[TML] Munchkinism

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Azalais Aranxta wrote:

> In my opinion, munchkinism begins when you insist on being the
> star of every adventure, don't care whether anyone else has
> anything to do or not, don't give a $#*+ about the worldbuilding
> and are just out to become more powerful, break stuff and amass
> bling.
>
> Someone out there said that he didn't care about players who just
> wanted to shoot everything up--that was when he dragged them in
> before the authorities and ran Adventure 8.
>
> But see, other people may have had plans for their characters
> that didn't involve being dragged off to prison because they were
> travelling with an idiot

NB:  My strong feelings on this matter, I think, have much to do
with the fact that there was a player like this in a gaming group
I was part of in the 80s--he could only be good for so long, then
he'd do something buttf*ck stupid that would inevitably destroy
or nearly destroy a whole party, and he never learned.

I still don't know why that bunch of people put up with him, but
he routinely started fights he couldn't finish and, in games
where it was possible to do so, summoned things he couldn't
control, including on one memorable occasion, the Crimson Bat.

~malfoy
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