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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7498182" data-attributes="member: 6799649">Stormwind Fallacy guide, part 1: The Two Player Types.Type 1: fluff is all that matters.Player 1: Hey, DM, I've got a brilliant idea for my next PC. It all started many moons ago, the wind was howling around the moors. A lady in a dark dress, grey, charcoal maybe, maybe just shiny black, I haven't completely worked that out yet........and when he was four years old he met the first great love of his life......now we get to what happened on his 12th birthday!(many hours later)DM: Okay, what's your attack modifier with your 'famous toledo blade'?Player 1: No idea. But I can describe in detail the history of Toledo Blades, if you want?DM: No. No I don't.Type 2: crunch is all that matters.Player 2: Hey, DM, I've got a brilliant idea for my next PC. It's based on a certain interpretation of the RAW which allows me to combine......and that, combined with Polearm Master, my interpretation of mirror image, and this new ability from a 3rd party splatbook...(many hours later)DM: Okay, what's your character's name?Player 2: No idea. But I can tell you what my average damage per round will be when all my abilities are lined up, if you want?DM: Excuse me for a moment, I need to go and take some <s>acid</s> aspirin....!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7498182, member: 6799649"] Stormwind Fallacy guide, part 1: The Two Player Types. Type 1: fluff is all that matters. Player 1: Hey, DM, I've got a [I]brilliant[/I] idea for my next PC. It all started many moons ago, the wind was howling around the moors. A lady in a dark dress, grey, charcoal maybe, maybe just shiny black, I haven't completely worked that out yet.... ....and when he was four years old he met the first great love of his life... ...now we get to what happened on his 12th birthday! (many hours later) DM: Okay, what's your attack modifier with your 'famous toledo blade'? Player 1: No idea. But I can describe [I]in detail[/I] the history of Toledo Blades, if you want? DM: No. No I don't. Type 2: crunch is all that matters. Player 2: Hey, DM, I've got a [I]brilliant[/I] idea for my next PC. It's based on a certain interpretation of the RAW which allows me to combine... ...and that, combined with Polearm Master, my interpretation of [I]mirror image[/I], and this new ability from a 3rd party splatbook... (many hours later) DM: Okay, what's your character's name? Player 2: No idea. But I can tell you what my average damage per round will be when all my abilities are lined up, if you want? DM: Excuse me for a moment, I need to go and take some [s]acid[/s] aspirin....! [/QUOTE]

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