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patchwork · 08-29-2019, 02:34 PM

I've had fun with this Disadvantage, as I enjoy GURPS and almost certainly have it in real life. I expect I'm getting by using relatively high levels of Savoir-Faire to compensate. I don't tend to take it on characters, though, as it feels sort of like cheating/free points for me. As you say with the Marx brothers, one person with this trait can actually enhance other's enjoyment.

We've had a few other people start with it, but it tends to be one of the first things bought off; people who have a "sense of humour" figure out pretty quickly that they don't like having it turned off or removed, even if each of them has to find this out for themselves once.

08-29-2019, 02:34 PM	#3
patchwork Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: No Sense of Humor I've had fun with this Disadvantage, as I enjoy GURPS and almost certainly have it in real life. I expect I'm getting by using relatively high levels of Savoir-Faire to compensate. I don't tend to take it on characters, though, as it feels sort of like cheating/free points for me. As you say with the Marx brothers, one person with this trait can actually enhance other's enjoyment. We've had a few other people start with it, but it tends to be one of the first things bought off; people who have a "sense of humour" figure out pretty quickly that they don't like having it turned off or removed, even if each of them has to find this out for themselves once.