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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Eternal" data-source="post: 826690" data-attributes="member: 7932">I am personally responsible for playing a number of characters like the kind you describe, but for a different reason than those suggested here.My most noteworthy example was a wizard character with a Con of 5 - giving him a -3 hit point penalty.  He began play at first level with 1 hp.  I also deliberately limited his strength to the point where he could only do 1 point of damage with a dagger - which was the only melee weapon he carried.  And, he didn't qualify for bonus spells - so he could only cast two first level spells a day.  Finally, to top it off, he wore light armor, which helped protect that 1 hit point, but imposed a 10% arcane spell failure chance.  Why would I play such a character?  Because I wanted a challenge.  In normal play, the challenge of the game isn't to keep the character alive - it's to overcome the obstacles and complete the adventure.  Staying alive will happen automatically if your character is even moderately intellegent and careful.  This character was different - just surviving most encounters was a deadly challenge, and he had to use all his cunning just to be breathing when the fight was over.  Every combat felt like a truly dangerous situation.  It was - in a word - exhilerating.I didn't play him like an idiot - to the contrary, once I had set him up with his limited starting abilities, I used everything he had to the limit and pushed the boundary to boot.  I had to, just for him to live.  That was the entire idea, and I enjoyed the challenge so much that I've looked for opportunities to play similar 'anti-munchkins' since that game.  I don't always play one - but when I do, I get incredible fun out of it.Edit:  I forgot to mention it - out of the player characters in the party that I played that wizard?  I was the only one to survive first level.  The party fighter - min/maxed and quite well equipped - died, was replaced, died again, was replaced again, and - you guessed it! DIED!!!  My one hit point wizard survived five sessions - at which point the game fell apart due to scheduling conflicts.  *sigh*.....</blockquote>

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