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Old 10-18-2009, 10:42 PM   #41
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Just Kidding: You say many insulting comments followed by "Just Kidding" to diffuse the situation. For example, "boy, your sister looks like a used-up whore...Just kidding!".
That's a lot like Friendly Comment Negator earlier in the thread; I'd say that one's a -5 point OPH, too.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:49 PM   #42
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That's a lot like Friendly Comment Negator earlier in the thread; I'd say that one's a -5 point OPH, too.
I honestly used to know a person who liked to say things like this.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:52 PM   #43
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I honestly used to know a person who liked to say things like this.
I used to know a couple people like that, too. The word I commonly use to describe people such as them is '******'. It's definitely more than a quirk.
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:03 PM   #44
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I used to know a couple people like that, too. The word I commonly use to describe people such as them is '******'. It's definitely more than a quirk.
Agreed. I'd probably call the whole category "OPH: Whiplash Comments."
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:47 PM   #45
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Just Kidding: You say many insulting comments followed by "Just Kidding" to diffuse the situation. For example, "boy, your sister looks like a used-up whore...Just kidding!".

That's a lot like Friendly Comment Negator earlier in the thread; I'd say that one's a -5 point OPH, too.
Actually it sounds like an alternate Influenche Schtick PERK (To Disarming Smile Power Ups 2: Perks p.15) that constitutes making a diplomacy roll to attempt to negate the boorish behavior.
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Old 10-19-2009, 02:56 AM   #46
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Actually it sounds like an alternate Influenche Schtick PERK (To Disarming Smile Power Ups 2: Perks p.15) that constitutes making a diplomacy roll to attempt to negate the boorish behavior.
No, not really. How is it a minor benefit for your character to have a compulsion that sometimes ticks people off and sometimes has no effect?

Unless you mean he should get the full -5 points for the OPH, then can take a perk allowing him to make a Diplomacy roll to avoid the reaction penalty. That's probably fair, but rather complicated.
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Old 10-20-2009, 01:49 PM   #47
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A gaming buddy of mine used to always call me (at work, yet) "s***head." I eventually mentioned to him that I took that to mean he thought I was an idiot, and he looked surprised. He thought he was merely speaking "colorfully."

He later told me, completely matter-of-factly, absolutely hair-raising stories of his childhood. (His father was a two-meter tall violent alcoholic.) I eventually realized he had the absolute thickest skin of anyone I ever met; no wonder.

Don't know if anyone would want to model any of that in gameplay terms, but people who toss casual insults aren't always jerks, sometimes they're just used to that and worse...
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:42 PM   #48
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:47 PM   #49
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-Loves RPGs but dislikes all other video games
I have "Finds it mildly distasteful that when he talks about liking RPGs people think he's talking about a computer game" myself. :)
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:50 PM   #50
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I have "Finds it mildly distasteful that when he talks about liking RPGs people think he's talking about a computer game" myself. :)
Mea culpa :o I should know better, considering where I am. Of course I meant the computer games originally based on RPGs that share the title out of convenience.
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