Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-28718853-20190113143222/@comment-34263048-20190113173124

-"Well Laura, while powerful character is great, there is a one major flaw with it."

-"What's that daddy?"

-"If you have won the challenge before it has even been presented to you, where is the challenge?"

-"What?"

-"Well that's exactly the point, your character has no apparent weaknesses of any kind, it has solution to every problem that might become in front of it. Say, Do you remember the movies of Star wars?"

-"That boring old film, yeah?"

-"Remember how the Jedi's had special power, that almost nobody else had?"

-"Yes?" she still has quzzical look on her face.

-"Then why they just didn't kill the evil emperor soon as he got in to power? it would have taken total of 15, maybe 20 minutes, but instad of that we got now 8 movies most of them lasting around 2 hours, and so many people love them. Do you think that the 20 minute film would have been more succesfull?"

-"At least I wouldnt have to listen to you talk about them all the time."

-"That would be true, because nobody would remeber that movie anymore. and those who would would hate it. Just like your character."

-"Daa'aad."

-"What I mean, the struggle is what makes the movie, Just like in any game or role play, being the one that should have no chance of any sort of winning, and still you pull trough and win, is what makes the game interesting. The David that beat the Goliath scenarios.

-"Hmm, maybe you are right, I need to plan this a bit..."

She walks out of the room deep in her own thoughts, I continue my work, writing a next chapter of my book.

Bit over an hour later she comes back and asks how does her character look now. I take the paper from her, and start reading.

"Larry the human, thuogh small and not very strong he's quite agile to compensate this, also his recovery rate is almost Ogre'ish so much that she barely needs any rest."

-"That should work quite well, There is the element of not being overpowered, but still in certain situations he's very strong. Mind if I ask what kind of roleplay you are joining?"

-"Well essentially it's trasure hunt, there is a group that protects the place where it is hidden, and other group trying to steal it."

-"Good luck with your treasure hunt then." I say with a smile

Month goes by and she's happily playing the roleplay, that happens apparently in some internet formum.

One day a doorbell rings, Laura yells that she'll take it and rushes to the door.

I hear her talking with someone, and that someone sounds suspiciouly like a guy. Soon Laura comes and introduces me to the boy who came to visit her. Apparently that boy had played as Ogre in the roleplay that she needed the character, and she had eventually succumbed to the much more powerful Ogre player.

To be honest it's somewhat humorous to see the guy beside her, She is quite large for what she is, and he's quite small for a man. End result is that his chin is barely higher than her waistband. I can allready quess where that is going, and even thuogh they both seem rather young, I'm not going to step between them... Just because I happen to know that if she really wants the boy, I cant do much about it. I'm simply not strong enough...

Then again. They somehow resemble me and my wife 17 years ago... tiny flimsy man, versus big strong ogre. All I would wish would be better recovery rate... for myself, and most likely for the boy who is now being carried in to her room.