Not all RPGs have D&D's power creep
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Do not hold your assets in fiat currency. When you get a raise, keep expenditures to a minimum and invest in assets that retain and gain value. Holding capital (that outpaces your own labor) is the only way to level-up within capitalism.
Don't do this. Work with your friends or neighbors to create an aid network. Work together with those around you and your life will be nourished. People sitting on assets only makes life harder for everyone (including the people sitting on assets)
An RPG is supposed to get increasingly hard, as the characters have to face more serious and important difficulties.
What you're talking about is just capitalist bullshit, the equivalent would be finishing a quest and your reward is that they erase your save, give you a little badge or something and you have to start the game again.
Too p2w. Nice graphics tho. 3/10
It's a modern variant of the traditional RPGs. You grind a lot, you're harrassed by bosses, and at the end of the month you gain 0 XP to get to the next pay raise.
It’s almost like games are a simulation of reality