Line #36 Tropers/KyleJacobs


1	TallDarkAndSnarky [[ScheduleSlip Writer]] / [[LazyArtist Artist]] / [[TheGMIsACheatingBastard GM]] / [[TheLoonie Roleplayer]] / [[MetalHead Musician]] / [[TabletopGame/LegendSystem Graphic Designer]] / [[LargeHam Voice Actor]]
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3	[=Takes a deep breath=]
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5	Hi there. If you're reading this, you probably have too much free time. Fortunately for you, so do I. So here's a bit of information about me.
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7	I'm a student who's always had a passion for fiction - books, movies, whatever. I look for works that do something creative and show me something I've never seen before. So, when a girl I was dating told me she was into anime and manga and recommended that I start reading FullmetalAlchemist and watching {{Baccano}}, I got completely hooked. I've recently taken up a mild interest in tabletop gaming after reading Erfworld - the creativity required to think of the ending to book 1 made me look for a situation in which I'd have to exercise that kind of outside-the-box thinking for myself. These days, my downtime is spent serving as the film critic for my college's paper, playing guitar, writing songs, running a Legend campaign, [[PromotedFanboy designing Legend's official character sheet, GM screen, and other visual aids]], and dealing with school.
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9	I'm a SerialTweaker, an [[TroperTypes Eclectic]], and a proud member of {{PLATTER}}. I'm currently floating around the Tabletop Games sub forum.
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11	Those of you familiar with the awesomeness that is DoubleK may have seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Z3R1n63ug a little video]] I threw together that Captainosaka was nice enough to feature.
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13	!Vandalism!! Whoo!!
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15	[[folder: I provide examples of:]]
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17	* TheAntiNihilist:
18	-->'''Yours Truly''': Odds are, nothing we do is going to last. In the grand scheme of things, all we are are insignificant little specks rocketing through the universe on a [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet slightly bigger insignificant little speck]]. [[KnightInSourArmor And every step you take, someone is going to try to step on top of you]]. Ultimately, there's no real meaning to any of this, and none of it is going to be important. So why not just be happy that you're here, now, alive, and do what you can to make things even a little better?
19	* BadassBeard: I certainly like to think so, anyway. Also [[AuthorAppeal shows up a lot in my work]].
20	* BadassLongcoat: I have two, both of which I chose specifically for this effect. They are also AwesomeYetPractical in the New England winter.
21	* TheBartender: Slowly but surely building up this reputation.
22	* BerserkButton: Several, but the only one big enough to effect an actual immediate personality change is [[{{Geek}} defective tech and/or badly written instructions]]. If I'm trying to do something, the instructions aren't working, I can't {{Macgyver\|ing}} a solution, and other help is not forthcoming, I go from my usual laid-back NiceGuy self to being an impatient short-tempered {{Jerkass}} in 10 seconds flat. And I flip back just as soon as it's working again.
23	** More seriously: I ''will'' deck you on the spot for any of the following: bigotry, LackOfEmpathy, abuse of power, greed, and anything remotely related to sexual assault. Especially that last one - I can't remember the last time I was angrier than when I heard someone say "[[MoralEventHorizon The only one of them attractive enough to be sexually assaulted is--]]"
24	* BigOlEyebrows: They have been mistaken for caterpillars. Runs in the family.
25	* BiTheWay
26	* BriefAccentImitation: I slip into this far too frequently for my own good. The fact that I'm not nearly as good at it as I like to think I am doesn't help.
27	* CasanovaWannabe: On the one hand, by any reasonable standard, I have a pretty decent sex life. On the other hand, when you compare me to [[SleepsWithEveryoneButYou the]] [[GoodBadGirl people]] [[LifeOfTheParty I spend]] [[ThePornomancer my time]] [[TheCharmer around]], one of whom is essentially the long-lost child of Ferris Bueller and Flynn Rider, and compare [[HandsomeLech where I am]] to [[ThePornomancer where I'd like to be]]...
28	* ChivalrousPervert / Ethical Slut: Somewhere in the middle, depending on how much action I'm getting at any given time.
29	* DoNotCallMePaul: There are about ten people on earth who I allow to use the unshortened version of my real first name, and all of them are blood relatives. Anyone else who refers to me with that name will make me very unhappy with them.
30	* EarNotch: I'm not sure if I was born with it or if it's the result of an incident with my cousin when we were very young, but either way, there's a noticeable chunk missing from my right ear.
31	* EvilLaugh: Mine scares children. Only when I want it to, though - my real laugh is much more jovial.
32	* FatalFlaw: '''[[RidiculousProcrastinator SLO]][[BrilliantButLazy TH]]''', to an absolutely ridiculous degree.
33	* FieryRedhead: [[MulticoloredHair Sort of]].
34	* ForHappiness
35	* GameMaster: Well, yeah.
36	* GenerationXerox / IdenticalGrandson / LikeFatherLikeSon: My father's side of the family has some damn strong genes. [[BrownEyes Pretty]] [[CarpetOfVirility much]] [[GeekPhysiques every]] [[NoIndoorVoice single]] [[BadassBeard physical]] [[BigOlEyebrows trait]] I have also appears on him. The exceptions are [[MulticoloredHair hair]] [[labelnote:]] Mine is red and brown, his is jet black. This skipped a generation - my grandfather was ginger[[/labelnote]], height[[labelnote:]]I was almost 6 feet tall by the time I got to high school; he was 4'9"[[/labelnote]], and the specific details of our individual vision problems [[labelnote:*]]He's farsighted, I'm nearsighted[[/labelnote]]. We're both avid readers and movie buffs, with similar taste in music (although I've always been willing to go heavier than him).
37	* GoodParents: I couldn't ask for better.
38	* GrammarNazi: I'm not that anal about it, but a really easy way to get me ticked is to screw up its/it's, their/there/they're or say would/could/should of. Really, internet?
39	* HatesBeingAlone: There is a ''very good reason'' that ignoring me is listed as my BerserkButton.
40	* HeCleansUpNicely: 90 percent of my wardrobe consists of T-shirts and jeans. The rest contains some very, very nice suits that I look very, very nice in.
41	* ICantDance: Really, truly can't.
42	* IrishmanAndAJew: Nothing to do with the character pairing, but as it happens, I'm actually [[TwoferTokenMinority both]].
43	* {{Keet}}: I've been known to get pretty good vertical airtime when I get excited about something.
44	* LargeHam: When I want to be. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsuZdqnP2U Case in point]].
45	* LimitedSocialCircle
46	* LoudOfWar / MakeMeWannaShout: I'm certainly capable of this; see NoIndoorVoice below.
47	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Let's see... I can do three distinct types of GutturalGrowler, the Gollum voice, the Stitch voice, Mr. Burns, Marge Simpson, [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff]], three types of FakeBrit, FakeRussian, a decent Southern drawl, a bad Scottish accent, an even worse Irish accent, a decent impression of Spongebob, and a few more that aren't based on anything but my sheer desire to be annoying. This made me one of the go-to guys for reading dialogue in English class, at least until the incident detailed under SirSwearsALot happened.
48	** That said, [[PigeonholedVoiceActor I don't tend to use a whole lot of these in my voice work]] because they generally sound too cartoony to be convincing. I generally end up playing hyperactive teenagers.
49	* MartialPacifist: My philosophy on violence. It definitely shows through in my work.
50	* MetalHead: Although it's worth noting that outside of an appreciation for horror movies, an incredibly in-depth knowledge of the genre, and a few mild NightmareFetishist tendencies, I don't fit the stereotype at all.
51	** StopBeingStereotypical: And I tend to have this reaction to the ones who do - I get enough crap about my tastes without these guys forcing me to explain to everyone else that they're heavily in the minority.
52	* MotorMouth: Whenever I get very involved in fixing something, I pretty much become this. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKqXOEVP3o4 this]].
53	* MulticoloredHair: It's a mixture of Ginger and dark brown, with a jet-black stripe running down the middle of my beard and equally black eyebrows. [[SincerityMode All of this is completely natural]].
54	* MyersBriggs: Textbook [[IncorruptiblePurePureness INFP]]. Literally everything in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healer_%28role_variant%29 this article]] (aside from family conflicts) is 100% accurate.
55	* NightmareFace: Capable of pulling an incredibly creepy one.
56	* NightmareFetishist: Not to the extent of most, but I am fascinated by the macabre and enjoy scaring the shit out of people considerably more than is likely healthy.
57	* NoodleIncident: At present, there is a full deck of playing cards glued to my ceiling. Not even I know why I decided to put them there, although the most likely candidate is AlcoholInducedIdiocy.
58	* PigeonholedVoiceActor: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOFixkolUwk Psychopaths]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsuZdqnP2U&list=PL3BWvl00MSm0BYsskhYGbEEQnlWxKu2dc teenagers]], and [[http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/19030/ psychopathic teenagers]].
59	* RealMenWearPink: I firmly believe this - not that I'd ever follow the trope name literally, but that's just because I don't think I look good in the color.
60	* RidiculousProcrastinator: Oh dear lord, where do I begin with this one...
61	* TheRoleplayer: With a dash of TheLoonie.
62	* SadClown: Used to be one. I keep up the clowning these days, but I've gotten much happier.
63	* SeriousBusiness: If I decide to get involved in something, it instantly becomes this.
64	* SirSwearsALot: Again, considerably more so in real life than online. Pretty much every session of my Legend campaign where I've been on the mic has qualified for ClusterFBomb.
65	** This has actually gotten me in trouble once in a while when I accidentally let myself off the leash. Most notably, I once translated the passage that gave us the name CountryMatters into modern English. While keeping the vulgarity level roughly the same. In the middle of English class. '''''[[TooDumbToLive While the teacher was present.]]''''' To be fair, I did substitute a ''slightly'' less vulgar alternative for the big one.
66	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Most of the time, I consider myself pretty amiable, if a bit overly boisterous. Other times... [[TranquilFury not]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes so]] [[RageBreakingPoint much.]]
67	* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Homeboy here might as well physically throw his Legend handbook out the window if there's a high enough potential for something awesome to happen. -@/{{Exelixi}}
68	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rotates. At the moment, [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Mapo Tofu]] is in the top spot.
69	* WaistcoatOfStyle: I've taken to wearing them.
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72	[[folder: My characters provide examples of:]]
73	!!In General:
74	* ChaoticGood: With [[TautologicalTemplar exceptions]].
75	* CrazyAwesome: Half the time.
76	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Usually some kind of ex-criminal.
77	* TheStoic: The other half of the time.
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79	!!Altusholt (D&D 4E):
80	!!Campaign: The Golden Dragon
81	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of heavy metal, explaining his EthicalHedonist nature.
82	* AuthorFilibuster: See BerserkButton below
83	* BadassBiker: See below.
84	* BerserkButton: Don't force your will on people, and don't hurt kids.
85	** Also, don't try to tell him that HeavyMetal is based on hate / anger / rage. He shares this one with me, and one particular incident resulted in the following rant:
86	-->"[[BruceDickinson A great man]] once said, "If HeavyMetal ran the world, there'd be a lot of songs about war and a lot of songs about death, but ''nobody would actually die''. You lost because you thought what we do is about hate. It's not. It's about love - loving people enough to open yourself up to them, loving what you do enough to share it with them, loving yourself enough not to care what anyone else thinks of you for it. Every time I go on stage, I see the audience coming together to share something that makes them happy. I see my band acting as a single unit to do what we love, what we're passionate about. I don't see hate, or violence, or evil. I see joy."
87	* BloodKnight: Depends on his mood. He enjoys fighting most of the time, but not enough that he won't prioritize protecting innocents. And if you manage to piss him off...
88	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite the fact that he's got a screw loose, he's an incredibly competent fighter and a ''damn'' good musician. Also capable of giving some surprisingly good advice when necessary.
89	* CasualKink
90	* ChivalrousPervert
91	* CoolBike: It's the one from [[JudasPriest Painkiller]]'s jacket art. If you don't know what that is, then [[http://www.the-masque.com/old%20masque/judaspriest2.html observe]].
92	* CrazyAwesome: The aforementioned insanity is also what results in him riding such a cool bike and coming up with metal several centuries before its time.
93	* EthicalHedonist: With heavy emphasis on the "Hedonist" part, but he's also quick to get serious and do whatever he can to help someone who needs him. He is, at his core, an entertainer.
94	* ForHappiness
95	* FriendToAllChildren: Yep.
96	* HellBentForLeather: Spikes and all.
97	* InstrumentOfMurder: The [[IncrediblyLamePun Axe of Fate]] [[DontExplainTheJoke is also a]] ''literal'' axe. That is on fire.
98	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Pretty much his defining trait. Usually an amoral, hedonistic jackass, but if someone's actually suffering he's the first to get serious and unleash the righteous fury. He's also TheMedic.
99	* TheMedic
100	* MemeticSexGod: This actually wasn't my idea - we needed a reason for [[AnythingThatMoves a certain monk]] to stay with the party, and everyone simultaneously concluded that Alt was good enough in bed that said monk would be willing to stick around.
101	* MetalHead: [[CaptainObvious No shit.]] That said, he does actually play other styles when the situation calls for them.
102	* NightmareFetishist
103	* ThePowerOfRock
104	* SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome: Amazingly, ''not'' an intentional victim of this. The conversation that led to his creation went like this:
105	-->Me: What's the one-sentence setting description?
106	-->GM: Medieval Japan, but fantasy version.
107	-->Me: Awww, there goes my heavy metal Tiefling bard idea.
108	-->GM: Actually, I'll let you do that.
109	-->Me: SWEET!
110	* TranquilFury: Gets like this whenever he's sufficiently pissed off - which is pretty frequent, come to think of it.
111	* WisdomFromTheGutter: Any legitimate advice he gives is this, simply because it's coming from [[CrazyAwesome him]].
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113	!!Atwiless Habagabar, Lord and Master of the Duchy of Froofibowiway (Self-proclaimed) (LegendSystem)
114	!!Campaign: Roleplay/LegendsOfVoronda
115	* BadassGrandpa
116	* ChaoticNeutral
117	* CrazyAwesome: On account of attempting to turn his own brain into a magic focus.
118	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique
119	* HenshinHero
120	* LargeHam: '''USUALLY SPEAKS IN BOLD AND ALL CAPS.'''
121	* MadScientist
122	* MagicCarpet: He rides one. That has [[GatlingGood gatling guns mounted on it.]]
123	* PoweredArmor
124	* ProfessorGuineaPig
125	* RealityWarper: The other result of attempting to turn his brain into a magic focus.
126	* TalkativeLoon
127	* TheyCalledMeMad
128	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
129	* WrenchWhack: His WeaponOfChoice.
130	* XMeetsY: DonQuijote meets [[{{Warhammer40000}} Da Orks.]]
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132	!!SIR RODRICK FENDER (LegendSystem)
133	!!Campaign: The Prisons of Drear
134	* AxCrazy: He does a good job of hiding it, but it's there.
135	* BoisterousBruiser
136	* TheBrute: He's bigger than the party's resident Orc.
137	* CompleteMonster
138	* EvenEvilHasStandards: His actions tend to give others this reaction.
139	* '''{{LARGE HAM}}'''
140	* MurderIsTheBestSolution
141	* ThePaladin: A very, VERY warped version.
142	* TautologicalTemplar: Not only is he one, but his order is actually designed to produce these.
143	* VillainProtagonist
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145	!!Drej Sinnigen (LegendSystem)
146	!!Campaign: TowerOfGod
147	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: One on each arm, and they're electrified to boot. In addition, they have a tendency to set enemies on fire.
148	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Originally a FUG member in the outer tower, he left the organization over [[NoodleIncident something that has yet to be explained / decided by myself and the GM]]. Unfortunately, this left him with very few skills that didn't involve sneaking around and killing people, so he contracted himself out as a hitman to put food on the table.
149	* DeadpanSnarker: Oh dear god, yes.
150	* FragileSpeedster: VERY fragile.
151	* GlassCannon: He's capable of one-shotting roughly half the party if necessary. At the same time, he really can't take a hit.
152	* GuileHero: Has the party's BloodKnight tank completely pegged.
153	* HitmanWithAHeart
154	* InTheHood
155	* NecessarilyEvil: Views himself as this. He doesn't actually like killing, but he's very good at it and circumstances force him to utilize that skill constantly.
156	* SatisfiedStreetRat
157	* ShockAndAwe
158	* StealthExpert
159	* TheStoic
160	* TakeAThirdOption
161	* VitriolicBestBuds: This dynamic is slowly developing with the aforementioned BloodKnight.
162	* YouFightLikeACow: While being chased through a maze:
163	--> '''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Graul]]''': COME OUT! [[MadLibsCatchPhrase SNEAKING IS FOR THE WEAK!]]\
164	''Graul runs directly into a concrete wall''\
165	'''Drej''': Oh dear, is competence for the weak as well?
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167	!!Evan Gordon
168	!!Campaign: Troper ChangelingTheLost Chronicle
169	* TheFace
170	* MasterOfDisguise
171	* TheSocialExpert
172	* WeakenedByTheLight: As a Darkling, this is to be expected.
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175	[[folder: Things Mr. Jacobs Is No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG:]]
176	* If I see signs of an impending boss fight in a tomb, I cannot open the coffins, dismember the skeletons, and shove the individual bones through a closed portcullis.
177	** I am not allowed to make [[{{Railroading}} choo-choo noises]] when the GM attempts to dissuade me from doing this.
178	* If my character attempts to reason a point, and has a high enough intelligence score that they can reason it well, the point may not be completely stupid.
179	* My tail does not give me +5 to acrobatics.
180	* Do not allow the party to split. EVER.
181	** I really should have learned this lesson after my first ever session left me stranded in a trap-filled room... while everyone else was fighting a boss. The fact that I kept failing my perception and thievery checks led to the following [[NeverLiveItDown immortal]] line:
182	--> ITT: We all fight the boss while Kyle plays {{Nethack}}.
183	* Not allowed to force the party into fighting in a cramped hallway just because I'm trying to keep the session moving.
184	** Especially not when they are all level one and are dealing with a level four barbarian. It's worth noting that this ''would'' have been balanced in their favor if not for the fact that they were trapped in a hallway.
185	* Not allowed to cannibalize NPC names from whatever I have lying on my desk.
186	* If the campaign is set in feudal Japan, I am not allowed to play as a Tiefling heavy metal bard whose guitar is also an axe and on fire. '''Because he's underpowered.''' [[InstrumentOfMurder Skalds]], however, are fine.
187	* Said skald does not know the spell "Summon Groupies".
188	* Just because I can one-shot half the party does not mean I should take on a boss on my own while everyone else stays back fighting minions. Especially when I'm the squishiest member of the party.
189	* Smite Evil cannot be used against abstract concepts.
190	* I am not allowed to declare the party's absentminded old wizards lengthy monologues as Evil and smite them.
191	* No longer allowed to start singing "WithCatlikeTread" any time the party fails horribly at being stealthy.
192	* My paladin is not a member of the church of the Most Holy DM.
193	* Not allowed to play a character without a solid grasp of the concept of "Around".
194	* I am no longer allowed to play an omniglot just because I took "Good With People".
195	* "Peasant" is not a separate language and if it was I would not speak it.

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