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evil-overlord.jpgIt’s been while since I made a Crunch Overlord post (I can already hear Yan groan). But as I did last time I’ll actually add some usefull RPG table psychology stuff. Its also a community thing, I hope you won’t be too offended if I call you minions… 🙂

Also just so were all on the same page, the minion list is actually a community page where you can feature as a reader and advertise your blog/webcomic/website! If you don’t feel like taking the test, join as a Generic Minion!

Ahhh I’m finally getting settled in my new headquarters and I must say I like it. I will change the colors once again this weekend because my good Gadget Minion Ve4grm debugged the Holographic theme-generator I had originally planned for this here fortress of all things Crunch.

What’s this I hear you say? You’d like to join my organization and contribute to my evil plan? Perfect… but first I must know what kind of Minion you would make so I can attribute you to the most useful position. You have to take a test! Ohh it’s a simple one really, just 72 yes/no answers.

Have a look here.

RPG Relevant Aside: This personality test is very interesting and gives results rather similar to those given by professional tests some of us have had in school or at work. I strongly believe that a serious RPG group should have all members take it and share the results, especially with the DM. The various interpretations available on the website will help the DM understand his player’s outlook more. This could be a great Norming experience.)

You have your 4 letter code result? Excellent! Cross-Reference that code with the following list to see what kind of minion you would be (I’m open to suggestions for renaming them).

The Guardians

  • ISTJ: Enforcer Minion
  • ESTJ: Sergent Minion
  • ISFJ: Soldier Minion
  • ESFJ: Support Minion

The Idealists

  • INFP: Medic Minion
  • ENFP: Crusader Minion
  • INFJ: Advisor Minion
  • ENFJ: Trainer Minion

The Artisans

  • ISFP: Perceptive Minion
  • ESFP: Messenger Minion
  • ISTP: Mechanic Minion
  • ESTP: Recruiter Minion

The Realists

  • INTP: Engineer Minion
  • ENTP: Gadget Minion
  • INTJ: Mastermind Minion
  • ENTJ: Field marshal minion

Don’t want or can’t take the test? I understand, and I do need more minions… so you can join as a Generic Minion if you prefer.

Now knowing that I can’t fight the evils of fluffiness without understanding it, I have therefore created 3 minion categories, choose one:

  • Crunch Minion
  • Fluff Minion
  • Special Minion (Equal Fluff and Crunch)

Finally report your results in the following format in the comments:

(Commenter’s Nickname) , (4 letter code: Minion type), (Minion category)

Fell free to link to your website/facebook/blog/favorite website. For extra minion points, link to an image that best represents the type of minion you want to be (PG-13 or less please). For those not HTML savvy, just copy-paste the links and I’ll handle it.

Here’s an example based on Chatty’s results:

  • Chatty DM, ENFJ/ENTJ (I’m sitting between both) Trainer/Field marshal Overlord, Crunch

You shall be transfered on the Minion’s page shortly and shall be eligible to be on my weekly ‘Do not kill this minion list’ whenever you make a good comment, help me out with the forteress or inform me of cool crunchy (and fluffy… sigh) things on the interweb. Who knows, you might be upgraded from Minion to Imperial Guard.

For those already in the Imperial Roster, please let me know if you want to be transfered to another category.

Together, I shall rule the world of RPGs!!!!! Mwa HA HA HA!

Comments

  1. Ronin, ISTJ, Enforcer, Fluff
    I think I fall into the understanding fluff catagory. As I am very much a rules light GM. Being willing to just wing stuff.
    As to how helpful I’ll be in the minioning (is that a word?) I dont know. I have a hard enough time writing content for my blog. (http://roninsfortress.blogspot.com/)
    But I’ll try my best. 🙂

  2. Don’t worry man, I’m not asking for anything special. I’m just messing around and building a community page…. I’ll link your blog in it too!

  3. Dean, INTJ, Mastermind Minion, Special

    Normally, I tend to use just enough fluff to cover the crunch so that it is comfy for the rest of the people around the table. While I rules lawyer an awful lot, I don’t think the rules should get in the way of the story.

    So lead on.

  4. Woah, I left to take the quiz, and the whole site changed while I was gone!

    Dave T. Game, INTJ Mastermind Minion, Crunch

    Critical-Hits.com is my abode for my own evil schemes.

    I don’t know if it works for a minion pic, but I just wanted to post another picture of an Umber Hulk riding a Bullette:

  6. Ripjack, INTJ: Mastermind Minion, Special (very good at both…separately)

    Honestly? Rules lawyering is only a small fraction of what a good devil’s advocate does.

    Fang Langford

    Senior Executive Field Director
    At Large for the Regional Office of
    the Devil’s Advocacy Department of the
    Midwestern United States and
    South Central Canadian Provinces

    DevilsAdvocacy(at)gMail(dottie)com

  8. Hey, guys. Dug through some documentation and code, and discovered that the img tag isn’t allowed in comments by default, which is why it was stripped out.

    You can always link to images, though. (The a tag is enabled, as well as just posting the link like you did.)

    As far as enabling the img tag goes, I’d recommend against it. It could cause trouble for low-bandwidth visitors, and allows for random idiots posting inappropriate material, as well as spam. Keeping the img tag disabled allows for greater control over content on the site, and is fairly standard practice on both blogs and forums.

    At least, that was my recommendation to our ChattyDM. His decision won’t be made until he wakes up. 😛

    By the way, I did some template cleanup, and passed Phil a new plugin for this here site.

    Now when you leave a comment, you have a 15-minute grace period during which you can edit it!

    Woo!

    Just click on the text of your message to edit the comment, or click on your name to edit the name and website that you left.

    And for completeness:

    ve4grm (aka Graham), ENTP Gadget Minion (edging into ENTJ and ENFP at times), Imperial Guard: Crunch

  10. Zozeer: INTJ: Mastermind Minion, Special (also not good at both at the same time, there has to be some trick to it…)

    I love fluff to death, just as I love crunch. though I tend to play by feel in game.

    As always, in a tall cold gray tower, high atop a steep bluff, secreted away in room lined with old tomes and dusty scrolls, sitting behind a baroque chessboard.

  11. Man what is it with Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging people and RPGs? A great subject for a later post I think!

    All right Zozeer I’ll add you tonight along with your Mechatastic blog 🙂

  12. I like to think of myself as more of a “Man behind the man” than a minion. And i will have you all thinking the same thing soon… soon.

  13. No problem Seth my man…. 🙂

    Although if you want to become your own overlord or “Eminence Grise”… I want to make an alliance! (i.e. give us your web coordinates and I’ll post them on the future Allied Overlord page (or something to that effect)

  14. Then you’ll have double agent Minion working for both overlord.

    Which is fine as long as you have the same goal.

    But just to be sure you’ll need a minion Police force that will monitor all your minion activities; Verifying that they are working for YOUR best interest.

    It’s not easy being an overlord… :p

  15. Yeah, the Masterminds have it. In the write-ups about the various types, they stated that only about 1% of the population is INTJ. Seems we blow the bell-curve on this one.

    However, I think that the connection between GMing (and to a lesser extent, playing)and the Mastermind personality is an easy and intuitive one to find. We can see big picture and detail level as the task demands, and we have the ability to take charge if need be. But there’s still the edge of being there to make things work, not necessarily be in charge. So that all works, I think.

  16. Dean: I’m just impressed that a personality that only 1% of the population shares is so overwhelmingly represented in RPGs…. Definitively worth looking into.

    Or I’m just a magnet for INTJs as most of my friends are exactly of that type…. where I’m borderline ENTJ and ENFJ.

    Yan: I do have police Minions…. I have the Imperial Guard and all those Enforcer Minions!

  19. I heard that some personality types are more prone to answer online questionaires than others, and so they’re overrepresented in self-selected samples: “Question 5: What is the distribution of temperaments in the US population? Doesn’t the distribution of the web statistics contradict that distribution? The estimated distribution of temperaments of US general population are 40-45% Guardian, 35-40% Artisan, 5-10% Idealist, 5-10% Rational. The web statistics derived mostly from data collected when the Sorter was totally free on the web, are global statistics not restricted to the US, are however to some degree self-selecting. This self-selection bias is not surprising because Idealists and Guardians generally are more interested seeking out and taking the questionnaires. The Artisans are typically not as interested in temperament theory, as the rest of the temperaments are. The Idealists are the most enthusiastic of the temperaments about temperament theory. On the other hand, the web statistics have been stable for years, and the millions taking online currently on Advisorteam indicate the same distribution.” Keirsey Temperament Frequently Asked Questions

  27. Sandrinnad, ISFP Perceptive Minion, Special 🙂 (Fluff with Crunchy bits, Crunch with a Fluffy center)

  29. Sweet! Thanks! 😀

    Indeed milor’ Overlord, I am pleased to offer you my complete loyalty unless a better *ahem* I mean I’m delighted to serve until there is a chance to *er* I mean….

    Look, Fluffy bunnies! 😀

    Now where did I put that manual….

  30. I read your description of Generic Minion in the other post and I must say it sounds attractive for one like myself who can’t be bothered to invest any efforts in the ‘upper management’ ranks of your posse. I think I have the guts to fill that level out by myself without help.

  32. Trask, INTJ:Mastermind Minion, The Realists

    If it bleeds, we can kill it. I can just come up with a way to make it bleed FASTER.

  34. Thank you, thank you! Love what you said about me:) Lol. That is true, everyone. Check the solos out and see what dmphil is saying…(sinster laughter). Feeling adventurery, go on ahead and try them out! Even for the foolhardy, lonely, and bored… Now, I’m a low-level end boss which is very dangerous if not handled properly. Woo-hoo!!

  38. I ended up as INFJ: Advisor Minion. No idea what that means or if I took it again in a week if it would stay the same. I’m too good at pattern sorting and recognition. Makes me test really well academically but gives a much larger margin for error on personality tests than they probably should have. I’m also a ditz. Don’t ask me to reconcile the two… I really can’t. 🙂

  39. e and Lanir: If you want me to add you to the minion’s list (informal reader roster), just drop me a line about your preference for Fluff (Setting, Story) or Crunch (Rules, Classes, feats…) or lack of preference and I’ll add you both.

  41. Michael Phillips I cluster INTP/INFP/ENTP/ENFP with my current strongest rating in the ENFP Crusader Minion. (I used to test out exclusively on the Thinking side, so INTP/ENTP.)

    ronin_kakuhito.livejournal.com/

    Michael Phillipss last blog post..Firefoxing

  43. Duly noted I’ll add everyone on the Minion Roll and update my blog roll… I just need a night off to recuperate from all that 4e madness!

  44. Am I the only INTP here?

    Felonius, INTP: Engineer Minion, Crunch Minion (borderline Special, but a little more Crunch than Fluff)

  45. I’m beginning to suspect that Masterminds dig personality test so they took the time to do it first…

    As people sense the intangible benefits of becoming one of Chatty’s minions, other join our glorious ranks

    Welcome Felonius!

  46. All right, added ‘e’, Lanir, Heather, Michael Philips and Felonius to the Minions list!

    Expect your membership card and brainwave clone transfer matrix to arrive by mail this week.

  47. Silly Chatty. I added a Flux Capacitor attachment to the outgoing mailbox. I’ll add it two years from now. You can expect your card and clone to arrive last Tuesday.

  48. Of course I can’t fry Graham’s brain or anything since he built a bunch of backdoors to all the beautiful evil overlord gadgets I use…

    So I take the abuse and must resort to making sad puppy dog eyes while he laughs at poor little me.

  51. Kavonde, INFP Medic Minion, Fluff.

    I prefer to focus on the story, though it sometimes leaves my combat abilities impaired, IE, I’ve never actually killed a PC. Partly through mercy, partly because they’re so damn much more devious than me.

    I just started DMing again after a long two years, and I’m posting logs of things I’ve learned and things I need to improve on my blog: http://anothergeekblog.blogspot.com. I’ll be happy to take any tips my fellow Minions (and superior officers) might have to pass on.

    Kavondes last blog post..Post-Session Report 06/15/08

  53. @Felonius…

    Not anymore you’re not!…

    Reverend Mike, INTP: Fluffy Engineer Minion (almost Special on account of my membership with the D&D BAR)…

  63. INTJ/ENTJ, Crunch (80/20, weighing on Crunch more than Fluff)

    What good are the rules if there is no fluff in which to rule? I am a rules person by nature, and have killed of a PC or two (read: many) during battles. One of them had a sort of delayed death though, due to a technicality that was later found and retroactively applied (and to my amazement it was the PC who had found the technicality and let his character die). What a story twist that was, when the natural leader of the group just dies whilst walking with the party from the pub to the armorer.

    On the other end, I am also Crunchy when it comes to being a player; I like to follow rules that make sense and have a hand in suggesting house rules to further enhance our gaming experience.

    Instead of just being another Mastermind/Gadget Minion, I would like to extend an offer of alliance of sorts, between you and your minions, and we The League of Magnificent Scoundrels.

    We’re a hodgepodge crew, who is also incedentally the majority of the current game group I’m part of.

  68. This was extremely entertaining… well to be honest the test only lasted me for about 3 minutes, but it was the perfect kind of activity to have after a hard workout at the gym: mostly mental but easy enough that you can answer ‘by ear’ and with a physical requirement that’s easy even for dismembered people… I hope there’s not too many dismembered people around, it doesn’t sound particularly nice.

    In any case, I ended up to be a….
    ENTJ, which stands for: Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Judging (person?)

    The particular percentages were:
    Extroverted: 1% (!!!)
    Intuitive: 38%
    Thinking: 38%
    Judging: 44%

    This might mean something to someone more versed in… whatever is it that you have to be versed in. In any case, I ended up (by Chatty’s -who has a French sounding name that I can’t recall- standards) being a “Field Marshall Minion”

    Oh, sorry there was a format to this thing… ok, just a second.

    the_blunderbuss, ENTJ, (definitely) fluff minion

    There you have it, and apparently I’m also good at following commands. See you around.

    PS: forgot the picture …
    http://thelegendarybeek.com/boredcat.jpg
    And no… I don’t have cats.

    the_blunderbusss last blog post..Rooting for Shiny Disco Balls!

  70. Here’s a question for you all…

    Since the Crunch Overlord died, should I redo my minions’ page into “Roadies of the Chatty Rockstar’ , or something else or keep as is?

    Suggestions welcome!

    @Forgefly: Totally… if the person to be healed was a piece of Furniture! =)

  71. If the Crunch Overlord is dead, it would only make sense to change the name. However, “Roadies of the Chatty Rockstar” sounds pretty neato. I wonder how people would take to being called a roadie. (Being one for a short amount of time, I don’t mind it a bit.)

    Well, that’s my two copper on the matter. And now I’m off to my bed, for it is calling my name. Or perhaps it’s not the bed, but my fiancé.

    Tenachs last blog post..3 Sure-fire Ways To Get Back Into Blogging

  74. DrelbnariousRex, ISTP Mechanic Minion, Crunch Division.
    Reporting as ordered!

    I think this is fair, since I love putting scenarios and villians together more than the actual play but I like getting down and dirty almost from the get go.

  78. PhysicsLB, INTJ: Mastermind Minion, Crunch

    I’m a big rules guy, mostly because I just started running a game for the first time, and all my players are first timers like me. I run a game based on the lore of alot of movies/games i’ve played. I’m almost positive that will change as our careers progress. As for a blog, i don’t have one…sorry!

    Anyways, hoping to be somewhat active around here, i could use some good ideas!

  81. Sworn in Vulcan Stev.

    I remain completely baffled by the sheer amount of INTJ that have reported on this blog.

    It’s also interesting to note that most of my good friends are Masterminds too. There might be some kind of synergy between my personality type ( Field Marshal/Teacher ENTJ/ENFJ) and the mastermind.

    Hmm, any psychology major would care to explain?

  82. Shrodinger’s Cat, Enfp, Crusader, Special

    By the way do we actually DO anything or are we just minion(Huzzah)

    The reason so many people are masterminds is because they lie because of its utter coolness and their aspiration to lead people. (Cmon who doesnt want to be an evil mastermind) They want to be masterminds, so they say they got mastermind.

    picture:
    http://guerrerosdesingularidad.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/concordant-killer-by-wayne-reynolds.jpg

  83. You’re just minions of the great Crunchy overlord.

    One day he’ll call upon you to take over the world of RPGs.

    In the meantime, just enjoy the Rootbeer and the all you can eat Bacon (including Veggie Bacon) Buffet.

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