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skill --- tasting or synesthesia

I have been trying a lot of different teas lately, and lurking on tea boards, and I amazed at all the things people say they can taste in individual teas (and coffees, and wine, and even water). I will never develop that kind of refined palate in RL, but I think it would be great to have one in Glitch.

So I propose a tasting skill, one that would involve first imbibing beverages and foods, then licking objects, maybe also sniffing them since taste and smell are so linked, quests for rare and powerful things to taste/smell...

OR developing synesthesia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synes...

...something else you can't really develop but has always fascinated me. Maybe all the tasting/smelling would lead to a synesthesia-type of advanced skill.

Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • i know you mean well, but this is a poor idea.

    think of the children this would inspire to go around licking random objects in the hope of triggering psychedelic visions.

    Lalu, you should know better than to promote such irresponsible experimentation!

    -1 because the children are our future.
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *puts "lick me" sign on your back*
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • there you go again with the corruption of our youth!
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You're the one who said we should not take a "parenting" approach to this game...
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i said that?
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • alpha.glitch.com/forum/gene...

    "i don't think emulating parenting too closely is the way to go : ]"

    mmm...petard hoistmanship as a skill...
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i'm only roughly emulating parenting.
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ok, well if anyone ELSE has even managed to read this far, maybe he or she has an opinion on whether licking a sno-cone should impart wisdom to the licker.
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • eating sno-cones already grant XP so that's like wisdom right?
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "petard hoistmanship" ... now that's just brilliant!
    Posted 2 years ago by Wanderling Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yes, yes. licking things should definitely impart wisdom.
    ...I had a fun bout aging cheese and poking/proding/sniffing/licking it this afternoon. :D
    Posted 2 years ago by Marina Subscriber! | Permalink