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Post by blantyr on Feb 20, 2013 3:26:25 GMT -5
Doctor? I will say this experience has helped me understand non AGI culture better. For all my life, I have been AGI, therefore to many I am fearsome and repulsive. For most of my life I have sleeved pleasure pods, therefor to many I am immoral and repulsive.
Now I find biologicals repulsive.
One difference is that I know my behavior to be irrational. I might have good cause to fear and reject exurgents, but not all biologicals.
The other difference is that I am attempting a cure.
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Post by cleggster on Feb 20, 2013 9:12:03 GMT -5
In case I never answered your question about your pod, the answer is no. Your reaction to biological matter is external. Touching things. Your skin is your own.
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Post by blantyr on Feb 20, 2013 12:20:45 GMT -5
Just to say where I'm coming from, Mercedes habitually sleeves pleasure pods. Finding touching biologicals repulsive severely impacts the character concept. Part of why she was designed this way was to force her to interact more with biologicals. There is a definite downside to it, as reflected by the social skills penalty. The tension is a big part of the character.
This could be an interesting trauma to role play through. Overcoming the revulsion might not be as simple as rolling a few psychosurgery dice. She might also have a subplot line where she would have to find a male she could trust and would treat her as something more than dirt. Thing is, this doesn't seem to be a Bond movie where the sexual tension side plot is well integrated. I don't know that we want to play anything out. I intend to imagine some off screen scenes that would help resolve the character's tensions. It seems better to hint at them than play them out. This doesn't seem to be the sort of character development you're looking for.
I'm also a bit confused on the game's rating. On the one hand I've been told to keep things PG. On the other hand we have had horror sex scenes complete with descriptions of unusual genitals. I get a bit peeved when the censorship rules allow severe violence, perverted sex, cannibalism and similar extremes without limit but affection and basic needs are taboo.
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Post by cleggster on Feb 20, 2013 16:22:58 GMT -5
You will not that I never described the action. I just mention that monsters were doing the nasty. Personally I would not have written it that way. I seriously considered not bringing it up at all, but read it as written anyway. It was supposed to be am important part of the plot. But I kinda dropped it. But yes, this is a PG store. All games are pg, with a definite restriction on language in the store. I have no problem with keeping it implied though.
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Post by blantyr on Feb 20, 2013 18:58:36 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised how far they took it for an introductory scenario. They seemed to want to set an extreme for how their setting might be used. Well, it isn't a bland setting, so I could see how they wouldn't go with a bland introduction.
Still, I for one could do with somewhat less of the horror aspect. I'm not that enthused about insanity point systems, or rolling dice to determine how one must play one's character.
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Post by cleggster on Apr 30, 2013 19:56:47 GMT -5
Ok, this Thursday's Eclipse Phase game will be canceled because of one player will not be making it and me without a car. (Long story) But most definitely on for the following Thursday. Barring my car exploding or something.
Dream of red sands.
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