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  18. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Donovan Morningfire said:

    That might describe your group, but doesn't match up to most of the groups I've gamed with regarding the "beer and pretzels" attitude.

    As for the difference of being a murder-hobo vs. defender of the light (who don't always have to be stoic), maybe that says something about you that you find it easier RPing a murderous thug as opposed to RPing someone who wants to actively make their world a better place.

    Besides, nowhere is it said that Jedi have to emotionless automatons on par with Star Trek's Vulcans.  Even in the films we see Jedi who freely engage in humor; Obi-Wan is infamous for it, especially in TCW, and even Yoda and Qui-Gon get in on the act.  Ahsoka was anything but stoic, and apart from some early series brattiness did a pretty good job of being a "defender of the light" in what was a very dark circumstance.

    Well after you work that stick out, have a look and I think you'll find that the 'beer and pretzel attitude' is how most, not all no, but most people will be running their sessions.

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    38 minutes ago, Donovan Morningfire said:

    The point you're missing is those sorts of players are claiming "I'm playing a Jedi!" when frankly they're not.

    It's the same as having a PC claiming they're playing a 4-color Golden Age superhero when the reality is they're playing a 90's anti-hero.  Or playing a carbon-copy of Maul post-TCW but trying to claim they're an upstanding and respected member of the Jedi Order.

    If those sorts of players want to be the quasi-psychic thug with a laser sword, fine.  But they shouldn't go around calling themselves something they aren't.  That sort of character has generally betrayed the ideals that the Jedi Order professes, and is more the sort of individual the Jedi Order would track down and stop, especially if said character has gone the murder-hobo route.

    And the reality of the situation is that its actually quite hard to live up to the lofty ideals and tenets of the Jedi when full of beer and pretzels and jeff just told a joke about falling on a cucumber. Think we have to take a step back and realize that the majority of players will be murder hobos because being a murder hobo is a lot more fun than a stoic defender of the light.

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