An iChat Conversation Re: Elves
June 9, 2009, 4:18pm CST
Cameron:
so i’m doing a d&d run this weekend in pensacola
Sean:
wow
I’m speechless
you went there
Cameron:
yep
my friends are rolling me an eladrin ranger
like a high elf
we are doing a level 1 quest
myself, a dwarf fighter, and a tiefling wizard
i guess a tiefling is like a demonspawn person
i gotta think of a good name for my eladrin
this isn’t helping
Sean:
wow
that might be the nerdiest thing I’ve heard you say
which is saying a lot
don’t forget to pack your amulet of protection
I think your character’s name should be Chewbacca
Cameron:
that’s not a good eladrin name
dude did you check out that link?
excerpt:
”I removed it because the race as a whole does not typically live on Arvandor, but in the Feywild and Toril. There are, indeed, as you say, quite a few eladrin in Arvandor - but they’re mostly noble eladrin. Hence, I changed it to Feywild and Toril and moved the Arvandor reference to noble eladrin”
”Weren’t these Fey already on Toril? I mean in the text of the GHtotR, p.8 it was written “Continuing their work to undermine dragon rule, the Fey open new gates, allowing the first elves to immigrate to Toril.”“
Sean:
well, of course. That all makes perfect sense.
Sean:
I think your name should be “Trans Am Camaro”
Cameron:
hardy har har
Sean:
just saying, that’s what my name would be
Cameron:
a kind of annoying part is i usually play as girls in rpg video games
but i don’t think i could do that in tabletop
Sean:
why not?
Cameron:
i dunno, it’d be weird
i have a good girl elf name
the etymology is complicated
Sean:
I don’t see why it would be weird
Cameron:
i guess it depends on how you look at it, whether you see it as controlling a character or playing as a character
or something
but it is different to me
whatever
Sean:
ah, I see
in video games you think of it as controlling a character
where as in this you feel like are the character
Cameron:
well that pushes it a bit far
but i think it’s more that tabletop is so much of a blank slate
so you’re participating more in its existence
Sean:
well, if it’s any help, I think you would make a fetching girl
Cameron:
…
that explains why shannon is always putting makeup on me as i sleep
Sean:
hah
Cameron:
and i constantly wake up with a perm
Sean:
wait, is she making you look like a girl, or a clown?
Cameron:
i don’t want to talk about it
Dialogue
Jared
on a Saturday
at 7:27 pm
Didn’t your parents ever teach you that D&D was a gateway to oija boards and seances? The next step is full blown witchcraft and then it’s a one way slide to the tenth circle of hell. (They expanded because the original 9 were full. Yes, I did bite that off of The Onion.)
Cameron
on a Monday
at 10:17 am
Oh believe me, I heard that. Nobody even told me it was a BOARD GAME, I figured it just involved hiding out in the woods with swords and summoning dark beings.
In any case, it was super fun and everyone should play it.
Jared
on a Wednesday
at 10:39 am
Have you ever made/had a Horse’s Head? (alternatively called a Horse’s Neck) Naturally I think of you everytime I see/hear/try an unusual drink. When you are next in Rochester I will take you to Good Luck. Nice atmosphere, good cocktails. Well I’ve only had the Gilded Ricky but it was awesome.
Cameron
on a Wednesday
at 2:02 pm
I may have had one once. It sounds good. We’re currently out of bourbon but when I pick some up I’ll try it.
We also want to do a trip to the Northeast … maybe next spring? Who knows. I wish we could travel constantly.
Jared
on a Sunday
at 7:13 pm
May is gorgeous here. Make it a two weeker. Drive through Rochester. Stay here 3 days (time to go on a wine tour!) and then go to Boston, Philly and DC. Skip NYC, it’s over-rated. Seriously. Come to Rochester. It’s smallish but nice.