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So did we ever concretely answer the OP? Because I think I can do it.
The basis of using any deity's name as an expletive stems from the power that said deity has, as a deity, over our world. Being above the normal order of things, they are in a unique position to act on or against the things that we mere mortals are grieved by but unable to change ourselves- or are able to change, but not enough to satisfy our emotionally charged antipathy. So we invoke the name of our god against the thing we dislike.
Saying 'goddamnit' is, quite literally, asking God to damn the object of our ire. It's a quick and dirty way to curse someone or something- this is in fact why the use of expletives is called 'cursing.' God, or whatever deity you most sincerely believe it, is for you imbued with so much power that merely speaking his name against a person could produce unfavorable consequences on their part.
This is also the reasoning behind the Second Commandment, at least as I've come to understand it. It's not that God cares so much about us swearing; it's that one shouldn't call down divine wrath lightly.
Deities only smite stuff when you have a high enough caster level and make your DC check.
Certain modifiers apply according to the situation, of course, but those are mostly at the DM's discretion. Being of an opposing religion and openly desecrating or defiling a holy symbol tends to carry a heavier chance of iring the opposing god, but again it is up to the DM on handle such situations in day-to-day adventuring.
Certain modifiers apply according to the situation, of course, but those are mostly at the DM's discretion. Being of an opposing religion and openly desecrating or defiling a holy symbol tends to carry a heavier chance of iring the opposing god, but again it is up to the DM on handle such situations in day-to-day adventuring.
"By Clangeddin's Hammer, I will lay my vengeance upon thee!"
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
edited January 2007
Man just play a fucking Church Inquisitor of St. Cuthbert and fuck anything up that looks at you funny, or might possibly maybe be not quite so good.
Man just play a fucking Church Inquisitor of St. Cuthbert and fuck anything up that looks at you funny, or might possibly maybe be not quite so good.
In my Greyhawk campaign, there's a recurring NPC who's a cleric of St. Cuthbert and an Inquisitor.
The PCs fucking hate him. He's an intolerant douchebag. He's hardcore Lawful Neutral and does some morally shifty things in the name of religion and has a totally hardline view on everything. Occasionally he's been the PCs' enemy and adversary, but more often than not he's helped them, although often indirectly. On a few occasions, they've actually had to work with the guy.
They don't hate the character from an OOC perspective, like they wish I'd stop using him, but rather in character they all get really cheesed at the guy, especially the party's Druid who constantly spars with the dude over religious matters. As players they enjoy when he shows up, he's a neat recurring quasi-antagonist.
I love putting complex, interesting NPCs in my campaigns. I don't do the whole GMPC thing when I'm DMing, so instead I try to add depth to the villains and allies the PCs encounter frequently. It allows me the chance to roleplay too.
i'm not even christian and i still use terms like oh my god
jesus christ
holy fuck
etc.
they're part of my vocabulary because of my culture and upbringing and they basically have zero religious value.
i'm not one of those pretentious shits who goes all "oh my gods" as a way of trying to call attention to my polytheism
you shouldn't need to attention whore through your choice of expletives
the only people i tolerate that from are Battlestar Galactica fans, because I am cool with people using slang and swears and expletives from TV shows. it just makes them a nerd, is all. and i'm okay with that.
God dammit, I missed an area of hair while shaving my face again
This sucks
holy shit i fucking hate that
drives me god damn nuts
i usually don't notice till i'm at work and i got an itch on the side of my neck or something and my hand brushes up against a little tiny spot of stubble i missed.
i'm just like, argh, jesus h. christ, i can't do anything about this right now and i feel like a tool who can't shave properly and i'll have to wait till i get home to fix it.
God dammit, I missed an area of hair while shaving my face again
This sucks
holy shit i fucking hate that
drives me god damn nuts
i usually don't notice till i'm at work and i got an itch on the side of my neck or something and my hand brushes up against a little tiny spot of stubble i missed.
i'm just like, argh, jesus h. christ, i can't do anything about this right now and i feel like a tool who can't shave properly and i'll have to wait till i get home to fix it.
And then you rub it all day in a futile attempt to get it off
I should just become a lumberjack, they don't shave right? Mother of God that would be awesome
Lemming on
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
Man just play a fucking Church Inquisitor of St. Cuthbert and fuck anything up that looks at you funny, or might possibly maybe be not quite so good.
In my Greyhawk campaign, there's a recurring NPC who's a cleric of St. Cuthbert and an Inquisitor.
The PCs fucking hate him. He's an intolerant douchebag. He's hardcore Lawful Neutral and does some morally shifty things in the name of religion and has a totally hardline view on everything. Occasionally he's been the PCs' enemy and adversary, but more often than not he's helped them, although often indirectly. On a few occasions, they've actually had to work with the guy.
They don't hate the character from an OOC perspective, like they wish I'd stop using him, but rather in character they all get really cheesed at the guy, especially the party's Druid who constantly spars with the dude over religious matters. As players they enjoy when he shows up, he's a neat recurring quasi-antagonist.
I love putting complex, interesting NPCs in my campaigns. I don't do the whole GMPC thing when I'm DMing, so instead I try to add depth to the villains and allies the PCs encounter frequently. It allows me the chance to roleplay too.
Pony how did you know my second favorite character to play? Pony are you spying on me?
PiptheFair on
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
God dammit, I missed an area of hair while shaving my face again
This sucks
holy shit i fucking hate that
drives me god damn nuts
i usually don't notice till i'm at work and i got an itch on the side of my neck or something and my hand brushes up against a little tiny spot of stubble i missed.
i'm just like, argh, jesus h. christ, i can't do anything about this right now and i feel like a tool who can't shave properly and i'll have to wait till i get home to fix it.
And then you rub it all day in a futile attempt to get it off
I should just become a lumberjack, they don't shave right? Mother of God that would be awesome
Yeah but I'm 17 and in no way have enough hair to warrant maintaining actual facial hair
Maybe someday
But not today
oh haha teenstache
those days sucked
it gets better in a few years
To be fair to myself, it's much better than a teenstache. If I don't shave for a few days it looks PASSABLE, but then it starts looking ratty.
But there's this one kid who never shaves and thinks his beard looks good, uuuuugh, a large part of why I shave at all is because I don't wanna look like him
Man just play a fucking Church Inquisitor of St. Cuthbert and fuck anything up that looks at you funny, or might possibly maybe be not quite so good.
In my Greyhawk campaign, there's a recurring NPC who's a cleric of St. Cuthbert and an Inquisitor.
The PCs fucking hate him. He's an intolerant douchebag. He's hardcore Lawful Neutral and does some morally shifty things in the name of religion and has a totally hardline view on everything. Occasionally he's been the PCs' enemy and adversary, but more often than not he's helped them, although often indirectly. On a few occasions, they've actually had to work with the guy.
They don't hate the character from an OOC perspective, like they wish I'd stop using him, but rather in character they all get really cheesed at the guy, especially the party's Druid who constantly spars with the dude over religious matters. As players they enjoy when he shows up, he's a neat recurring quasi-antagonist.
I love putting complex, interesting NPCs in my campaigns. I don't do the whole GMPC thing when I'm DMing, so instead I try to add depth to the villains and allies the PCs encounter frequently. It allows me the chance to roleplay too.
Pony how did you know my second favorite character to play? Pony are you spying on me?
see i have this power
where i can tap into a collective nerdy consciousness i am not totally aware of
a friend of mine finds it mind-blowing when i will craft RPG settings or create characters or NPCs which seem, on the surface, to be referencing or inspired by some existing property. Happens frequently with sci-fi. And then he asks me about it, and it turns out i have no idea what he is talking about and it's simply coincidental
so i'm not spying on you directly
i'm just mentally channeling your thoughts without realizing it
Posts
Yeah, whatever.
FLAWLESS VICTORY
Deities only smite stuff when you have a high enough caster level and make your DC check.
Elmo is a masochist.
Certain modifiers apply according to the situation, of course, but those are mostly at the DM's discretion. Being of an opposing religion and openly desecrating or defiling a holy symbol tends to carry a heavier chance of iring the opposing god, but again it is up to the DM on handle such situations in day-to-day adventuring.
"By Clangeddin's Hammer, I will lay my vengeance upon thee!"
In my Greyhawk campaign, there's a recurring NPC who's a cleric of St. Cuthbert and an Inquisitor.
The PCs fucking hate him. He's an intolerant douchebag. He's hardcore Lawful Neutral and does some morally shifty things in the name of religion and has a totally hardline view on everything. Occasionally he's been the PCs' enemy and adversary, but more often than not he's helped them, although often indirectly. On a few occasions, they've actually had to work with the guy.
They don't hate the character from an OOC perspective, like they wish I'd stop using him, but rather in character they all get really cheesed at the guy, especially the party's Druid who constantly spars with the dude over religious matters. As players they enjoy when he shows up, he's a neat recurring quasi-antagonist.
I love putting complex, interesting NPCs in my campaigns. I don't do the whole GMPC thing when I'm DMing, so instead I try to add depth to the villains and allies the PCs encounter frequently. It allows me the chance to roleplay too.
i'm not even christian and i still use terms like oh my god
jesus christ
holy fuck
etc.
they're part of my vocabulary because of my culture and upbringing and they basically have zero religious value.
i'm not one of those pretentious shits who goes all "oh my gods" as a way of trying to call attention to my polytheism
you shouldn't need to attention whore through your choice of expletives
the only people i tolerate that from are Battlestar Galactica fans, because I am cool with people using slang and swears and expletives from TV shows. it just makes them a nerd, is all. and i'm okay with that.
This sucks
Games: CoD4, Halo 3
Well it's nothing you can see, but I can FEEL it, and it's awful
Now I have to wait for my face to dry
On a completely unrelated note, if I peel the skin off my face, will hair grow back? Does it grow back if I burn all my skin off?
holy shit i fucking hate that
drives me god damn nuts
i usually don't notice till i'm at work and i got an itch on the side of my neck or something and my hand brushes up against a little tiny spot of stubble i missed.
i'm just like, argh, jesus h. christ, i can't do anything about this right now and i feel like a tool who can't shave properly and i'll have to wait till i get home to fix it.
And then you rub it all day in a futile attempt to get it off
I should just become a lumberjack, they don't shave right? Mother of God that would be awesome
maybe trim it every now and then
you know?
like dudes with beards do
Yeah but I'm 17 and in no way have enough hair to warrant maintaining actual facial hair
Maybe someday
But not today
those days sucked
it gets better in a few years
To be fair to myself, it's much better than a teenstache. If I don't shave for a few days it looks PASSABLE, but then it starts looking ratty.
But there's this one kid who never shaves and thinks his beard looks good, uuuuugh, a large part of why I shave at all is because I don't wanna look like him
see i have this power
where i can tap into a collective nerdy consciousness i am not totally aware of
a friend of mine finds it mind-blowing when i will craft RPG settings or create characters or NPCs which seem, on the surface, to be referencing or inspired by some existing property. Happens frequently with sci-fi. And then he asks me about it, and it turns out i have no idea what he is talking about and it's simply coincidental
so i'm not spying on you directly
i'm just mentally channeling your thoughts without realizing it
that's much less creepy