Over, for me, means too much. Â It means intrusive. Â It means disruptive (Usually to other people's narritives). Â It means whatever the power is, is too much and not well managed and more often than not not needed for whatever situation it's in play as. Â It's there to "Make me look good" and not "because it's part of a larger story that meshes with other people"
It's the mage who never takes a hit because they have a total protection spell. Â It's the ninja who can dodge everything and then kill you because they're a ninja. Â It's the rich guy who has infinite money in any RP and just solves all the problems because scarcity, need, want, and struggle are something they can just Solve Immediately.
Overpowered people don't struggle, and don't work for the sake of a story. Â They just wield and Want to Win.
Underpowered? Â This is hard to come by. Â If your entire concept is defined by your ability to insta-cast "I win at everything" you're overpowered. Â Underpowered isn't really a thing. Â Chars are -easily- defined by things other than Power, so why bother with this? Â Normal people with no "power" other than muscle and brains and quick thinking are -great-, and plentiful, and I like playing with them.
You CAN find people who play victim complexes, perpetual sickly types who always need help and attention, but this is a player failing. Â It's an person who needs to be defined by the attention given. It's, again, intrusive, demanding, and has nothing to do with a story and everything to do with LOOK AT ME WHY IS THIS NOT ABOUT ME. It's the player who makes a char's 'weakness' show up as soon as people aren't centering a conversation around them. It's the player who's char has an emotional collapse when an RP isn't going the direction THEY want.
It's an abusive mirror to Overpowered but, since it's not a power thing, it's instead an emotionally manipulative and unimaginative twerp instead of a god modder.
So. Â Overpowered is easy to find.
Underpowered isn't really a thing (though bad concepts that revolve around playing weaknesses incorrectly are ALSO EASY to find)
It's the mage who never takes a hit because they have a total protection spell. Â It's the ninja who can dodge everything and then kill you because they're a ninja. Â It's the rich guy who has infinite money in any RP and just solves all the problems because scarcity, need, want, and struggle are something they can just Solve Immediately.
Overpowered people don't struggle, and don't work for the sake of a story. Â They just wield and Want to Win.
Underpowered? Â This is hard to come by. Â If your entire concept is defined by your ability to insta-cast "I win at everything" you're overpowered. Â Underpowered isn't really a thing. Â Chars are -easily- defined by things other than Power, so why bother with this? Â Normal people with no "power" other than muscle and brains and quick thinking are -great-, and plentiful, and I like playing with them.
You CAN find people who play victim complexes, perpetual sickly types who always need help and attention, but this is a player failing. Â It's an person who needs to be defined by the attention given. It's, again, intrusive, demanding, and has nothing to do with a story and everything to do with LOOK AT ME WHY IS THIS NOT ABOUT ME. It's the player who makes a char's 'weakness' show up as soon as people aren't centering a conversation around them. It's the player who's char has an emotional collapse when an RP isn't going the direction THEY want.
It's an abusive mirror to Overpowered but, since it's not a power thing, it's instead an emotionally manipulative and unimaginative twerp instead of a god modder.
So. Â Overpowered is easy to find.
Underpowered isn't really a thing (though bad concepts that revolve around playing weaknesses incorrectly are ALSO EASY to find)
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