Re: session re****t

"gleichman" <Fox1_217NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "psychohist" <psychohist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>I have to say, your post reminded me of why I refuse to play AD&D as
>> written.  Optimal tactics are all about finding exploitative uses of
>> things like the uses of darkness and silence that you mention.
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> No they're not.
>
> Exploitative uses of the rules has a much more negative term like 
> power-gamer or munchkin or the like. That is, some one who's interesting

> in victory over the spirit of the rules and the game.

Went back and looks at the Mary's post which sparked that statement and
need 
to clarify: That use wasn't exploitative as such (because as far as I
know, 
it was allowed by the rules) and thus wouldn't count as power-gaming in
3.0 
which was the agreed upon version of the spell.

I'm no sure I'd use the word tactics either however. Spell usage and
combos 
are more about finding 'holes' in the game structure (as this case shows) 
than sup****ting tactics. This type of  intensely uns****ting system
behavior 
is also a reason that I long ago abandoned D&D.