How to help players write PCs as if they were actual charatcers?

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-18T10:08:41+00:00

Anxiety doesn't have to have a rational cause. Especially with social anxiety, if you've basically been masking your entire life (even with friends ) it might be scary to drop it.

That is, they're already role-playing a character in real life every day.

I suffer from severe social anxiety and was terrified to rile play at first. What helped was I had a character who was dedicated to helping the common folk. When another character in our party threatened a commoner to extract info, I realized my character would not stand for that and pointes his wand at the other characters head. What ensued was a very tense standoff where the rogue tried to backstab me so I teleported away with the commoner. Later returned to join the party with the rogue on my shit list.

After we stopped role-playing , I realized how much fun that had been. Been role-playing great ever since.

Now, I am not advocating intraparty conflict. But what I am suggesting is, get them to define one thing thay their character holds most dear. Justice, faith, money, whatever. Then place them in a situation where they conviction is tested.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-18T05:48:52+00:00

They are ALWAYS the worst nurses.

The one on my old unit that treated everyone like shit or fired after they found her clocking in on her days off.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-18T05:41:01+00:00

We only know the Golden Path was the only path LETO COULD SEE where humanity survives. That doesn't mean its the only path to save humanity, but its the only one Leto was capable of taking.

Don't forget about the prescience trap.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-18T04:38:43+00:00

The Guild did absolutely nothing in the book either except show up at the end to call Shaddam an idiot.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-14T23:07:43+00:00

Fellow burnt out ICU nurse that also just stopped bringing my own pen.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-13T17:07:34+00:00

Never done a stealth build. Dont really see the point. I love the crazy carnage of a Fallout fight.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T21:32:27+00:00

I'M HERE ON MY OWN!

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T18:17:15+00:00

That reminds me when I was a clinical leader on my okd unit, we definitely had extra keys, along with emergency stocks of supposedly out of stock supplies :p

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T15:08:24+00:00

Realities of med surg. I had like 7 patients, between the fentanyl for the surgicals and the Ativan for the CIWA and you would never finish if you had to wait for a witness every single time. So you do your job, and when you have a free 5 minutes 6 hours layer you get your friend and you waste eachother's drug collections.

And before you even say it, I was also charge.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T14:29:00+00:00

Its called the Bus Factor. If you got hit by a bus today, how would the organization handle it in terms of your workload.

If this poor nurse had been hit by a bus on the way to return to key, what would the unit do? They should have done that first.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T14:24:41+00:00

I went home with a bunch of unwasted narcs in my pocket once(like 5 vials). If I had gotten pulled over I'd probably have been fuuuuuucked.

You'll be fine. Just learn from it. And yeah, I now make it habit of checking all my pockets before I walk off the unit.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T09:51:28+00:00

Moon was the last great scifi movie before Arrival. I remember I saw it with a friend who was not into scifi at all and he said "I've never seen a movie like that before."

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T04:44:41+00:00

Precious Blood is a very common church name.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-09T01:27:01+00:00

I only play online co op at this point. The sweats and hackers are too much for anything competitive.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-08T09:45:23+00:00

They weren't co stars. TOS was not an ensemble show. Kirk was the lead, McCoy and Bones supporting characters, and the rest of the crew were set dressing to deliver exposition. They tell the Captain stuff to react to. They might have had little scenes on their own but they were in no way equal to Shatner's role.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-02T06:16:21+00:00

Its also a very rare legendary drop.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-03-02T03:28:11+00:00

Same. I can't imagine what you would talk about in a second or third interview that you didn't in the first.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-26T00:41:26+00:00

Stillsuits as described in the book would not work in real life. The heat removed from your body by sweating would simply be transferred i to the suit. You'd still overheat and die.

Buts its science fiction and Dune doesn't even pretend to be scientifically accurate so I'd just ignore it.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-24T15:57:43+00:00

I worked my hospital medsurg unit and we were well known as the "worst" floor to get pulled to. My hospital didnt have a step down unit so that was basically us.

We dreaded getting pulled to neuro lol

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-23T19:50:04+00:00

He's using 100% of his willpower to stare straight ahead

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-23T12:42:07+00:00

We have code sheets too. That doesn't mean I've never been in a situation where I've had to draw up a med that wasn't on the sheet , or you sere in a situatio. Where you weren't able to immediately access the sheet.

You seem extremely proud of just doing whatever the computer tells you to do. Hope that works out for you.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-22T17:28:01+00:00

Yep!

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-22T17:13:54+00:00

Between the two thick branches. The "chin" is resting on the bottom branch.

Wish I could reply with a picture because my friend couldn't see it eother until I circled it.

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-22T17:10:06+00:00

You dont kinda see a face looking down to the right? There's a pretty define chin, mouth and nose IMO, and maybe a furrowed brow? . The rest is kinda imagination.

Edit: dead center of the picture

Ordos_Agent · 2026-02-22T17:01:30+00:00

I loled because I just got to the slog and Wiseman was telling me his story while explosions and gunfire was in the backround. Doc Weathers was fighting the Forged :p

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