PC laws of life

One of my favorite heuristics for life is: act more like a PC, less like an NPC. I was brainstorming with a friend of mine about things to remember to act more like a PC, and there’s what we came up with: 

-don’t do the same thing over and over again
-when you see something you don’t understand, ask “what’s going on here”
-acquire skills
-coordinate with other PCs
-set quests
-optimize your inventory
-find walkthroughs for the boring stuff
-everything could be significant, so be observant
-you have everything you need
-there are very useful NPCs
-friendly NPCs wil give you stuff helpful for your quests
-there has to be a solution
-you might have to click every pixel on the screen
-the thing that you’re looking for will be highlighted, but you need to learn to look carefully
-have a high default level of entitlement
-be aware that NPCs will try to make PCs follow rules, always
-grinding is never the most expedient solution
-practice the most useful skills
-keep your HP high
-keep your MP high
-people have alignments
-NPCs are usually transparent about their alignment
-it is worthwhile to figure out the alignment of other PCs
-some NPCs are NPCs by choice
-bosses always have an exploitable flaw, so you can beat them whether you’re qualified or not

If you can think of more fun ones, add them in the comments!


Comments

3 responses to “PC laws of life”

  1. Luke Grecki Avatar
    Luke Grecki

    -be genre savvy. know of stories like your own and what worked in them and what didn’t. Also, this should definitely be made into a deck.

  2. Max Marty Avatar
    Max Marty

    – Go through all the dialog options with any NPCs in your party- Don’t be afraid to min/max if you can group up- Sometimes the puzzles will make no sense or feel beneath you, other times they will seem arbitrarily impossible. They’re designed by humans, this is natural.

  3. Isaac Foster Avatar
    Isaac Foster

    Delegate to child processes when possible and prudent.

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