Quotes you can build a character off of III: It's a crowd

[comicshorse]

Spoiler: "One does not need to carry a weapon if one is fast enough to run away."

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-Nothing Special

Yeah, fighting is for slow-pokes. At this level it isn't even fear, it is just avoidance of violence through distance as a philosophy. Or maybe it is fear, but I like the idea of a character who would rather run than fight if given the choice, while being capable of both.

" I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can. "

Seth Gecko 'From Dusk til Dawn'

[eru001]

You wish to know my stance on the issue facing Massachusetts? Mr. Adams, when this congress is concluded I intend to levy one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense and march them north to the aid of the Massachusetts Militia.

-Colonel George Washington, (said at the opening of the second continental congress, long before being appointed Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. )

[bc56]

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
-Joker in one of the Batman movies.

I see this as a fiend warlock who literally does this.

[Max_Killjoy]

"She's a witch of trouble in electric blue,
In her own mad mind she's in love with you."
- Cream, 'Strange Brew'

[eru001]

Be not afraid of any man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens call on me and I shall equalize.

-Inscription on an old Colt revolver.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

Be not afraid of any man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens call on me and I shall equalize.

-Inscription on an old Colt revolver.

On a similar note: "God made men, Sam Colt made them equal, and John Browning made them civilised".

[Lord Raziere]

On a similar note: "God made men, Sam Colt made them equal, and John Browning made them civilised".

All true, but Einstein made them peaceful.

[bc56]

All true, but Einstein made them peaceful.

90% sure you mean Oppenheimer.

"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
-J. Robert Oppenheimer

[HalfTangible]

"I called her a fool. In her attempt to prove me wrong, she proved me right. Just because it worked out for the dumb %$# doesn't mean it was a good idea."

'It' in this case referring to the conquering and descecration of the ninja factions' holy lands baaaasically because she was called a lying idiot.

[Cluedrew]

I would comment on some of the gun quotes but with recent events that is dangerously close to politics.

Spoiler: "That's kind of weird." "Adam, your power involves kissing people, ghosts and monsters."

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Forget the character, I just want to figure out what the power is. ... OK I should say something about the character. A character with abilities completely out of the ordinary, but maybe doesn't react so well when other weird things show up. Normal is subjective after all and you could get used to some very weird things without having seen it all.

Spoiler: {On formal military dress.} "We are trekking through the jungle." "That may be so, sir, but this is no reason to lower our standards."

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-The Flying Cloud

Not rain, nor sleet nor snow will let my uniform be dirty for more than a minute. Classic "tough love butler" type.

Spoiler: "Don't trust your head, Samwise, it is not the best part of you."

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-The Two Towers

Some character's think better with their hearts or their guts. Emotionally or instinctually thinking as opposed to the more "explicate" intellectual thinking.

Spoiler: "Is that legal?" "Hu?"

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I think they know what those words mean, but I guess they don't think about legality very often. So a "chaotic" individual, but I see a bit more to it than that. Because even if you don't personally care for the rules generally you want to make sure you don't get caught. This "Hu" level suggests that they don't even think about that. So they must also come from an area where enforcement is about zero. Hopefully the other speaker can help them not be so blatant about it.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

90% sure you mean Oppenheimer.

"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
-J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Bhagavad Gita, actually. Chapter 11, Verse 32.

[bc56]

The Bhagavad Gita, actually. Chapter 11, Verse 32.

Ok, yes, but he quoted it with respect to the A-bomb, and the discussion was on it at the time.

[JestingManiac]

"I have +16 to deception at level 5"
"for f***s sake henry this was supposed to be a casual game"

the first thing a friend of mine said upon starting a new (lvl 5) campaign

[eru001]

"The Empire is gone"
"It is not!"
"The last Emperor died, his realm has fragmented."
"There is a new Emperor! The rebels will be dealt with in good time."
"There is no new Emperor, no help is coming, why can't you see that?"
"You think I can't? Look at my men. Their morale hangs by a thread. We are the sons and grandsons of men who have been fighting on this frontier since the last Emperor died. This regiment has fought an endless war against bandits, mauraders, an pirates since before I was born! Always the mantra has been to hold fast for just a little longer. Always we have told eachother that help would come eventually. We are the only once keeping order in this province. We are the sole source of protection for every little village and tiny hamlet that dots these plains. Should I tell the men that it is hopeless? Should I tell them no one is coming? That sixty years of struggle has been in vain? That the war their fathers handed to them can't be won? How many would stay? How many would keep up the fight to protect the people of this land. They need to believe. They need to know that there is something out there worth fighting for. If I take that away from them who will defend this land?"

[Max_Killjoy]

"On the edge of oblivion,
And all the world is Babylon,
And all the lovers and everyone,
A ship of fools sailing on."
- Wang Chung, Wang Chung

"I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered...
But you can't stay here with every single hope you have shattered."
- Big Country, In a Big Country

[Goaty14]

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

-Joseph Stalin

probably some sort of uncompromising CE death necromancer?

[Lord Raziere]

"You become what you maintain, and eventually you make what you fake."

"Why did you bet on those guys? in the arena?"
"They won didn't they?"
"but all they did was be friendly with each other, have a girlfriend and make sure people got what they deserved."
"Yeah. friendship, love and justice. They always win!"

"Now I never exactly thought myself selfless, and I'm not really holy or honorable or righteous or anything- but evil is evil and I can't let it slide."

[Belac93]

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

-Joseph Stalin

probably some sort of uncompromising CE death necromancer?

This screams LE to me, honestly.

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"If there are two and a half words you don’t want to hear from a person who can see the future, those words are ‘I’m sorry’."

[Stealthscout]

Kiss up, kick down

Used as a way to describe Stewie Griffin, for those who need to know the source.

[eru001]

The machine gun like, the airplane, is an interesting curiosity certainly, perhaps even usefull in very specialized circumstances, but will never play a major role in warfare.

-Said by A French General, prior to the First World War.



This device has no comercial value, who on earth would pay to send a message to nobody in particular?

-Said to the inventor of the radio.



You would make a ship sail against the wind and current by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense.

-Napoleon Bonapart refusing to purchase the designs of Robert Fulton's steamship

[Stealthscout]

If you kill all your enemies, it becomes very easy to love your neighbor.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

The machine gun like, the airplane, is an interesting curiosity certainly, perhaps even usefull in very specialized circumstances, but will never play a major role in warfare.

-Said by A French General, prior to the First World War.



This device has no comercial value, who on earth would pay to send a message to nobody in particular?

-Said to the inventor of the radio.



You would make a ship sail against the wind and current by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense.

-Napoleon Bonapart refusing to purchase the designs of Robert Fulton's steamship

I'me fairly certain the first and last of those are apocryphal, although there is the similar "Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless." from Marshal Foch. However, he is also reported to have said:

"The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable." Which itself is a fairly good character quote.

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Anyway, in honour of today's moderately less famous anniversary:

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, on the commencement of the strategic bombing of Germany.

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." - Prime Minister Winston Churchill, during the Battle of Britain.

"The thing that's always worried me about being one of the few is the way we keep on getting... fewer." - Flying Officer David Campell, as portrayed in The Longest Day.

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And, of course, concerning today's rather more significant commemoration:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13.

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." - 1 Corinthians 15:26.

[Personification]

And, of course, concerning today's rather more significant commemoration:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13.

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." - 1 Corinthians 15:26.

I feel like I should know this, but what is being commemorated?

[Benthesquid]

I feel like I should know this, but what is being commemorated?

Easter. At least according to one set of religious calendars.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

I feel like I should know this, but what is being commemorated?

Jesus Christ.

[Personification]

Jesus Christ.

Now I get it. It was also the zeroth anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar live.

[JeenLeen]

I'm probably paraphrasing, but these are some of my favorites from some video games.

"One of the biggest joys in life is tormenting the souls of the dead."
--an evil wizard on not wanting to destroy all existence (from Arcanum: of Steamworks and Sorcery)

"Love, joy, hope... where'd they come from, and where are they going... these things, I will destroy."
"I will build a monument to non-existence."
-Kefka, FFVI

"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say, 'Nice try.'"
-probably hard to build a quote from it, but I figured I'd throw in this Valkyrie Profile with the above

[DrewID]

"Wild adventure builds character."

One of the voice-over lines for the Ranger from CyberLore's Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. Sums up an awful lot of player characters.

DrewID

[Personification]

WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

Probably good for a Spore Druid

“It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

Bard

“Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they're there, they know they're there for a purpose, they'd probably agree that they have a place in a well-organised universe, but they wouldn't see the point of believing, of going around saying "O great table, without whom we are as naught." Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe in them or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business and, as it were, eat off your knees.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

Really any powerful character (though probably a wizard) who doesn't use divine magic

[eru001]

Those are brave men out there. Let's go kill them.

-Tyrion Lannister.


I have but two regrets. That I didn't hang Henry Clay and that I didn't shoot John C Calhoun.

-Andrew Jackson (referring to his speaker of the house and vice president respectively.)