12-16-2017, 07:52 PM | #11 | |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Bully
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Oh, and since I have a nasty habit of underestimating the full requirements of a Disadvantage, does this seem like a decent pseudo-heroic trait? Like Overconfidence, a lot of people I know who tend to bully are the "take charge" type. They also tend to claim any belittling involved is all about reinforcing the command structure, "encouraging" you, etc. XP (Yeah, I sound like a Bully apologist. I'm not, I just know that some folks don't do it just to be mean. Not sure if that actually makes it better or worse...)
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12-16-2017, 09:03 PM | #12 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Bully
It makes for justifying how a competent enemy has underlings that won't put up too much resistance if you go straight for the bully.
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12-17-2017, 02:50 PM | #13 | |
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Oh, yes, she knew exactly what she was doing. |
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12-17-2017, 03:59 PM | #14 | ||
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In fiction, characters who constantly make cutting, sarcastic, belittling comments to those around them are often fan favourites. At least Quirk-level Bully seems more or less required for sitcom protagonists and most of them will treat the designated Butt Monkey of the show with full-blown Bully. Snarking and sarcasm offer plenty of scope for clever dialogue and good lines. Granted, it's more sympathetic if characters punch up, but, hey, if most of the main cast has Bully, at least there'll be give and take.
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12-18-2017, 02:17 AM | #15 | |
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12-18-2017, 03:32 AM | #16 | |
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Actually Bully with Overconfidence is a fun combo as it makes the character attempt to bully people who they really shouldn't. It often ends physically and the character then know not to bully that character anymore... much. Spike from Buffy I think is a good example of this combo. |
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12-18-2017, 05:05 AM | #17 | ||
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My reading of Bully as described is that it more or less has to involve punching down, which is why a lot of people wouldn't want to play it. The sitcom character/House type tends to go after people on the same or higher levels. (-50% limitation?)
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12-18-2017, 05:16 AM | #18 | |
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12-18-2017, 05:20 AM | #19 |
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Okay, I missed the later seasons, so I may well have missed an instance of House going too far. My recollection of earlier seasons is mostly of him back-pedalling hastily out of any situation where he'd have to deal with emotionally vulnerable patients.
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12-18-2017, 08:22 AM | #20 |
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Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the week: Bully
I'm sure that I'd feel uncomfortable playing a Bully myself. I'm pretty sure that I'd not like a player character Bully no matter who was playing it.
This sort of behaviour is 'NPC villain' only in my experience. A player might get a certain amount of joy out of playing a megalomaniac or even a sadist. There is a level of grandeur in both traits. But a Bully is not only nasty, he's petty and it is harder to feel good about a petty character. We can all be petty in real life: why bother to build a fantasy around it?
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