What inspired you to start role-playing?Many many years ago, back in 1982, my parents heard about this new type of
game that required no board and involved social activity, creative
thinking and a wholly different approach to gaming and they thought
it would be good for me to get involved in something like this,
especially as they were fantasy fans. My father found a local rp
group advertised at my local library and encouraged me to give it a
go. I went along and played my first ever game of DnD and haven't
looked back since.
As
for online rping? Well, that was down to my gf, Kat, who some of you
will know as Runya. I was very sceptical of text-based rping, but I
gave it a go…8 or 9 years later and I'm an admin in Revaliir!
Who
was your first character?Playing
Dnd? I think I had a magic user called Merlin. But in this kind of
rping, it was Judge.
What
trait of your character(s) fits you the most?I am like Mendean in that I abhor unnecessary violence and strive to
push the boundaries of what I can accomplish in my roles.
What
types of books do you read? Mostly
science fiction and non-fiction.
What
type of music do you listen to?Oh
now that's an almost impossible question to answer. My preferences
change on an almost weekly basis. Last week it was Phillip Glass. The
week before that it was Nine Inch Nails. This week it seems to be
Scott Walker and VNV Nation. Next week? Well, I've been listening to
The Fall quite a bit over the past day or two…and Foetus…and Yann
Tiersen…and Front Line Assembly…and the Butthole
Surfers….pigface, psychic tv, coil, front 242, throbbing gristle,
beethoven, Laibach….Screw it, I won't tie myself down!
What
do you do outside of Revaliir? I
work. I write, I draw. I rp, I've been working on a rp game design
with my youngest brother a fair bit. A friend and I have been working
on a new album of music…I dunno…I guess I'm an all-round
creative.
For
some, how can you handle so many characters?Simple
answer? I don't. I usually only work with one character at a
time…occasionally two.
Does
your family inspire your characters?A
little bit. Mendean's relationship with his dead father is similar to
my own relationship with my living father.
What
are you favourite mythical creatures?Superheroes!
Xbox
or Playstation?A
what and a what?
What
are your favourite games?Board
games: Risk, Dominion, Connect Four. RPGs: Mutants and Masterminds,
Savage Worlds, Changeling, Looking into Fate and Gumshoe system games
recently.
If
you play games, what are your top 3? I
assume this means video games, so none.
You
live in Westeros and your family is one of the great houses. What is
your house sigil, and what are your words?Westeros…is
that in Yorkshire?
Peanut
butter: smooth or crunchy?Oh
come off it.
If
you could have dinner with any one fictional character, who would you
choose?Jerry
Cornelius.
What
is the title of the book currently on your bedside table? I'm
only really reading ebooks these days. Currently no books, but I will
download something in the next week or two, as I do most months.
You
are running for the highest elected office of your country. Write a
poem outlining your biggest policy priority.It's okay to be smart
Might be quite a revelation
But have a good heart
And prioritise education.
Describe
your ideal breakfast.Breakfast?
What's that?
Oh
no! Toxic and/or radioactive chemicals have spilled all over you!
What's your new superpower? What are the negative consequences of the
accident? Telepathy.
The negative consequence of that is rarely being surprised by people.
If
life gave you lemons what would you do with them?Give
them to the person who came up with this question.
Do
you have a degree or are working on one? If so what for?Hah!
Dropped out of my illustration honours degree because I became a
parent. Dropped out of my social sciences degree because I became a
single parent.
If
you were a flower which flower would you be?A
dandelion, because those bastards are hard to get rid of and kinda
irritating.[
What
type of games do you like if any at all?We've
kind of covered this already, but I'll summarise by saying strategic
board games and tabletop role playing games.
In
the land of skyrim Stormcloaks or The Empire?WTF
do those words even mean?
Sith
or Jedi?Neither.
They're all dumb, especially Jedi, who are anti-learning and
anti-democracy. Sith aren't much better as they don't really know
what they want all that power for. Burn them all, useless wasters. I
once spent a tube journey convincing a friend that Yoda was actually
evil. I won the argument and she's never forgiven me.
What
is your all time favourite DnD or other rpg character you have done!
(details please)Count
Sebastian von Alucard, also known as the Black Count. Killed a
cardinal, but as he was school friends with the emperor, he was
merely excommunicated and proceeded to become an awesome swashbuckler
with a fearsome rep (the game was rolemaster). Another great
character was A vampire dark ages character whose name is lost in the
annals of time. He was a moor and an assamite, as well as a devout
Muslim who liked to instruct children in the koran in the evenings.
He had faith, which made him terrifying to many a vampire. And an
honourable mention should go to Creep, a Mutants and Masterminds
character I had who was a shape changer who could slip through
keyholes, punch down mega bad guys by vomiting up fists and was
generally awesome, except that no matter what he changed into, he
looked like a mass of pulsating flesh. All he wanted to do was be
normal so his ex wife would let him spend time with his son (he
finally succeeded through the use of weaker duplicates)
favourite
Book?Right
now? The Martian.
fire,
earth, water, or air?Meh.
Other
than yourself who is one of the rpers you enjoy reading on the
site?Tbh I don't really read anyone else's posts these days. I've not had many people to rp with, and when that happens, i lose interest in what others are doing. I'll read some of your stuff if you rp with me, but I'm mostly interested in what you are writing with me. I take writers as I find them. Also, I don't like to play favourites, so even if there were people I read the work of, I would not say so.
Tbh I think this question is a little crass.
favourite
type of tea?Assam.
What
is your favourite class?Middle
Class.
If
we're talking Dnd…I couldn't say. Haven't played it for twenty
years.
What
is your most favourite area to rp in when it comes to Revaliir?Wyllmochvar.
What is your favourite good movie, and bad movie, and why?Torn
between les fabuleux destin d amelie poulain and Once upon a time in
the West.
Fave
bad movie right now is Hardcore Henry…a russian-made first person
shooter film where the main protagonist is a killer cyborg who cannot
talk and interacts with multiple versions of Sharlto Copley…it's an
amazing film!
Toilet paper - over or under?OVER!
http://www.snopes.com/2016/04/20/the-great-toilet-paper-orientation-debate/