One day after our game and I still have to wait another 6 days for the next one...sometimes this waiting thing is just the worst! Well in case our game yesterday went really well. We happened upon this small remote village, made friends with the locals through the healing powers of my companions and then my character and her love interest managed to make a well for the townsfolk. We even managed to stave off a creature of the outerplanes and fight a group of bandits which my character delightfully beheaded (I'm chaotic neutral so it was a joyful experience ;) ). Then of course the best part, we all got to level 2..whooo!!! So all in all I would say that you could consider it to be a successful game for all.
On a similar note, while playing there were a few things that I realized/pondered deeply about. The first being that apparently all my characters are evil bitches. My first beloved character was a Tiefling, which is a mix between a human and a demon and had a neutral good alignment...so honestly not too terrible in terms of what she would do as a character. Except for maybe my special ability was that I could dominant another character of the same or lower level and make them be my slave, but you know other than that pretty harmless and not too awful. This character however is fantastic to play and has my a firm believer that if you can't play an evil aligned character, you should always play a chaotic neutral character. With my current character my actions are deemed based on how events affect her and her own personal beliefs...for example; the band of robbers we fought, besides the fact that I got to kill two of them outright, we kept one to figure out where the rest were located. Upon hearing that the captured had been raping and pillaging, my character was all up for killing him, because per my alignment, he did something bad and therefore should reap his punishment. It was also brought to my attention from my companions (out of game) that I should play in an evil game because apparently my characters aren't all about fluffy kittens and rainbows. So I started thinking and I have come to the conclusion that everyone should be forced to role play at some point in their life. I honestly think it makes me a more normal person and if nothing else is a great way to get some pent up anger out. I mean think about, in real life you definitely can't go around and arm wrestle with nail boards, cut off fingers, or unmercifully murder an enemy (well I mean you can, but you have WAY bigger problems to deal with if you do and I don't condone that), but in game you can get all that out...pissed about work-kill an orc, don't have enough money-go on a quest for all the gold and loot the shit out of everything. I really think that it would help as a therapeutic option for people. Obviously you have to be able to invest the time and effort into the game, but other than that it's cheap and a great way to socialize and work some stress out of your life. Hmmm...new professional calling anyone???
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