03-23-2017, 04:03 PM | #1 |
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Pyramid #3/101: Humor
Humor and tabletop gaming have gone hand-in-hand since the latter first existed. Who hasn't laughed at the tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo? Or caught a mistake that changed a rule from sensible to hilarious? And what would be the point of sitting around a table with our friends and some dice if we weren't cracking the occasional joke? Even the most serious and grim game demands the occasional moment of comedy, if only as a counterpoint to the rest of the campaign's darkness.Never spurn humor; In fact, in many ways humor requires even more complex and careful thought than roleplaying. As the Grand Clavister once pointed out, "A conversation requires local knowledge. A story requires local knowledge and global information. A joke requires local knowledge, global information, knowledge of human nature, and one more thing: self-awareness. [...] The fact that people can share in something as complex as humor is a miracle of evolution." So prepare for a master class in class-clown mastery with Pyramid #3/101: Humor. Shall we begin?
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03-23-2017, 04:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/101: Humor
Stopped reading till the sun goes down and out of my window :)
Animating Your Life by Kelly Pederson is freaking awesome. I was hoping for something like this in the issue and would have been very disappointed if there was not. I even had my own variant I am really glad I did not finish or get it ready enough to submit. What Kelly wrote was so much better and I love it. A nice metatrait as a race package and a nice set of abilities, some obvious and others less so. The standouts of the article to me where "Perfect Comedy Timing" and the Comedic PM. They were really well done, both the crunch and flavor text.
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03-23-2017, 04:21 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Pyramid #3/101: Humor
Glad you liked it! I've had the idea of doing animated character in GURPS for a while, so I jumped at the chance to do it in such a perfect issue theme.
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So far, I've read "What Fools These Mortals Be" and "Dying is Easy, Comedy is Hard" myself, and they're both excellent! I like the more general advice on comedy that both provide, and I'm glad that sort of thing made it into the issue - I was a little worried that all the articles would be like mine, with little room for general comedic advice, and I'm happy my fear was unfounded. |
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03-23-2017, 07:47 PM | #4 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/101: Humor
Haven't had a chance to read very much yet (although "Animating Your Life" does look fantastic), but I'm disappointed this didn't include the (at least temporary) return of Murphy's Rules.
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03-23-2017, 08:34 PM | #5 |
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This was pretty awesome overall, and I don't usually do comedic stuff. The animated template was hilarious and I kind of want to see that transported over to Monster Hunters - 'cause a cartoon vs. a werewolf is pretty funny.
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03-23-2017, 09:53 PM | #6 |
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I quite deliberately aimed for around 200 points on the Animate template because I thought it would be a good Inhuman template for Monster Hunters, yes. :)
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03-23-2017, 10:06 PM | #7 |
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I think I'm going to use it by putting PCs into a toon world for a session or two. :-)
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03-23-2017, 10:09 PM | #8 | |
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I wanted to put in something about "real" characters visiting places like Toontown, Cool World, etc., but didn't have the space. Toon rules should tend to apply to them, though, I think - the whole world essentially has the Comedic limitation. |
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03-23-2017, 11:12 PM | #10 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/101: Humor
So can you make Bonkers from the cartoon of said name then?
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