Personal Shadows

[Tarondor]

Nothing "wrong" with 2-pointers, and sometimes I have used them.  But ultimately, I just don't see most Amberites acting that way.  Sure, some are paranoid and power-hungry, but the ADRPG default of "everyone's a paranoid psycho" isn't realistic.  I think that most Amberites, particularly those who are not hundreds or thousands of years old, wouldn't be out creating their perfect shadow fortress, but would instead simply find one they liked.  I usually resist the urge to spend that extra point for story reasons, not because I don't see the power of the build.

[RPGPundit]

Yes, I think the reason that older Amberites don't go around doing a lot of the "munchkiny" things that the PCs are likely to try is simply because they did all that, hundreds of years ago, and have figured out that they are ultimately either very dangerous or useless.

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[SunBoy]

Or eventually boring, just like Erick interpreted Sorcery was.

[RPGPundit]

Yes, too much hassle.

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[gabriel_ss4u]

Story is all.  I couldn't care less about the power.  Power is ultimately boring.

Well now, what if power was the goal of a character in a story?
There are more than one way to do things, let's not assume cause it's not 'my' way it may be wrong or useless. I make this mistake sometimes and it usually comes back to bite me on the arse.