but I fear I can not make heads nor tails of it. I know you are quite fond of riddles and perhaps you may make headway where I could not. I understand that your time is so precious. Please write me and tell me all about your studies. I miss conversations terribly. Thank you again.

Cordially Yours,

Amelia

P.s. Give my fond regards to Bartum.

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I think there’s definitely a market for it, though it’s not for everybody. Obviously there’s romance in RPG video games (you and I share an affinity for FFIX which has one of my favorite canon romances ever) but in TTRPGs it will ultimately come down to what players are comfortable with. I reckon as long as everyone is communicative about their comfort levels and boundaries, it can absolutely be done and be fun! I know it’s been done on real-play TTRPG podcasts too - I’m only personally familiar with The Adventure Zone where it was executed very well, but I think there were romances on Critical Role as well.

I'm going to the park this weekend to play! I haven't played in years but I'm excited to get back into it.

@duckluck Thanks! we would love to GM it for someone 🙂

@mianngu Exactly. The idea isn't terrible, but it wasn't posed as a morality test or anything. He would only call it a logic puzzle which doesn't make much sense with how he ran it. Having to guess that there was no solution to what was worded as a riddle challenge without a hint or some direction made it illogical, if anything.

I think he was shooting for something profound but took the underpants gnome's approach to planning it.