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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenmarel" data-source="post: 2558663">*waits for Lorna to kill him for not looking to see that she was signed in instead of himself*Other than IC reasons I don't see the need for adjusting the power level of a character.  I don't go with the whole idea of weakening a character so someone else can have fun or boosting them up so they can have fun either.  When I come up with a concept I stick with it tooth and nail.  A prime example of this happened the other day when I was playing my first level sorcerer.  Another player wanted me to have my character fight and kill several nasty summoned monsters so he could level up in game terms or gain some life experience and fighting experience in ISRP terms.  If I wanted a character that could whip the snot out of anything that he came across I would make one.  Well actually no I wouldn't seeing I WON'T play an uber character pure and simple.   One of the main reasons I have noticed that people adjust the power levels of their characters is because they want to interact with a certain character or player.  Why change a character to do that?  I would simply come up with a concept that the power level more closely matched what was needed not change an existing character.  The other reason I have noticed people change the power level of their characters is to make other people happy.  If they don't like the power base of your character then oh well.  If we try to please everyone all the time we are going to miserable while attempting to fight an unwinable war.The reason I like to stick with a certain power level is because no matter how badly I might want the character to do something that they normally couldn't do it won't happen.I think that most players CAN play their characters without having to consult a character sheet.  Every now and then when I am having a problem coming up with say the attitude or fighting style of a character I might make an initial character sheet to give me some form of reference to get my mind working then never look at it again.  I have to agree that some base skills and abilities are needed in ANY character concept.  Without them basically you have a mindless simpleton that goes with what everyone else does and has no strengths or weaknesses unique to him/herself.  A character sheet helps flesh those out.  A fully filled out character sheet I don't think is needed seeing alot of skills are pretty much useless in the ISRP area BUT they do help give the character some depth and substance.Now I know I am fixing to go off the subject here so forgive me.  One thing I have noticed is that many players tend to look down on other players that do have character sheets for their characters.  Just because they need some form of aid to RP does that make them any less of a RPer than the one looking down their nose?  If that is the case one could spend the time to find a novel, poem or short story that would resemble almost ALL of the characters in the ISRP area.  Now going with that does it mean that you stole the idea from the author?  Most likely not but others might think so.Jason</blockquote>

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