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I have a problem with "genius" characters played by the intelligent. There's too many ways to mess up. Its like there's a huge group of people who RP "spy" characters and half the time we've caught these people metagaming hard. It got so bad eventaully myself and my friends just cut all ties with them because they would metagame to get info to start this huge fight, then start this fight and the otherside would figure out they were being metagamed, a shit storm would happen, and everyone would end up bitter and angry. It sounds isolated but its happened at least 4 times in the last three months with those people.Â
I think the problem with Genius characters is its too easy to stop being a character trait and start being a crutch. Its why I'll argue to the death that Man of Steel was a good Superman movie because while it had a dark ending people didn't necessarily like, it didn't lean on the "Oh Kryptonite!" Crutch that tends to be the end all be all for every other super man story ever.Â
I think the same criticism could probably be leveled at a good portion of Dark Knight Roleplayers. The "Darkness" can be a very compelling element when used correctly, but if you're just going around super angsty an angry all the time it stops becoming a part of what makes your character who they are and just becomes your character. One trait shouldn't define your character, it should definitely help with that, it can even play a major role, but it really does need to be kept in check regardless of intelligence.
I think the problem with Genius characters is its too easy to stop being a character trait and start being a crutch. Its why I'll argue to the death that Man of Steel was a good Superman movie because while it had a dark ending people didn't necessarily like, it didn't lean on the "Oh Kryptonite!" Crutch that tends to be the end all be all for every other super man story ever.Â
I think the same criticism could probably be leveled at a good portion of Dark Knight Roleplayers. The "Darkness" can be a very compelling element when used correctly, but if you're just going around super angsty an angry all the time it stops becoming a part of what makes your character who they are and just becomes your character. One trait shouldn't define your character, it should definitely help with that, it can even play a major role, but it really does need to be kept in check regardless of intelligence.