Rhoxy - WTF?

[StJimmy]

Rorac just arrived.
Rorac glances at Rhoxy.
Rhoxy flings herself against Rorac, bounces off of him, and giggles madly!
Rhoxy sings:

"Sweet love and LolliPops
I'm headin down to the candy shop."

Rorac winces.
Rorac says, "Ow."
Rhoxy licks her lady bug lollipop.
Rhoxy skips around in a happy little circle.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy puckers her lips expectantly.
Rorac glances at Rhoxy.
Rhoxy giggles.
>look
[Town Square, Small Park]
A small, shady park fills an old vacant lot behind a row of buildings, the bustling sounds of the square filtering through the passage to the north to animate the area despite its appearance of peace and serenity. A weatherworn grey marble statue of a stocky human in pioneer's clothing overlooks the park, his stone hat encrusted by the gifts of decades of passing birds and his right hand half-upraised as if it once held some now-missing object. You also see the Spert disk, some cactacae spine, the Torruck disk, a withered black mushroom and some ornate wrought-iron benches.
Also here: Djingo, Rorac, Anemit, Lord Spert, Lord Rencelas who is kneeling, Lord Lynayn who is sitting, Rhoxy, Shakeus, Torruck who is sitting, Fapushk who is lying down
Obvious paths: north, south, west
>blink rho
You blink at Rhoxy.
Djingo removes some pothinir grass from in his black leather pack.
Anemit just went north.
Speaking to Rhoxy, Rorac asks, "Mind healing me?"
Rorac shifts his weight.
Anemit just arrived.
Speaking melodically to Rorac, Rhoxy says, "Well, I can only heal ya some."
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's left leg damage.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's right arm damage.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's back damage.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's neck damage.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's head damage.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Nothing happens.
Rorac just opened a large white cotton sack.
Rorac removes some pothinir grass from in his cotton sack.
Rorac takes a bite of his pothinir grass.
Rorac's chest looks better.
Rhoxy begins pouting.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's chest damage.
Rhoxy applauds.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rorac takes a bite of his pothinir grass.
Rorac's abdomen looks better.
Rorac takes a bite of his pothinir grass.
Rorac's right eye looks better.
Rorac removes some ephlox moss from in his cotton sack.
Rorac takes a bite of his ephlox moss.
Rorac's right leg looks better.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's right eye damage.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's abdomen damage.
Rorac just closed a large white cotton sack.
Rorac shifts his weight.
Rorac limps around a bit, favoring one leg.
Rhoxy ponders.
Rhoxy grins.
Rhoxy giggles.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Rhoxy takes Rorac's right leg damage.
Rhoxy meditates over Rorac.
Nothing happens.
Rorac says, "Thanks."
Rorac offers Rhoxy a Wehnimer's promissory note.
Rhoxy melodically says, "Good as new again."
Rorac adopts an agreeable expression.
Rhoxy put a strawberry lady bug lollipop with licorice spots in her pink backpack.
Rhoxy accepts Rorac's promissory note.
Rhoxy hugs Rorac.
Rhoxy melodically exclaims, "Thank you!"
Rhoxy put a Wehnimer's promissory note in her pink backpack.
Rhoxy removes a strawberry lady bug lollipop with licorice spots from in her pink backpack.
>look rho
You see Rhoxy Rhoad the Empath.
She appears to be an Aelotoi of the Mrae'ni Clan.
She is average height and appears to be of a tender age. She has almond-shaped dark sea green eyes and alabaster skin. She has very long, curly honey blonde hair worn in two pigtails. She has a dainty face, a button nose and dimpled cheeks. She has a pair of glimmering wings.
She has minor bruises on her neck, some minor cuts and bruises on her right arm, some minor cuts and bruises on her right leg, some minor cuts and bruises on her left leg, minor cuts and bruises on her chest, minor cuts and bruises on her abdominal area, minor cuts and bruises on her back, a bruised right eye, and minor bruises about the head.
She is holding a strawberry lady bug lollipop with licorice spots in her right hand and a feisty ebon kitten in the crook of her left arm.
She is wearing a soft lavender hood, some airy gold wire wasp earrings, a frilly satin greatcloak, a silver-tipped feather stickpin, a glittering golden scarf, a blue toadstool pin, a pearly pink backpack, a delicate orange chemise, a series of slender azurite bangles, a twisted multi-colored belt, a luxurious velvet coin pouch, a stylish baby blue sack, a plain-looking sack, a pair of sheer thigh-high silk stockings with a lace border, and some dainty coal black boots.
Rhoxy just skipped merrily north.

Does the bitch really need to giggle after taking every fucking wound?!? :club:

Also, she must have that song macro'd as well as the skipping/giggling and puckering of the lips because she did this multiple times.

[NocturnalRob]

Does the bitch really need to giggle after taking every fucking wound?!? :club:


she doesn't.

this is what passes for role-playing these days. get used to it. or don't stay in the landing.

[Gan]

ROFL

Another fine representation of the empath profession.

Landing FTW

[Bobmuhthol]

I appreciate that Rorac is still playing.

[NocturnalRob]

ROFL

Another fine representation of the empath profession.

Landing FTW

Why does the vast majority of people playing empaths feel the need to play them as massive pussies? Or girlie bitches? Just because they can heal injuries doesn't mean they need to giggle/prance around/blow everyone in TSC, etc.

[Xaerve]

My empath would FUX Gan up!

[Allereli]

you can find RP in the Landing, but the Park is the last place I'd look

[Nilandia]

Good grief. Talk about a major sugar rush.

I always was puzzled by the stereotypical hugging/giggling/bouncing empath. Just exactly what is so funny about taking wounds upon yourself, often to the point of bleeding from every orifice? Don't people get the idea that hugging someone with a gaping chest wound is going to hurt?

I just don't get it.

Gretchen

Edited to add: Did anyone else notice the name Rhoxy Rhoad is rather similar to Rocky Road? Wonder if it's intentional.

[NocturnalRob]

My empath would FUX Gan up!

whether or not that's true, you speak to my point. i'm sick of seeing girl empaths wearing pink/pearls/whatever and giggling/prancing/blushing/skipping all the time. it's fucking lame and overplayed. just once i would love to see an empath demand payment up front for their services. i think that would be hilarious. even if i was the one being charged.

[iJin]

rofl.

That is annoying.

[Some Rogue]

whether or not that's true, you speak to my point. i'm sick of seeing girl empaths wearing pink/pearls/whatever and giggling/prancing/blushing/skipping all the time. it's fucking lame and overplayed.

Guess I broke the stereotype then. I play a male empath who wears grays and blacks. He is a fairly nice guy though until you piss him off.

[Some Rogue]

That is annoying.

SO ARE YOU!!!1111

[NocturnalRob]

Guess I broke the stereotype then. I play a male empath who wears grays and blacks. He is a fairly nice guy though until you piss him off.

my hat is off to you, sir. thanks for not suckling at the teat of conformity.

i'm honestly way too worked up over this. the next empath i see giggling after taking a 14/round neck bleeder...i'm just gonna stab the bitch in the eye and ask her why she's not giggling now.

[Nilandia]

whether or not that's true, you speak to my point. i'm sick of seeing girl empaths wearing pink/pearls/whatever and giggling/prancing/blushing/skipping all the time. it's fucking lame and overplayed. just once i would love to see an empath demand payment up front for their services. i think that would be hilarious. even if i was the one being charged.
I've seen it happen by Lady Pain in Plat.

For my part, Nilandia is played more as a physician, surgeon and triage medic. She has a wide variety of tools for that role, and will do things such as re-break a bone that's healed improperly (such as a level 2 limb scar), apply a clear blue gem from Icemule to a swollen eye (since it's always cool to the touch) and pour an herbal formula into a corpse's mouth to ease any pain once they're raised. People still like to comment that she carries maggots and leeches with her.

She very much feels the pain of the wounds she takes, dresses more like a stereotypical ranger than an empath, hates pink, can't understand the appeal of chocolate or sweets and actually prefers people to come back from hunts in one piece, rather than full of wounds she can learn off of.

It gets to be rather amusing when people try to hug her or tip her with chocolate or sweets, when she doesn't giggle or otherwise react how they expect.

Gretchen

(Edited to add: I always ask people if they want regular empathic healing or full RP'd healing. Some people are just sitting around and love the interaction, other people like healing done as fast as possible. It depends on preference.)

[Arkans]

Attempting to demand payment is great, I mean, if that wouldn't make you shoot yourself in the foot. Herbs are easy to get and cheap as are vultures in the Landing.

- Arkans

[Sweets]

Wow. I remember why I left Landing. I play an empath but I was getting damned annoyed with the empaths. Very few were tolerable to work with. Nilandia and Zuie are two of my favorites. :>

[NocturnalRob]

It depends on preference.)

and it's good that you can make that distinction. the vast majority of the time, i'm getting healed at the end of a hunt, and am happy to RP with someone while i absorb exp. but there are those few times (when i'm gifting or when some fucking cman has screwed me over for the umpteenth time and I just need to get back out as quickly as possible) when I don't have time or I'm too pissed about getting spike thorned by something 15 levels below me, etc.

I'm assuming you're in the landing though?


in the Landing.


get the FUCK out of the landing

[Parkbandit]

you can find RP in the Landing, but the Park is the last place I'd look

That is so sad. :(

[SayGoodbye]

I bet it's a dude.

[Nilandia]

and it's good that you can make that distinction. the vast majority of the time, i'm getting healed at the end of a hunt, and am happy to RP with someone while i absorb exp. but there are those few times (when i'm gifting or when some fucking cman has screwed me over for the umpteenth time and I just need to get back out as quickly as possible) when I don't have time or I'm too pissed about getting spike thorned by something 15 levels below me, etc.

I'm assuming you're in the landing though?

Yeah, I've heard a lot on these boards and the officials of people who just want to get in, get healed, and return to whatever they were doing. While I like to RP, I won't roll over other people's enjoyment for my own.

Nilandia's based in Solhaven, but has been wandering a bit lately up to the Landing or Icemule. I tend to avoid TSC, though. I think spending my first 10 levels there is penance enough.

TSC empaths amuse me, though. I was playing another character when I saw one empath overheal and a couple other bodies get dragged in. It was like they had no idea how to cope with such demand. The couple empaths who were there just sat and stared at the corpses or called for help. Finally, another empath dragged another body in and started healing people, while the rest watched.

I will say that most TSC empaths probably have no idea how to deal with invasions. During the Grimswarm invasions, I'd see empaths sitting around waiting for cleanups before they'd heal again and healing bodies while the living were bleeding to death, among other things. I sat in TSC and healed triage-style for a time, and I was using no scripts, macros or other shortcuts so I know I would be going slower than many of them. I still was healing a good number of the people coming in and one of the scripting empaths accused me of healing half the town. :D

Gretchen

[Allereli]

That is so sad. :(

eh?

[CrystalTears]

I will say that most TSC empaths probably have no idea how to deal with invasions. During the Grimswarm invasions, I'd see empaths sitting around waiting for cleanups before they'd heal again and healing bodies while the living were bleeding to death, among other things. I sat in TSC and healed triage-style for a time, and I was using no scripts, macros or other shortcuts so I know I would be going slower than many of them. I still was healing a good number of the people coming in and one of the scripting empaths accused me of healing half the town. :D
I'm inclined to agree with you. I barely play my empath these days, and the last time I played her was to help with one of the Grimswarm invasions. I couldn't stand sitting in TSC because they were all whining about wanting cleanup and not healing fast enough, and I ended up just healing at the gate instead. That way I could walk out for a second, hit a Grimswarm or two that weren't being ambushed by legends, drag dead people inside, and continue helping.

Other empaths are the main reason why I won't be a mainly healing empath any longer.

[Some Rogue]

Vaalor is kinda like this but mainly because most of the time it's boring as hell and they just aren't used to it. Overall the empaths there are very good at keeping everyone healed but sometimes you'll see people worrying over a corpse when people are standing there bleeding all over the place.

[NocturnalRob]

sometimes you'll see people worrying over a corpse when people are standing there bleeding all over the place.

top 10 biggest GS pet peeves...i mean, i'm bleeding 30/round and you're crying over someone who's dead? heal me, fucker! sign of staunching aside, it's still annoying.

[Lilabell]

I brought my empath to the Landing, and immediatly packed her bags to head back to the EN. You can heal 10 people and not even one will have the courtesy to say thanks. No tips, no thanks, just a quick request for healing and then a dash away when healed. You couldn't even RP they were in such a hurry. I became a little irritated and tried to get the other empaths in the square to revolt, but they wouldn't.

[NocturnalRob]

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[El Burro]

I brought my empath to the Landing, and immediatly packed her bags to head back to the EN. You can heal 10 people and not even one will have the courtesy to say thanks. No tips, no thanks, just a quick request for healing and then a dash away when healed. You couldn't even RP they were in such a hurry. I became a little irritated and tried to get the other empaths in the square to revolt, but they wouldn't.

Off topic!

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I RP in the park all the time lately. Rorac actually does as well. In fact, there a few there who roleplay -- it's not all bad.

Though Dreamsy attacking me last night because I was bragging on OOC about cleaning out his pockets was classic. If Vinh ever gets me gambits I'll have a lot more fun ;p

[Allereli]

it's just not worth the irritation of having to listen to people beg for "massies" and "spellies" and idiots like Rhoxy doing anything at all

sure, if you play a thief it's the easiest place to find targets.

[Nilandia]

My Erithi has been working on warrior tricks in the guild, so I've been watching TSC and the park lately. I've seen some people who have RP'd well, and I've started complimenting people in OOC whispers who actually RP healing or whatever else. I've met quite a few other Erithi lately, and a few have actually responded to my attempts to RP.

It's there, even if it's often drowned out by sheer stupidity.

Gretchen

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I hope you don't play Pixy because I stole about 30 wands from you last night if that's the case :x

[Nilandia]

Hah! Ain't no way I'm carrying that much stuff and not closing my containers. My girl has her stealable stuff in a pouch shoved in her cloak, so all you'd get would be maybe 10-20 silvers that she forgot about.

Gretchen

[Farn]

I think the first time I ever got healed by Nilandia was a week or two ago. While I really don't mind people that just nod to me and take all my wounds when I ask for healing, it -was- kind of nice to have Nilandia talk a bit about the different types of healing (magical or non-magical like surgical and such) and asking which I preferred and all that. It was kind of funny at some points, too (offering of amputations etc.). All in all, fun. Get yourself a cookie.

[Nilandia]

I think the first time I ever got healed by Nilandia was a week or two ago. While I really don't mind people that just nod to me and take all my wounds when I ask for healing, it -was- kind of nice to have Nilandia talk a bit about the different types of healing (magical or non-magical like surgical and such) and asking which I preferred and all that. It was kind of funny at some points, too (offering of amputations etc.). All in all, fun. Get yourself a cookie.
People are just scared of the maggots and bone saw. ;)

I'm glad you had fun, though! Sometimes I play with a mindset where my only goal is to see other people enjoying themselves.

Gretchen

[Blushy]

My pet peeve about TSC empaths is when you politely ask to be healed, by whispering or speaking directly to someone, and he or she totally ignores you, but then insta-nod/heals the next person who bungee jumps in and darkly says, "healing please."

[g++]

My pet peeve about TSC empaths is when you politely ask to be healed, by whispering or speaking directly to someone, and he or she totally ignores you, but then insta-nod/heals the next person who bungee jumps in and darkly says, "healing please."

Agreed. Tayre is back now though so I doubt that problem will last he heals in about .1 seconds.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Agreed. Tayre is back now though so I doubt that problem will last he heals in about .1 seconds.

I have all empaths set to cold except Tayre, cause he rocks the healing and I think the others are flat bottom bitches.

[Celephais]

My pet peeve about TSC empaths is when you politely ask to be healed, by whispering or speaking directly to someone, and he or she totally ignores you, but then insta-nod/heals the next person who bungee jumps in and darkly says, "healing please."
I really hate this, all the time I try to at least give empaths a chance to rollplay with me... I'll refer to my injuries by location and severity and usually avoid saying the word "heal" at all... and I just get ignored.

"Anyone who can take care of my bruised right arm?" and I get nothing.
"healing?" and I get mobbed.

It sucks... it's like I have to not role-play if I want healing (thank god for herbs).

[AestheticDeath]

I was under the impression Rorac wasn't the original anymore.

[Some Rogue]

If he's acting like he has half a brain, then probably not.

[Nieninque]

I have all empaths set to cold except Tayre, cause he rocks the healing and I think the others are flat bottom bitches.

This is beginning to sound like a bit of a crush

[Kembal]

Is it a bad thing if I say I enjoy Alchemy more than healing these days? Although, healing on the Dais or VC isn't terrible like TSC. Only problem with being in the EN is limited opportunities for triage empath skills.

[Nilandia]

I really hate this, all the time I try to at least give empaths a chance to rollplay with me... I'll refer to my injuries by location and severity and usually avoid saying the word "heal" at all... and I just get ignored.

"Anyone who can take care of my bruised right arm?" and I get nothing.
"healing?" and I get mobbed.

It sucks... it's like I have to not role-play if I want healing (thank god for herbs).
I've noticed that. I find it incredibly annoying, too, and completely nonsensical.

Gretchen

[SayGoodbye]

I was under the impression Rorac wasn't the original anymore.

I'm 95% sure that Rorac is the original Rorac.

[Heshinar]

I have a Empath that I tried to heal in TSC a few years back when I started him. Couldn't stand it. Left and hang out in the Temple. To me a Temple of Lorminstra seems a most fitting place to heal people from.

Though I do not get many customers.

[Gnomad]

Why does the vast majority of people playing empaths feel the need to play them as massive pussies? Or girlie bitches? Just because they can heal injuries doesn't mean they need to giggle/prance around/blow everyone in TSC, etc.

I've gotten a few RPAs for playing a bitter empath who yelled at people who came in complaining about cuts and bruises if he had anything over a minor himself.

I'd have done it without the RPAs.

edit: obviously, this works best in the smaller cities.

[Rhaindrop]

I always thought it was best to sit right in the middle of the problem and try to fix it rather than 'avoid' it at all costs...

You'll always find me in TSC.

Sorry, I do tend to be a little giggly, and I do 'nod' out of courtesy to the other healers, and sometimes I am doing ten things at once and might miss a whisper... but I try my best not to be totally annoying.


~The Rhain

[Asile]

Not that I'm condoning Rhoxy's annoying giggling after taking every wound, but maybe the character has a nerve condition that causes her to feel like she's getting tickled every time something happens to her that would register with normal people as pain. Just a thought, since when I thought of rolling up a primarily-healing Empath, my solution to her reaction to willingly taking on this pain was to make her have a condition where "painful" sensations just don't register as something bad for her, the way it normally does. (I'm pretty sure I heard about this before, where a kid couldn't feel pain and when the parents noticed cuts and even burns and asked why the kid didn't say anything, the response was "It didn't hurt.")

When I'm playing my Empath, I like having TSC all to myself; I really have no use for a lot of them who've been there lately. Especially the ones who whine because no one's giving them a cleanup when there's a constant stream of injured coming in. Since I got Troll's Blood, and really found the wonders of it, I've gotten so used to having mangled and missing limbs and permanent muscle mutilation and what-not, it's all rather like a huge, disfigured badge of armor. And for the folks who make the argument that those big scars take so much more mana and time to heal down... first, I'll heal them when I have the time, and second, when I get that kind of time I'm usually not worried about keeping myself alive, so what the hell else am I using that mana for.

[SayGoodbye]

First, I know nothing about empaths.

Can't they use herbs to "clean up"? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just wondering why they're whining when there is usually a bench full of herbs. Or is there exp to be gained from healing self wounds/scars?

[ViridianAsp]

First, I know nothing about empaths.

Can't they use herbs to "clean up"? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just wondering why they're whining when there is usually a bench full of herbs. Or is there exp to be gained from healing self wounds/scars?



I don't really see why empaths need clean ups, unless it's an invasion or something. My empath is generally self-reliant, if she has a crowd of people she'll stop for a moment or two to stop the bleeding before she continues to heal then, when she's done, she'll heal down and even use herbs if she has to.

I've taken her to the landing and tried to heal in TSC if things are slow there is always a few dominant empaths who take all the healing on to their shoulders and pretty much ignore you if they don't know you.

*shrugs*

My empath doesn't giggle or hug...and she's particular about who she'll let touch her. I don't get the giggly, bouncy empaths, I don't understand why it's considered the "norm" either.

[Some Rogue]

Well, with the Grimswarm camps now giving rank 3 wounds on every body part...if I had to heal down all the wounds and all the scars, it would take me a half an hour and tons of mana. It's quicker and easier to get a cleanup.

[Nilandia]

Not that I'm condoning Rhoxy's annoying giggling after taking every wound, but maybe the character has a nerve condition that causes her to feel like she's getting tickled every time something happens to her that would register with normal people as pain. Just a thought, since when I thought of rolling up a primarily-healing Empath, my solution to her reaction to willingly taking on this pain was to make her have a condition where "painful" sensations just don't register as something bad for her, the way it normally does. (I'm pretty sure I heard about this before, where a kid couldn't feel pain and when the parents noticed cuts and even burns and asked why the kid didn't say anything, the response was "It didn't hurt.")
I'd agree with you, except there's just so many empaths that giggle, bounce, hug and whatever else. Such nerve conditions must be far rarer than the incidence of giggly empaths.

Nilandia's theory is that empathic magic doesn't actually completely heal all damage to the body. Some damage still remains, perhaps to the nervous system, and the scars and other damage build up over time into a variety of effects such as an inability to feel pain.

With the lack of pain, people might react in different ways. Some might seek after whatever pain they can get, looking for any sort of sensation. Others might revel in the lack of pain, loving to take on as much things that would put a normal person to the ground just because they can.

Lots of other reactions are possible, but in essence, the body takes on so much trauma, so often and in such a short period of time, the body often simply can't cope.

Yeah, I'm rambling, but it's what Nilandia claims, and is why she prefers using her healing props whenever possible.

Gretchen