(03-05-2015, 03:10 AM)Caspar Wrote:See, and there's a problem there (bolded part). Not on your end; its certainly plausible for you to construct a viscious killer (and/or just strong, capable fighter), but there are not too many people out there who seem willing to let their PC's die, or get their butts handed to them. In order to build up the plausability of your characters fierce veracity, you'd almost have to have her attack npcs just to show what she's capable of. I agree the dice system can be too simplistic, and those of us prone to bad rolls (such as yours truly) can get nowhere with it.(03-04-2015, 07:08 PM)Magellan Wrote: I have yet to come across a good OP character. I'm not saying its impossible, but things can (and often do) become such an epeen measuring contest, because there is no 'authority' (read, DM,) who can settle who does, in fact have the stronger character in a combat situation. You can settle on /random rolls, though that might be a little too basic for some people.You say that, but I don't know. What would you define as OP, then?
On the whole, I actually try to avoid combat rp altogether, unless I am on my underpowered characters. Then, I know my characterbis gonna lose anyway, and I can have fun with it. On my stronger characters, however, well... people tend to act like their characters have never lost a fight in anything, and it can quickly escalate in a dragonball z episode, which is not a show that ever interested me.
Npc'd OP characters, however, can be very fun. OP player characters, not so much.
I'd like for my character to have credibility for RP purposes, but /random just hates me and she's never won a single fight using it. That's just bad luck, but it definitely stretches the plausibility of her having trained her entire life to beat people to death with her bare hands. I don't really care about her being the strongest, but I'd like people to at least have IC reason to take her seriously, lol.
I had a character who was supposed to be an excellent hand-to-hand fighter, a skill she tried to train others on. Only, she kept losing every sparring match because characters who had had zero training in this combat style were pulling off moves that'd put Jason Bourne to shame. And that smacks of OP; implausibly giving your characters skills they simply don't have cuz: Nope. I don't lose fights.
There are enough of these sorts out there that I only combat rp with close, trusted friends. Even if two characters fight that are equally trained, there's not really a good system in place to determine the outcome, so OOC trust between combatants is key.
