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Imbicatus · 10-24-2019, 02:50 PM

I take Overconfidence on pretty much every character I play because I tend to play heroic types that don’t run away from a challenge, so why not get points for it? Sometimes that means getting into more trouble than the characters can handle, and sometimes that means they get a heroic death while the rest of of the party runs away.

One time in particular in a modern game this was particularly disastrous when there was a bomb on a timer with 25 minutes and I opted to disarm it myself instead of calling in the bomb squad and I rolled a 17 on my demolitions skill...

But it’s not an automatic death sentence like berserk and it’s how I usually play my characters anyway.

10-24-2019, 02:50 PM	#6
Imbicatus Join Date: Sep 2016	Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Overconfidence I take Overconfidence on pretty much every character I play because I tend to play heroic types that don’t run away from a challenge, so why not get points for it? Sometimes that means getting into more trouble than the characters can handle, and sometimes that means they get a heroic death while the rest of of the party runs away. One time in particular in a modern game this was particularly disastrous when there was a bomb on a timer with 25 minutes and I opted to disarm it myself instead of calling in the bomb squad and I rolled a 17 on my demolitions skill... But it’s not an automatic death sentence like berserk and it’s how I usually play my characters anyway.