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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 1405020" data-attributes="member: 10177">The problem is Fluff has a legitimate usage, based on the interpretations of the reader. Even if the writer intended for their words to be "flavor", if the reader interprets it as useless drivel to pad the word count of the book, then it is "fluff" to that reader. So "fluff" still has a legitimate usage, just like "flavor" does. It just depends on how the individual interprets the material being discussed.I agree that "flavor" should be the term used when you think the text was well worth reading.I agree that "fluff" should be used when you think the text was made up just to increase the word count.Both types of text do exist in RPG products. Sometimes the same text is described with both words, dependent upon the opinion of the person using the word.As for Munchkin, I didn't know part of its definition meant you broke the rules or "went against the logic of the rule". Now I will have to be offended whenever anyone calls me a munchkin player.Up to now I thought being a Munchkin was refusing to play a character that had lousy stats. A character that I wouldn't enjoy showing up to play. Who am I playing this game for? Me, the other players, or the DM? I always thought I was playing this game for me to have fun, not according to someone else's standards.Granted, I also play so that others around me can also have their fun. That is also how I run my games when I DM.I also run the game with the rules being intelligent guidelines that are generally good to use. They are not the definitive guide to running a good game. Having fun is. If I deem a rule interferes with fun, the rule goes.But if being a Munchkin means I refuse to play a character with what I call bad stats, then I am proud to be a munchkin. I never break the rules or go against the "logic" of the rules. Assuming the rules are logical is a whole other issue. So if those are the true definition of a Munchkin, then I am deeply offended.Gee, now I don't know what I am. I am not a powergamer, and now I am not a munchkin. So what am I? I guess I am just someone who plays and DM's the game their own way. I wonder if there is a word for that?</blockquote>

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