fordobaggins7

September 27, 2025

Rules: Yes

Referral: minecraft-server-list.com

Discord: montana.007

In your own words, what is powergaming, and why should it be avoided in roleplay?: Depends upon the setting. If it's a group thing such as ttrpg, appropriate drawbacks to their abilities are a must. If its one-on-one, I'd decline to RP with them. People who feel the need to play the most powerful character possible are often inexperienced, or have things going on that I don't want to be involved with.

Give me a flawed, useless, well-written character over a superhero any day.

In your own words, what is metagaming, and why should it be avoided in roleplay?: Metagaming is generally a problem in games because it lets the players optimize their combat strategy that may decrease the challenge of the encounter; the inconsistency metagaming introduces into the roleplay side of things is often secondary. And since the players primarily want to win the fights, they may not care about metagaming, same as how some people will follow video game guides and optimize for bosses before their first attempt.

Status: Denied

Character Name: Goroth/Goroth the Crusher

Character Race: Orc

Character Gender: Male

Character Age: 33

Physical Description: pointed ears, large 6 ft orc,180pound,crooked boned, feral looking, bow legged, large broken canine teeth, brown ripped quilt around waist, flat faced

Roleplay Scenario:

Your character has just arrived in a swampy, dim town. As they look around, their gaze is met with shacks and cabins. It smells of rotted wood and wet moss. They duck and step into a tattered tent, illuminated by a series of candles suspended in the air. At the back of the tent, an old hag raises her head, “What brings you to this dingy town? She begins, then pauses to study your face—”Ah, it’s you. I’ve been expecting you. Sit,” she gestures at a cushion, “Tell me your story.”

((How do you respond?))

Example: "Rahh!" he would shout, angrily trying to remember his past. He looks over at the hag with bloodlust filled eyes, babbling in Orcish "These wretched Humans have stolen my peoples rightful land! Now I am on a path of vengeance, these people deserve no mercy, and I will perish fighting for my people no matter how many I must kill. I will hunt until I taste the meat of every race on Middle Earth!" he would spit more and more with each word that left his mangled lips.