Forced Emotes - Learn what it is

[Weeblie]

There is only one way to react to that and that's simply to ignore it. You don't react to that!

Oh... there is an exception here, of course. If you happen to be one of the lucky people playing an Illithid, I think you are allowed to react to that as though you would have heard the character saying his thought to you.

[pejsaboy]

wait a minute... there are Illithid PCs?!

[EdTheKet]

pejsaboy - 12/23/2006  8:47 PM  wait a minute... there are Illithid PCs?!

No.

[Weeblie]

Hehehe... Of course not!

Sorry for putting in a poor attempt for joke there.

[Sab Kaylag]

my thoughts on thought emotes are most of them are just random information for ooc knowledge.  a real reaction isn't nessasary.  more fun than something to respond to like

*Bob's stomach rumbles and he wonders if he should have saved that roasted meat*

just something to add.  the actual part that your character notices is the stomach rumbling but a druid wouldn't respond to that

"why did you waste meat" etc.

for instance though if it's something your having trouble describing but have seen and been able to tell on other people it might be something a character should react to

*Bob scruches up his face as he smells the newcomer to the fire*

It may be hard to do a full description of how he scrunched up his face at the smell, also someone might not get the intention even if their character had a high wisdom so that would let people know what to take it for

EDIT: as for forced emote i agree they shouldn't be used in general try using something that allows the other person a reaction.  If someone doesn't allow that (me for instance) just send a tell and see if they correct it or react as though they did leave an opening

no ones perfect so the perfect emote won't always be used by everyone.  suggestions in tells from time to time (at least for me) are apreciated

[Acacea]

It's not really a big deal, the trouble is when people start 'thinking' things all the time--especially when they start thinking something that is an insult to someone present. It basically insults a character in an -out- of character way, giving them no real way to respond. So it's just easier if someone either says something openly if they wish it to be shared, or keep it to themselves if it is meant to be kept.

[Destropterammer]

i dont really think forced emotes is a problem to me. I can see why people is annoyed by the fact that some emotes go against the RP base of the target. Say someone tries to force a dex triggered emote on you although your dex save and dex stat is the best/highest on your char, and you wrote 3 pages on how he was more nimble and dexterious than Houdini. But in most cases with my char's when encountered with a forced emote i try and play myself out of them. Its meant to be fun, its meant to be RP, and telling your target what youre going to do before hand might spoil it all a bit. Say Harg encounters Varka. They stand 1 feet from eachother saying Nay-Aye for 3 mins. (its a Dwarven trait) Then Harg: "Head-butts Varka while severing his left arm with a butter knife" Right. That is very much forced since i dont know what really would happen (yes this is severly exagerated) if i tried it right. But Varka being the nice chap he is simply rolls a Fort save rolling 19+17=900  replying with: "the knife breaks, so does Harg's skull".
Now i could become upset about this but then again i started and presumed a possible outcome without taking into acocunt, Varka
s immense fortitude saves and bodilly odour (doesnt make sense but he does smell!) So i really cant do anything but reply with: "Bleed's alot, a pea fal from Harg's fractured skull" Now me also being a fair (at times) RP'er that i am took it as it was. Fun, RP. And a Dwarven greeting amongst friends. Still forced, yet hardly worth the hassle is it?

When having forced emotes put onto you, hit back with something equally forced. Or ignore it. Do not think of it as an attack. I might just be meant as an RP opportunity for you sent by another player, and not as an attack/attempt to annoy you.

[lonnarin]

Acacea - 7/21/2005  4:37 PM

No slow moving half giants grabbing Acacea without giving her a save! *grins*

Remember when Bjorn kept bowling severed giant heads at Acacea's feet?  Reflex v Str check, lol!

[Laldiien]

Stephen_Zuckerman - 12/21/2006 10:00 PM

Zhofe - 7/22/2005 1:48 PM But really, a fireball is ALOT easier to dodge than a fist. It is alot bigger and brighter and noticable.

Not so much.. .It's just a little bead of glowing bat guano before it gets to where it's going. Still. *Chuckles.* There are VERY few instances in which an emote can directly affect another character without damaging the RP... For instance, if Bob were to lean in to the very close-by Sally and steal a quick kiss (when Bob has 24 DEX), I think that's moderately reasonable (especially if Sally wants that kiss). However, if Sally were to turn around and knife Bob for it, I'd think an attack roll would be in order.

 Just a bump. Good words Stephen. We should all pay heed and strive to not break the role play, in whatever form it is in.Where ever that is.    This is me being subtle.

[Zhofe]

Completly different. A fireball is big and glowy and kinda hard to miss, whereas someone can come up behind you while you are distracted by the soup and slap you no problem. People do it in real life all the time.

But really, a fireball is ALOT easier to dodge than a fist. It is alot bigger and brighter and noticable.

Did I say those?

I guess I did ... quite a while ago.

Agreed, attempting at an action is better RPed than doing it.

Disagreed that emoting in this sense should ever evoke more toward the other player (or character) than a friendly reminder, and an avoiding emote.

Agreed, emoting thoughts is silly, but the words "as if" can clue others into what your physical cluse point to. i.e. *Looks downward, as if remembering some sadness in his past* is better, and more effective than either *Looks downward* or *Remembers that time his pants fell down at Mage Academy, and all the kids called him Mr. Pink Boxers*

Disagreed that the fireball is only guano til it gets where it is going. That would limit the spell to the distance you can chuck bat-poo. The guano is a material component, and becomes a ball of flame, via magic, before it ever leaves your hands. Therefore, one could see a fireball before it came hurdling towards them. Being able to dodge it is why spells have saving throws.

Agreed that soup has distracted me quite a many times, but that my experiences of being slapped while consuming soup do not apply to D&D

[Polak76]

heh, i remember this argument a long time ago.  Definately something worth reminding people about.

[Witch Hunter]

haha thats such a funny visual, throwing bat poo and watching it explode.