Well, fun for the GM maybe, but frustrating for the player trying to do what he thinks is cool, and doubly so for the rest of the party getting splattered by the collateral damage. I make no euphemisms or apologies about being into optimizing, but the thing is I try to help everyone's character look awesome, because what's the point of a party if you aren't all working together (both IC and around the table) to tell an amazing story? Player vs. GM games never end well, and it's worse if it's one guy messing things up for everyone.
Granted, there's more lenience on that with the solo SI/character insertee in prose format, but unless you're going to have a villain protagonist that the audience loves to hate and cheers to see frustrated, those kind of shenanigans will get old pretty quick.
Edit: to be more specific, if my character concept is a robot pilot, I told the GM and he approved a giant robot pilot, and then bang, giant rust monster, my pilot is now on the ground poking things with sticks like a neobarb, I would just leave the game, because that kind of assholery is a major warning flag.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Granted, there's more lenience on that with the solo SI/character insertee in prose format, but unless you're going to have a villain protagonist that the audience loves to hate and cheers to see frustrated, those kind of shenanigans will get old pretty quick.
Edit: to be more specific, if my character concept is a robot pilot, I told the GM and he approved a giant robot pilot, and then bang, giant rust monster, my pilot is now on the ground poking things with sticks like a neobarb, I would just leave the game, because that kind of assholery is a major warning flag.
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows