Welcome to Kibitzing with Kytherea! Whether you're looking for guidance and support or just help settling a specific problem or dilemma, Kibitzing with Kytherea offers something for everyone.
There are many obstacles and barriers that we have to face in life. We have the choice to confront them and overcome them or deny them and remain troubled. Many times it is the fear of the unknown that causes us to remain comfortable in our chaos. Let Kytherea help you face the unknown and guide you on your journey.
Are you a wood elf in love with a dark elf and your parents just won't understand? Are you a troll who rather eat vegetables then a nice juicy gnome and are afraid to admit it? Are you looking for a way to tell a guild mate that passing gas in the guild hall pool to make bubbles is not funny, it is just disgusting? It is Kytherea's desire to make you feel safe and secure as you explore issues of all types. She wants to provide you with support and advice in hopes of alleviating your problems and making each day more productive.
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Dear Kytherea,
I have a real problem on my hands... I am a Teir`Dal Enchantress of her 70th season and at heart I am a true Gnome, now I know what you are thinking... just cast an illusion and get it over with! But my clique of friends are all Teir`Dal! They would not accept me being a Gnome! Please help me with this dilemna!!! How do I get my friends to accept me as a Gnome?
Sincerely and Hopefully,
Naiyenea Gravenmoon
Dear Naiyenea,
Have you illusioned yourself into a gnome when with your friends? How have they reacted to this? If you haven't tried it, cast your illusion and see what happens. If they are truely your friends they will accept you as a Teir'Dal or as a Gnome. If you are, in your heart, a gnome and your friends can not accept this, then perhaps you need to find some new friends. I know it is harsh but the reality is that true friends accept you for who you are not for what you look like.
Sincerely,
Kytherea
Dear Kytherea,
It has come to my attention that you believe the only place for a cleric is hiding behind a meat shield. As a Battle cleric I have solo'd mobs that would wipe some groups. I pride myself with my ability to play my toon to his fullest abilities. Their have been times where I have told the ma he better learn how to heal and took over tanking a mob. Yes it's also true I have tanked a creator mission when the ma went ld. Faction farming in ds. Yes I am guilty of pulling 20-40 mobs at a time soloing. I am not one for spending time lfg. I do know there's a time and a place for everything.
Rolladil
Battle cleric
Officer of Monarchy of the Dead
7th Hammer
Dear Rolladil,
I have no doubt that a cleric who knows his potential can successfully solo or even face a beastie toe-to-toe while in a group. However it is a rare few clerics that can truely succeed in this. For the most part a cleric's best position IS behind the "meat shield" keeping him healthy and swinging so the beastie's attention stays on the fighter-type.
The previous writer's problem was with a cleric who could not handle being the tank but insisted on doing so anyway, causing undue worry to his friend as well as causing potential harm to all involved in the battle. If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen, or so my foster mother in Rivervale always said. But if you have the skills and are willing to deal with a little heat then cook away I always say.
Sincerely,
Kytherea
Dear Kytherea,
Hi, I'm a Vah Shir, and some other peeps think I have bad habits for being a kitty. For one, my alcohol tolerance is at 200, and I like pillaging a whole zone (if no one else is there, of course) to steal their liquor and plat, of course. I'm not into their flesh, or body parts, just their mead, ale, or wine that they may have on them. I blame it on the Iksars. One of their kind offered me a drink, trying to be a friend, and the next thing I know, I want more!! It's bad that I would rather have summoned ale over catnip. It's getting so bad, that I had to get a fisherman's companion to summon my own ale, and then I started to summon tons of ale and getting other members in my guild drunk. I deny I have a problem, and just say I am working on my tradeskills in alphabetical order, and alcohol tolerance was first on my list. Also members of my guild don't like that when I drink I sit in the mana pool. They say there are hairballs and stuff that are clogging the pool, but there are other Vah Shirs in the guild as well, how do they know they were from me??? Hopefully, I can slow down or there is a group I can join to try to curb my appetite for alcohol.
Another issue is that fellow Vah shirs frown on me because I like water. My swimming is at 200 and I rather swim than levitate. Granted, my clothes shrink a bit, and my boots are squishy for a bit, but it's one way to fish and get to my destination all at once.
I try to prove to others I'm not an ordinary Vah Shir, and try to be a renegade. Like my litter pan, I can't always make it back to it in time, and if any other animal can freely "relieve" themselves in the wild, why can't we?? Just the bards need to watch when they run at bard speed through the forest. I may tell them it's just a mud puddle from the rain, but I think they know it's not. But, does that mean I'm insane like everyone else says I am?? I am very curious, think at times too curious, but I afraid I'll be scaring a lot of peeps off because of that. I hope you can help or give me some advice on how to be accepted, or show me the way to other misfits like me. (HUGS)
Sincerely,
The insanely-confused Vah Shir
Dear insanely-confused,
Alcohol is an evil that gets to even the best of folks. While I hear it is pretty vile tasting stuff for the most part, I'm told people like the way it makes them feel. At least until the next morning! Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery though and until you can admit to your guildmates that you have a problem with alcohol, no amount of therapy or advice will help.
Hairballs in the guild pool can definitely be a problem, so I can understand your guild's issue with you spending so much time in there. You mention other Vah Shir in the guild. Have you personally witnessed any of them spending an inordinate amount of time in the guild pool? Perhaps your guildmates blame you because you are the one spending the most time there. In any case, offering to clean the pool after you have used it will probably go a long way in soothing your guildmates about the clogs in the pool.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a Vah Shir enjoying water. To each their own I always say. Some folks are afraid of heights while others adore climbing to the highest peaks of Norrath and looking down over the land as far as the eye can see. It does not make them insane or strange, just individuals. Norrath and all surrounding parts would be dull indeed if we all liked and disliked the same exact things.
"If any other animal can freely "relieve" themselves in the wild, why can't we??" Uhm...I wouldn't classify a Vah Shir as an animal. You are an intelligent, speaking creature. You walk on 2 legs and have the ability to write, read, use weapons, rationalize, fight intelligently, create a home, you can choose to marry and have children, etc. An animal uses his basic insticts to survive. Using this as an excuse to rationalize your laziness to get to your litter pan in time and saying the mud puddle is from some other source shows that you do realize it is an inappropriate thing to do.
I think my friend, it is time for you to grow up and admit you have problems. Talk to your guildmates about those problems and let them give you both the help and support needed to overcome these problems. I think you and they will be happier for it in the long run.
Sincerely,
Kytherea
Deer Kytherea
Me wants tuh be annnonn... annonny... anonim... (Ahem) Me is Biguggy.
Me is BIG ogre warryur, but me has a littul problem wit da gurlfrend.
She is a littul gnome. We go to Oggok, and my famully sez: "She is no good fer yoo, she is only a nasty littul gnome", and dey want to see how far dey can punt her. So den we go to Ak'Anon, and her famully sez: "Ogre, yew are evil and big and stoopid, go home to Oggok" and den dey laff at me. Me not like dat, so me eat her cuzzin. He is only littul so me eat her unkul too.
Den she screams and runs away when me tries to kiss her.
Pleeze tell me... Duz eating gnomes giv yew bad breath? Mebbe dat is why she run away. Me is cleening my fangs wit da gnoll backbone - will dis help?
Tank Yew,
Biguggy
P.S.: Do yew know enny odder gnomes dat want a boyfrend? Me is hungry.
Dear Biguggy,
Bi-racial relationships are always tough to weather especially if both families are not open to the prospect. It sounds like you and she tried to overcome the family issues though, at least for a short time. I think the core of the problem here is that YOU ATE 2 of her family members. While I doubt eating gnomes makes your breath any different then eating say lizardman, I have a feeling she was a little sensitive to kissing an ogre who just devoured 2 of her family members. Perhaps she thought she was next on the menu. I applaud your cleaning your fangs though might I suggest that you obtain a few sprigs of mint and chew on those as well to help freshen your breath? I hear that mint is also good for digestion.
You might think about persuing a different type of woman for a relationship though. It sounds as though continuing having gnome girlfriends will just cause a repeat performance. Keep your food and your relationships seperate. A nice Ogre lady will certainly not mind gnome breath!
Sincerely,
Kytherea