Posts made by Misadventure

@aria I guess I am seeing the image not available to you graphic then. T_T

@aria What's that big … thing in your post?

Also, good on you taking care of your cat, ASAP.

@greenflashlight Thats my plan! Did you go for the low end, mid range or cinematic level of glove?

(Yes, this is adulting.)

Pro-tip: use the protection thingie that comes with your kitchen mandolin.

Or you lose your amateur tips.

@solstice "I haven't decided yet." won me over in the first few minutes.

@arkandel I didn't answer the question.

Min/Max, whatever it's form, is just one of many ways there can be player-GM mismatch and player-player mismatches.

Short version - if it's in the way, yes it's bad.

Next up - how to define and enforce your desired level of mix-max if the game normally allows for it (looking at you D&D 5E).

I'd like to introduce the term "degenerate build".

I'd also like to suggest (as either someone here, or something I read elsewhere designed a game around) that if possible combat related abilities and more story/investigative abilities be on separate tracks.

Other anecdotes:

One GM usually cannot out power build many players. And to succeed might be to destroy the reason for the work in the first place.

I am playing with a group who definitely love finding all the power building interactions, but they will help anyone also do so while being mindful of the desired feel of a character, and they are thrilled when conflicts have risks and highlight their weaknesses. (I do think there is the unstated backstop that the GM doesn't want to wipe out the storyline completely.)

@derp Hardcore goes in the Hog Pit

Dishonored. There could even be a L&L Masque of the Red Death section.

SMH. Lewdites.

@macha eh, let other people decide when you've been a pain to them.

"Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?"

@betternow and if the stakes are disproportionate involvement and staff effort?

Well, compliance has always been a thing in medicine.

This is where politics and slackitude trumps medicine.

@aria You can tell which ovary ovulated this month by where there is the most blood on a pad or tampon. True fax.

I do recall an article, I believe about Indonesia, where the divorce rate was up and the birthrate was down, and the cause was the couples couldn't figure out how to have sex.

And thus the noodle wars began.

@misterboring How about if they had their own game, no more regular PCs to interact with?

@solstice fuck those guys.

Or say you can do 56% less and still be better than the person mentioned.

The second link has a free PDF copy of the 540 page book People Forced To Flee. It lays the foundation of how these situations have evolved over the last 70 years.

@tinuviel The point was some form of terms giving info about GM and player preferences could be helpful.

I gave an example. Obviously, the example is worth more than the idea, so there's not much more to discuss.