Qualified Perceptions

"A bad plan now is better than no plan later."

Hey, that was my line! Of course, as treptoplax and I periodically admit to each other when reminiscing, it's not actually true; Mara just had 30 points of "overconfident & impulsive." Ironically, I think (you might have a different opinion) that I am usually firmly in the non-combat end of the spectrum these days: sure we could get 'em, but it many genres, a fight feels like the last refuge of the incompetent, or at least the bad guys, and so I strive to find another way out. Maybe I just haven't built a lot of combat heavy characters, but I think when I do, I'm happy to be mostly ineffectual in the fight, as long as I'm allowed to try and deflect what fights I can.

Hit & run persuasion should not be dismissed outright though. Sometimes the really outrageous stories just escape one's lips unbidden.