Powerplaying thread

[Admin]

Hehehe, well, hello there guinea pig wonderful member. I was snooping around rpgcollection and found a wonderful idea I thought I'd try out. If this doesn't work it'll still be a valuable experience for us all.

So, first thing first, if you don't know what power playing is, look over this page: hogwarts-interactive.com/rprc/powerplaying.php . Very useful. But there's a problem, everyone has a different tolerance of power playing. Some people say that even saying that you grabbed someone's wrist is power playing.

So what can we do about this? We give you all a chance to tell us what you consider power playing. I'll start so you know what I mean.

For my character Gen, I consider power playing when you inflict wounds that will take longer than a few days to heal without letting me react. So, I won't mind if you nip him playfully, or even draw blood. But if it's a serious injury that might leave a scar, please let me react first. I'm actually rather lenient with this aspect of power playing.
What I absolutely hate is when the other character knows what my character is thinking without any sort of explanation. If you have a reason for your wolf to be able to guest what mine is thinking, I'm fine with it. But how often does this actually happen in real life?

wolf a: is crying cause he misses his mother.
Wolf b: Comes up and out of the blue says "It's okay. Your mother loves you."

It's absurd.

So, what do you consider power playing, and what bugs you most?

[Kii]

Ah, I saw this on RPGC. ;D

I guess my tolerance of powerplaying is a little lower than some. Powerplaying, to me, is when a wound is inflicted or a character is automatically knocked of his/her feet. It usually doesn't matter how small the wound is, I get ticked. I also don't handle it well when my character is just suddenly shoved over without notice. A nudge, small push, poke, that's fine - but I want to have something of a choice before a character of mine is just toppled over.

I'm sure I can suck it up for you more lenient people, but that's my usual definition of powerplaying. I also agree with... Tata (xD Sorry, use to calling you Shahra) on mind reading. So... Aggravating! I usually give a little warning of my characters emotion by expression, but to just automatically know exactly what they're feeling, thinking - it's ridiculous.