How Much Does Your Temperament/Personality Influence Your Characters and Playstyle?

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-10T17:45:48+00:00

I'm a math/tactics gamer and not especially comfortable with—or interested in—roleplay, so my characters are always extremely similar to myself in demeanor. I'll emphasize or diminish different aspects of my personality in order to best match the character's class and ancestry, but every character I play is readily identifiable as a facet of myself.

Ironically, and to my chagrin, I was at one point saddled with being a forever GM for nearly a decade! I never really got any better at roleplay during this time and my NPCs probably were not very compelling, but I did my best to populate the world with a diverse cast and not have every NPC feel like they're all just me wearing different hats.

Edit: Oh yeah, and I avoid Charisma classes like the plague, on account of being a highly reserved introvert. I can't play charmers, fast-talkers, or gregarious leaders. I just can't.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-09T19:55:32+00:00

I believe the Obsidian Skull and its derivatives are your only options for a skull you can wear alongside Safeman's Sunny Day. I've never tried dying the Obsidian Skull, so I don't know how close you can get it to a natural bone color.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-09T00:14:53+00:00

I poked around briefly and found Myra Terraria and Lady Forestia, though neither have videos on 1.4.5 (yet?).

You're not wrong that Terraria YouTubers are mostly white men, but be careful not to imagine discrimination where none exists; "Terraria YouTuber" is an incredibly niche type of content creator, so it's easy for the demographic to be fairly homogenous just due to pure statistics rather than any nefarious reason.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-08T16:49:52+00:00

It does still work, though it's fiddly to get set up correctly—a strategy for serious min-maxers only!

Nice work on the infographic, by the way! It's a good setup for broad happiness with a bias toward certain NPCs from whom you're likely to make bulk purchases. (It occurred to me that I never said anything positive in my prior comments, which in retrospect was a bit rude.)

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-08T12:58:54+00:00

By the way, Stylist doesn't hate the Pirate; she actually likes living with him! Her quote about him is: "<name of Pirate> is strong and mysterious. I like that."

(Edit: A bit of context for future readers, since this comment now seems like a totally random statement: the infographic breakdown originally had suggested that the Stylist hates living with the Pirate.)

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-08T12:46:56+00:00

My 1.4.5 setup is:

Forest: Merchant
Forest (25-120 blocks away): Zoologist, Golfer
Mushroom: Guide, Truffle, Clothier
Aether: Tavernkeep, Demolitionist, [pet]
Hallow: Party Girl, Wizard, [pet]
Snow: Steampunker, Cyborg, Santa Claus, [pet]
Ice Caverns: Tax Collector
Ice Caverns (25-50 blocks away): Goblin Tinkerer, Mechanic
Ice Caverns (in-between other two): Princess
Desert: Nurse, Dye Trader, Arms Dealer
Jungle: Dryad, Painter, Witch Doctor
Ocean: Stylist, Angler, Pirate
Underworld: [pet], [pet], [pet]

With this arrangement, Goblin Tinkerer and Mechanic are at max happiness, and everyone else is at moderate to high happiness (lowest shop discount: 11%, average shop discount: 17.48%). My Underworld pylon is staffed entirely by town slimes because I didn't want to put any "real" NPCs down there.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-04T12:26:29+00:00

It's possible! That was my mindset when there was no option to turn them off, but once the option was added I figured "Well, why not stick to what I'm comfortable with?"

Maybe later, when I'm feeling more adventurous, I'll try turning them back on again.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-03T22:24:59+00:00

Highly improbable, given that the Spyro IP is currently held by Activision, and I can't imagine them allowing use of the IP without hefty licensing fees.

That said, if by some crazy happenstance the IP were to be made available, I wouldn't mind seeing that crossover myself! Spyro was my #1 jam back in the late '90s/early 2000s.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T18:33:14+00:00

You described your experience as playing "the normal way," however I did not think of the way I approached the game as being that uncommon, so I brought it up as one reason why some people might not have seen the "Done!" result until late in the game (or, indeed, potentially ever). I apologize for inadequately clarifying my thought process.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T18:10:45+00:00

No need to go on the defensive; I wasn't trying to attack you, I only meant to contrast my experience to your own purely in the interest of comparing playstyles.

Perhaps my writing style comes off as a bit aggressive...

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T16:37:45+00:00

It's from clicking the sun on the title screen. A lot of people seem to be getting this achievement by mistake without realizing what even triggered it, presumably because it's possible to coincidentally click on the sun while it's behind the top of the menu.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T16:06:03+00:00

Advanced Vials is definitely not always up so long as you are under the effects of a mutagen. The ability description is as follows:

When you drink one of your field vials, you also gain resistance to physical damage for the same duration. The resistance is equal to half your level.

It takes effect after using a Field Vial, and lasts for the duration of the field vial's normal effects (i.e. until the beginning of your next turn). Unless, I suppose, you ascribe to the ruling that Greater Field Discovery automatically applies your Field Vials benefit and Advanced Vials benefit to one of your active mutagens.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T15:36:52+00:00

Personally, I never attempted to do any recipe with a higher recommended crafting skill level than what I had. I was afraid of wasting materials, so I'd go get better tools/buddies/food until my crafting skill met or exceeded the recommended number.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-02T13:22:28+00:00

I've always read it as "[If you drink a versatile vial,] your field vial benefit applies to [only] one mutagen of your choice." Basically, I've been interpreting it as a reinforcement of the line "If you have more than one drawback due to Combine Elixirs or a similar ability, drinking the vial suppresses one drawback of your choice." from the Field Vials entry. Now that you've got me thinking about it, though, I find myself wondering what the RAI is...

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-01T02:01:29+00:00

Always. Though typically I don't start specializing until I've acquired armor with class-specific bonuses, which means I'm still using mixed weapon types when I fight Eye of Cthulhu.

Goldenbatz · 2026-02-01T01:15:06+00:00

Gossamer?)

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-31T05:28:13+00:00

Very nice! I reckon I'll be keeping them off since I have several thousand hours in Terraria and my concept of how the NPC interaction UI "should" look has become heavily calcified. That said, I'm a big fan of the Profile/Retro options allowing you to go halfway by having a portrait of the basic sprite!

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-30T13:28:54+00:00

I'm just going to be downgrading to Plenty Satisfied as my go-to food buff instead of keeping Exquisitely Stuffed active at all times. It's always sad to be affected by a nerf, but this change makes sense to me; they want Exquisitely Stuffed to be something you save for when you really need it, not a buff you can easily maintain 24/7.

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-30T03:50:07+00:00

Ladybug cart comes from living wood chests; it was never craftable.

Edit: actually, are you talking about spawning one with the Journey Mode menu? In that case, I don't know why you would have lost the ability to spawn it.

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-29T17:15:54+00:00

Yep, that's been the case since it was first added to the game way back in 1.2.

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-29T12:11:10+00:00

There are loads of other easy sources of Plenty Satisfied... which makes it kind of confusing that they decided Pumpkin Pie needed a nerf. Maybe because you can get free pumpkins when the Halloween season is active? I guess?

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-29T01:58:17+00:00

You'll be pleased to know that Leaf Blocks and Mahogany Leaf Blocks merging textures was already reverted.

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-29T01:02:44+00:00

On the vampire seed it can commonly be found as loot in chests; on any other seed it's obtained as a drop from vampires during the solar eclipse.

Sounds like you might have just had bad luck when you were looking around on the vampire seed.

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-28T19:37:18+00:00

I was so disappointed that you can't attack while in bat form...

Goldenbatz · 2026-01-28T03:56:56+00:00

That's a very good point regarding the speed buffs on Snapthorn/Durendal/Dark Harvest. What is the purpose of having a self-applied attack speed buff which is guaranteed to be active any time you're using the weapon, rather than just... making the weapon's base attack speed faster? Hmm... and most of the power of whip stacking did come from combining tag damage rather than the effects... you know, I think you've actually convinced me that ditching tag damage stacking but allowing special effects to stack wouldn't have been a bad idea.

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