#they're not lounging about having fun over there rat grinding SUCKS

[pagesofkenna]

i get so eye-rolly when i see people saying the Ratgrinders/Kipperlilly are 'playing by their own rules' or whatever

they're XP leveling. that literally IS the rules, especially in old-school style tabletop gaming. its milestone thats more modern/homebrew/house rules. XP leveling IS standard and the reason I hate it is because it encourages antagonism-as-problem-solving and favors low-level grinding against enemies you're confidant you can beat over exploration/growth/risk-taking

why are they XP leveling while the Bad Kids are milestone leveling? we don't know yet! until we found out I prefer to imagine these kids are trapped in a reality where XP leveling is their only option, and feeling bitter about it, and that makes me feel fondness for the fact that they went the soul-sucking route instead of the murdering-every-weak-civillian-for-fun route

#i know yall are just having your fun but every time i see a post thats like 'oh i totally get why they hate these kids because theyre just #cheating the system while the bad kids had to have all these fun adventures' i roll my eyes so hard #XP leveling is the system actually!!!! they're doing the system the way the system is written!! #they're not lounging about having fun over there rat grinding SUCKS #anyway cant wait for the reveal that they were time travelers stuck in their freshmen bodies and had to grind to regain their power #or whatever i dont know im ready to forgive these silly kids all their perceived sins lmao #di20 #fantasy high