History PlayingWith / MinMaxing

** Minnie is worried about her character being useless at any point in the campaign, so she made Maxine a JackOfAllStats so she can participate in every aspect of the campaign.

* '''Defied''': Minnie refuses to be [[{{Munchkin}} that guy,]] so she doesn't skew Maxine's skill set any more than she has to.

* '''Implied''': During what is basically characters meeting with a HeroOfAnotherStory and his group, Maxine seems socially awkward and a little dumb to the heroes, but while the characters are talking a loud crash is heard, and Maxine has not only sliced open the large door blocking their way forward, which stopped both parties, but a high level enemy is seen slain in front of Maxine.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Maxine was made to test the other players, and see how well they would take her into the story. When it's clear the other players are intent on screwing over Minnie rather than making a story around it. In the end the GM makes Maxine ''more'' unbeatable just to punish the players for being inflexible.

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** The DM and other players don't mind because they knew what Minnie was up to. The DM enjoys the the challenge of making a campaign that can challenge Maxine ''and'' not leave everyone else behind and the other players like how Minnie play Maxine as the arrogant AxCrazy warrior that doesn't get the "real" world and needs to be taken down a peg every one in a while.

* '''Invoked''': Minnie reads over a

* '''Exaggerated''': Minnie sacrifices her legs and eyes for mastery of all magic. She never misses them.

* '''Inverted''': Minnie is an extreme JackOfAllStats whose "useless" non-combat skills save her life on numerous occasions.

** Alternatively: Maxine has very obvious life problems that are solved by [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer the combat skill she has.]] It gets to the point where, rather than simply pay a few copper for a single drink at the tavern, she routinely ''[[DisproportionateRetribution beats the living crap out of the owner and all the town guards]]'' because she doesn't have any barter skill to reduce the cost.

* '''Invoked''': ???

** Maxine is so powerful that GM is forced to scale the campaign's enemies around her. This results in the other players quitting since they're no longer finding the campaign fun as their characters are doing ScratchDamage and/or getting {{One Hit Kill}}ed.

** Minnie doesn't complain to the DM because she knew what she was getting her character into, and actually rather enjoys role-playing Maxine as the arrogant AxCrazy that doesn't get the "real" world and needs to be taken down a peg every one in a while.

* '''Deconstructed''': The "worthless" skills come up in the campaign a lot more than Minnie thought that they would, and Maxine is incapable of doing the things that really matter.

'''Basic Trope''': A game player only improves a few specific skills that s/he considers important for their character, and either ignores all other possible skills or takes penalties on them in exchange for even more bonuses.

*** Alternatively, Maxine could be some kind of SuperSoldier who was created by a mad scientist who thought of the most optimal creation to assist people on their journeys.

** Alternatively: Maxie has very obvious life problems that are solved by [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer the combat skill she has.]] It gets to the point where, rather than simply pay a few copper for a single drink at the tavern, she routinely ''[[DisproportionateRetribution beats the living crap out of the owner and all the town guards]]'' because she doesn't have any barter skill to reduce the cost.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Maxie is clearly overpowered, but in game it mostly makes sense and often she's good for the story, but even better at winning fights.
* '''Averted''': Minnie doesn't skew Maxine's skill-set anymore than anybody else in the gaming community

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Implied''': During what is basically characters meeting with a HeroOfAnotherStory and his group, Maxine seems socially awkward and a little dumb to the heroes, but while the characters are talking a loud crash is heard, and maxine has not only sliced open the large door blocking their way forward, which stopped both parties, but a high level enemy is seen slain in front of Maxine.

* '''Enforced''': KillerGameMaster.

* '''Inverted''': Minnie is an extreme JackOfAllStats whose "useless" noncombat skills save her life on numerous occasions.

* '''Parodied''': Minnie's [[WebComic/{{Goblins}} low level fighter has stupidly high combat related stats and abilities (including Weapon Proficiency: Furniture) by trading her abilities to read, start fires, wink, rhyme on purpose, dress herself, etc.]]

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Maxine was made to test the other players, and see how well they would take her into the story. When it's clear the other players are intent on screwing over Minnie rather than making a story around it. In the end the GM makes Maxine ''more'' unbeatable just to punish the players for being unflexable.
* '''Implied''': During what is basically characters meeting with a HeroOfAnotherStory and his group, Maxine seems socially awkward and a little dumb to the heroes, but while the characters are talking a loud crash is heard, and maxine has not only sliced open the large door blocking their way forward, which stopped both parties, but a high level enemy is seen slain in front of Maxine.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Justified''': The game's cooperative nature and brutal difficulty curve demand specialization to avoid a TotalPartyKill.

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

* '''Justified''':

* '''Inverted''': ???

** Minnie is role-playing Maxine as a character that SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining, she even has a compelling and quite interesting backstory to back it up.

* '''Exaggerated''':

* '''Justified''': There are things that the character really won't need to do. Nobody puts equal emphasis on ''everything'' that a character ''could'' do, rather they focus on what they are going to need more, and some people just go 1-2 steps further than everybody else.
* '''Inverted''':

* '''Parodied''': Minnie's [[WebComic/Goblins low level fighter has stupidly high combat related stats and abilities (including Weapon Proficiency: Furniture) by trading her abilities to read, start fires, wink, rhyme on purpose, dress herself]]
* '''Deconstructed''': The "worthless" skills come up in the campaign a lot more than Minnie thought that they would, and Maxine is incapable of doing the things that really matter.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... so her more competent, well-rounded teammates pick up the slack [[BunnyEarsLawyer so that they can still have an impossibly powerful fighter for when they actually need one.]]
** Minnie doesn't complain to the DM because she knew what she was getting her character into, and actually rather enjoys role-playing Maxine as the arrogant AxCrazy that doesn't get the "real" world and needs to be taken down a peg every one in a while.
* '''Zig Zagged''':

* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Defied''': Minnie refuses to be [[Main/Munchkin that guy,]] so she doesn't skew Maxine's skill set any more than she has to.

* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''':
* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Reconstructed''': ... so her more competent, well-rounded teammates pick up the slack so that they can still have an impossibly powerful fighter for when they actually need one.
** Minnie doesn't complain to the DM because she knew what she was getting her character into, and rather enjoys role-playing Maxine as the arrogant AxCrazy that doesn't get the "real" world and needs to be taken down a peg every one in a while.

** Minnie doesn't complain to the DM because she knew what she was getting her character into, and rather enjoys role-playing Maxine as the arrogant AxCrazy that needs to be taken down a peg.

* '''Double Subverted''': ... because she could tell by the way they were looking at her funny that they thought she didn't know how to make a character actually effective (and maybe she really didn't), and lied to hide her embarrassment.

* '''Straight''': Max puts a lot of skill points into his character's offensive capabilities, but not into things that involve

* '''Downplayed''': Max makes one of his character's stats a little higher than one would expect.
* '''Justified''': There are things that the character really won't need to do. Nobody puts equal emphasis on ''everything'' that a character could do, they focus on what they are going to need more, and some people go 1-2 steps further than everybody else.

* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''': [[Webcomic/Goblins A low level fighter has stupidly high combat related stats and abilities (including Weapon Proficiency: ''Furniture'') by trading his abilities to read, start fires, ''wink, rhyme on purpose, dress himself'']]
* '''Deconstructed''': The "worthless" skills come up in the campaign a lot more than Max thought that they would, and his character is incapable of doing the things that matter.
* '''Reconstructed''': ... so his more competent, well-rounded teammates pick up the slack so that they have an impossibly powerful fighter when they need one.

* '''Averted''': Max doesn't skew his skill-set anymore than the rest of the gaming community

* '''Defied''': Max
* '''Discussed''': Max defends his character: [[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining "In order to get really, really good at something, you have to study it for at least 10,000 hours. All that time spent studying has to come from somewhere."]]