Addicted?

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happy new year, everyone!
hope you all have a prosperous, productive, and gameful 2024!

i spent a few days  binging playing a bit, and i got to wondering, “i wonder” (says i) “if i’m actually addicted to this game…” :sweat_smile:.   so i came up with a few hallmarks.

(feel free to add more according to your own criteria.)
 
 
YOU KNOW YOU’RE A HARDCORE NWN ADDICT WHEN…

…you don’t mind Sharwyn’s moustache (and in fact you start to wonder why every beautiful 3D girl doesn’t have one).

…you choose ‘whip’ as the weapon of choice for your ftr / wm cuz you know that when she finally does get ‘dev. crit (whip)’ it just won’t matter if they laugh.

…you actually greet your mates with ‘tremble before me!’
(and you know they’re hardcore when they reply (seriously), ‘all shall fall in glorious death!’ )

…you put up ‘invisible’ (plexiglass) barriers in your parlour that force your guests to walk all the way round the room to get from a chair to a table right next to it because that ‘makes the pathfinding more “realistic”’.

…when you meditate, your mantra is repeated intonations of the phrase ‘your death will be beautiful!’ while focusing on visions of low-poly succubi.

…you dream in letoscript.


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… You refer to a house pet as “my animal companion”

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when you think about unleashing a Storm of Vengeance spell on co-workers or while in construction traffic?
Or you think the TAB key will help you find your missing wallet.

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i so need this !!   for my keys, which i lose constantly…

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Our youngest daughter was born at time Planescape Torment came out. Wife and I would play the game together while she was feeding or holding the baby. We half-jokingly nick-named our daughter, Lim Lim. Even still to this day we call her that once in a while.

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i can remember being ostracised as a ‘devil-worshipper’ when i was a child because i played ad&d. it’s somehow heartening to realise that the game in at least some of its forms has become so mainstream as to be enjoyed by the whole family. :slight_smile:

 
[now, then… where did i put the baby blood…]

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…Every single time the Doom of Valyria (ASOIAF) is mentioned, you immediately think of Deekin’s Doom Song.

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…when you’re filling up with unleaded but instead it reads UNDEADED. Need to lay off the toolset for a while, me thinks…

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  • You feel really bad for killing hostile kobolds in any game because they remind you of Deekin

  • You have several character voices and voice lines living rent free in your head (“doom do-doom doom doom doom we is allllll DOOMED”)

  • You think that you failed the Fortitude check against disease incubation (which is actually the second check after catching the disease) when you get sick

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OMG i seriously do this ! :blush:
…except the saves i typically fail are my will saves.   :roll_eyes:

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Yup.

me: "I should go to bed now … "
TV: "next episode starts in 3 … 2 … 1 … "
me: (will save 1 + 3 = 4 vs DC 5) <adjusts sofa cushion, settles in>

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“BP” = “Bodak Petroleum”.   :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

[although instead of the ‘death gaze’ it’s the prices at the pump that do you in…]

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I failed both checks and got sick this week, you know you are really sick when you’ve stayed home from work and still haven’t felt like turning on the computer to play.
I feel like im in Talona’s temple in Shaori’s Fell. Id like to get that priest…

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