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Post/Author/DateTime Post
Jeremiah DeathFist
04-17-05, 10:08 PM When you are describing something to your players do you use analogies?
Fixxxer
04-17-05, 10:57 PM Sometimes. "As your mace connects with his fleshy head, it explodes with the same sound and flare as would an over-ripe melon." Is this what you're talking about?
Lord Ian Stark
04-17-05, 11:21 PM Sometimes. "As your mace connects with his fleshy head, it explodes with the same sound and flare as would an over-ripe melon." Is this what you're talking about?

::getting back into chair, catching my breath::

That was good.
Fixxxer
04-17-05, 11:30 PM ::getting back into chair, catching my breath::

That was good.

Well...I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Dash Branaghan
04-18-05, 12:10 AM Well...I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

What, no analogy to what staying there was like?

Dash
Fixxxer
04-18-05, 01:17 AM What, no analogy to what staying there was like?

It was like.....warm apple pie.
Dash Branaghan
04-18-05, 02:02 AM It was like.....warm apple pie.

*groans*

Dash
High Octane
04-18-05, 02:39 AM When you are describing something to your players do you use analogies?

All the damn time. Best way to have a player understand something is to relate it to a real world equivelant.
Faithless the Wonder Boy
04-18-05, 03:09 AM I try not to, for personal reasons. I'm a writer by profession, and while I find analogies to be good for quick comparisons to unknown things, I think that ultimately I can convey a much more powerful and personal image without them.

Of course, that's because of a personal style in speech and writing, not because I think there's something wrong with analogies...
Kaligrad
04-18-05, 03:49 AM Why wouldn't you? It seems that somethings involved with magic would need a comparsion to be understood. Of course, some descriptions (A giant meteor flies out of the sky and explodes on impact, dealing blah blah) don't need it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jeremiah DeathFist 04-17-05, 10:08 PM	When you are describing something to your players do you use analogies?
Fixxxer 04-17-05, 10:57 PM	Sometimes. "As your mace connects with his fleshy head, it explodes with the same sound and flare as would an over-ripe melon." Is this what you're talking about?
Lord Ian Stark 04-17-05, 11:21 PM	Sometimes. "As your mace connects with his fleshy head, it explodes with the same sound and flare as would an over-ripe melon." Is this what you're talking about? ::getting back into chair, catching my breath:: That was good.
Fixxxer 04-17-05, 11:30 PM	::getting back into chair, catching my breath:: That was good. Well...I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Dash Branaghan 04-18-05, 12:10 AM	Well...I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. What, no analogy to what staying there was like? Dash
Fixxxer 04-18-05, 01:17 AM	What, no analogy to what staying there was like? It was like.....warm apple pie.
Dash Branaghan 04-18-05, 02:02 AM	It was like.....warm apple pie. groans Dash
High Octane 04-18-05, 02:39 AM	When you are describing something to your players do you use analogies? All the damn time. Best way to have a player understand something is to relate it to a real world equivelant.
Faithless the Wonder Boy 04-18-05, 03:09 AM	I try not to, for personal reasons. I'm a writer by profession, and while I find analogies to be good for quick comparisons to unknown things, I think that ultimately I can convey a much more powerful and personal image without them. Of course, that's because of a personal style in speech and writing, not because I think there's something wrong with analogies...
Kaligrad 04-18-05, 03:49 AM	Why wouldn't you? It seems that somethings involved with magic would need a comparsion to be understood. Of course, some descriptions (A giant meteor flies out of the sky and explodes on impact, dealing blah blah) don't need it.