New Here

[Ouroboros]

@Kit Cloudkicker: I'm glad to finally have joined up! Thanks

@DinosaurNothlit: Druids are way cool, no doubt about it...I had a guy play a super crazy shapeshifting druid in one of my campaigns...easily one of the most memorable characters from the game. I was a big fan of the animal companions and different wild shapes that the druids had access to with certain feats and stuff...I mean who wouldn't want to turn into a treant? Do you know what they did to druids in 4e? I have the core set for 4e but I have to admit I didn't look through it very much.

Do you have any of the 3rd edition GURPS splatbooks or just the core set? If so, which ones? I'm always curious about supplements. I've got a handful of supplements for GURPS, but they're mostly specific to a campaign i was playing in/running (GURPS Supers, GURPS Martial Arts, stuff like that). I don't think I even have the full core set anymore, just the basic rulebook. GURPS is awesome, but my group right now is really far into D&D and the Warhammer 40k roleplaying system, we've been playing Deathwatch and Rogue Trader off and on whenever our full group can't make it.

It's nice to have someone outside of my normal gaming group to talk to about all this stuff most of my classmates and other people I interact with on a semi-daily basis have no idea what I'm talking about, and I've given a lot of big RPG forums a shot, but it's just too much to keep up with.

[xPridex]

Welcome!

[Ash]

Definitely! Is there a skype board or any such thing where we can find chats and stuff? goom posted a link earlier but I can't access it.

Goom linked you to a thread where all the RAFians posted their Skype user-names. He's compiled a list on the first page. You can add any of us (I'm blast.ash) and we'll add you to the RAFSkype group where we all chat (mostly text - like Goom mentioned, we make smaller groups for those who want to voice chat.)

Here's the link again: http://animorphsforum.com/index.php?topic=863.0 - if it still doesn't work for you, you can find the 'Skype' thread in the General Board

[Ouroboros]

@xPridex: Thanks!

@Ash: Just found the thread, thanks. I put my skype info in there, I'll go through when I'm not in class and add people, unless they add me first

[Terenia]

Welcome to RAF, Ouro. It's always nice to sneak another English major in here. Despite being a forum for book lovers, it gets lonely from time to time!

I'm Terenia, or Teach, or Jessi. I answer to all that and more, so long as it isn't too mean. If you need any help with anything please feel free to ask me so that I can polish my shiny little Jr. Staff icon - especially if you have any questions about the RPG boards (where I'm most active). If I can't answer your question one of our other fantastic staff members certainly can.

Welcome aboard!

-T

[DinosaurNothlit]

@DinosaurNothlit: Druids are way cool, no doubt about it...I had a guy play a super crazy shapeshifting druid in one of my campaigns...easily one of the most memorable characters from the game. I was a big fan of the animal companions and different wild shapes that the druids had access to with certain feats and stuff...I mean who wouldn't want to turn into a treant? Do you know what they did to druids in 4e? I have the core set for 4e but I have to admit I didn't look through it very much.

For the life of me I can't remember what it was they actually did to the druids that made me so mad at the time.  I dunno, maybe I was just in a bad mood that day or something.  I just remember thinking that they'd taken away what made druids, druids.

Do you have any of the 3rd edition GURPS splatbooks or just the core set? If so, which ones? I'm always curious about supplements. I've got a handful of supplements for GURPS, but they're mostly specific to a campaign i was playing in/running (GURPS Supers, GURPS Martial Arts, stuff like that). I don't think I even have the full core set anymore, just the basic rulebook. GURPS is awesome, but my group right now is really far into D&D and the Warhammer 40k roleplaying system, we've been playing Deathwatch and Rogue Trader off and on whenever our full group can't make it.

I own only the GURPS core books, but I've read several of the splatbooks too.  They're interesting, but they don't really add much to the core rule-set, so I've never really felt the need to purchase any of them.

It's nice to have someone outside of my normal gaming group to talk to about all this stuff most of my classmates and other people I interact with on a semi-daily basis have no idea what I'm talking about, and I've given a lot of big RPG forums a shot, but it's just too much to keep up with.

Lol, that's how I feel about Animorphs pretty much any time I talk to RAFians.  It feels good to know people who share common interests with you.

[Ouroboros]

@Terenia: Yeah, I understand the loneliness...all of my friends are either engineering or chemistry majors. There's very few people I can talk to about books and stuff. I've never tried my hand at online RP, except for a few PbP D&D games a few years ago.

@DinosaurNothlit: 4th edition took away a lot, I feel. I wasn't very impressed with it. I love my GURPS splatbooks. More for the character and campaign ideas than the actual new mechanics.

[DinosaurNothlit]

I never said I didn't love the splatbooks, too.  Especially the one about genetic engineering, that one was downright fascinating.  But as far as character and campaign ideas go, I've just never had too much trouble inventing such things on my own, you know?  Thus why I buy mostly rulebooks, because while I might read splatbooks once or twice for inspiration, it's the rulebooks that I really need to refer to again and again.

[Ouroboros]

I generally don't have an issue thinking of ideas, but sometimes those books gets me out of a bind. Are you talking about the Biotech book? I have that one. It's one of my favorites, easily.

[Myitt]

Hey Ouroboros, I'm Tara, a.k.a. Myitt, welcome to RAF!  Love the screen name.

all of my friends are either engineering or chemistry majors.

Ch..chemistry...maj ors?  *twitch*  Why would anyone...do dis?  Wh-why...

[Ouroboros]

Thanks!

Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone would do that...but to be fair one of them is a chemistry/secondary ed major, he wants to teach chemistry in high school/junior high. The other two I'm not so sure about. It probably has to do with being able to blow stuff up in lab.

Then there's the weird one who is in biochemistry. He used to work on bioweapons in the military (deactivating or neutralizing them, not making them), so it's something he discovered he liked doing. I guess that works out for him.

I'm the odd one out in my circle of friends, as far as academics goes (3 chemistry majors, a biochemistry major, an aerospace engineering major, a civil engineer, and me). They like microscopes or schematics while I like literature, but it works out pretty well. We have plenty of stuff to talk about besides school.



 

[Myitt]

Cool   I was a biology major as an undergrad, hence the vile hatred of chemistry, but I surround myself with lots of types.  Mostly the nerdy variety, regardless of academic interests, heheh. 

[Ouroboros]

I try to have a lot of friends that are into a lot of things, but out of all the people that come and go, the core group hasn't changed in about 10 years.

In school I only really see the same dozen or so people, and they're all into a lot of the same stuff I am. At this point in school it's difficult for me to meet people and make it stick since my classes are so specialized and I'm done with all the core requirements and electives. I also don't spend a lot of time just hanging out at school since I usually have a lot of papers to write.

I'm also out of work right now, so that cuts another avenue for meeting people out.

How did the biology major go? I've always been interested in it, but I can't think in diagrams and charts very easily, so cell structures and the like get completely lost on me. I barely scraped by in my last biology class because my professor really really like electron transport chains and stuff like that...and genetics. All that went right over my head no matter how I tried to study it, but I was able to pass at least.

[Myitt]

Well, I'm a paleontologist, so while I liked the cell biology I've always been a much bigger fan of organismal stuff.  Honestly though, once I'm done with grad school, I'm really interested in teaching biology in high school.  Mostly so I can plug as much nerdy animal/plant bio as possible...haha.  I guess the electron transport chain is okay, too.  *sulk*

[Ouroboros]

Paleontologist, huh? That's flippin' awesome! I guess the avatar should have hinted towards that, but I'm slow tonight.

How much longer do you have in grad school? Are you going for your master's or doctorate?

I've been filling out a storm of grad school applications recently, hopefully I can find a place that has a good program for me. I'm hoping to go straight through to the doctorate and teach at the college level. All of my professors said I'd be good at it, and I really enjoy talking about stuff at great lengths in front of people. I'm just not sure if I'd be able to handle high school. I was minoring in secondary ed a few semesters ago, but after observations and stuff I realized I probably wouldn't enjoy it so I dropped it from my degree.

I had a biology teacher in high school who was incredible. He was the adviser for the sci-fi club I started there, and he used to drop all kinds of jokes and references in class. What sort of nerdy animal/plant bio do you mean? Granted, I probably won't get half of it, I'm just curious.