| From: | Khayman <gunnerhansen@********.DK> |
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| Subject: | Re: Munchkins - (Slight Rant) |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:27:52 +0000 |
> On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:19:54 +0200 Clen Cook <Clen@******.CO.ZA> writes:
> >Let's face it - weren't we all Munchkins in the beginning?
Hmmm, past experiences tell me that people who have never read or
heard anything about the roleplaying world, be it scifi or D&D, will
be most likely to build a character with the sole purpose of being
the best & strongest.
<SNIP>
> I think I mostly decided that it wasn't worth the constant escalation of
> power between myself and six other munchkins, especially since two of the
> guys had characters that had to be worth 300-400+ Karma, if they'd been
> played in a normal game...had to have a character that powerful to keep
> up, then you had to have one a little more poewrful yet, then.... It got
> real old.
>
Just a question for you guys: 300-400 KP !?! How many KP do award in
each game? how many games have you played?
>
> I think it's better if they are intro'd to a game by a guy who isn't a
> munch and does a good job of not allowing munchkinning in his game. I
> know I wouldn't have been a munchy at all if I hadn't been intro'd to SR
> by a pair of munchy-powergamer types (not that powergaming is bad:)
>
Right! Some discipline and strict teaching! That'll do the job : )
Khayman
Mikkel Hansen, Denmark, Maribo 4930 EMail: gunnerhansen@********.dk
Homepage: http://cybercom.dk/remote/mikkel/greenman.htm
"Alas, ice surround me, my hand burns itself on the icyness!
Alas, thirst is in me, it craves after your thirst." -Nietzsche (my trsl.)
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