Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25309478-20140908212228/@comment-5523905-20140909234137

Seriously? You genuinely think this topic is grave? This is an issue deserving of the same solemnity and restitution as death? Perspective, dude.

You don't seem to understand how roleplaying rules work. There isn't some great roleplaying overlord who enforces this stuff; nothing is forcing people to refuse to play with overpowered characters. People who refuse to play with overpowered characters are refusing because, to them, playing with those characters is not fun. Taking away a word is not going to change the fact that those people don't like playing with characters who are not fun to play with.

If you think something is being misrepresented as overpowered and is suffering because of its reputation, fix the reputation of the thing, not the rule - show people that playing with that thing can be fun (or fair, and therefore not take away from fun).

While a reasonable goal might be to come up with a clearer, more carefully-nuanced and articulated definition of the rule, I'm pretty sure that won't solve any problems in this situation. The thing about RP rules is that there's almost nothing that's unacceptable or acceptable in every single situation. Even though there are some things that are much more reliably okay or not okay, at the end of the day it's completely subjective and the rules are just guidelines to help people communicate their preferences with one another. From there, it's up to individuals to be reasonable and form their own opinions from one circumstance to the next, and to respect each others preferences even if it means politely declining further roleplay.

Honestly, if you've been having trouble with particular people who are blindly blacklisting things left and right even when you politely explain that you're trying out a new take that is hopefully more fair than it has been in the past, I don't understand why you want to play with those people anyway.