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Nerfing Your Characters (4/4)

What is the difference between a nerf and a good character weakness?

A Good Nerf “Is there such a thing?” Well, let’s think less in terms of “I could swat this energy blast away but instead I’m gonna sacrifice myself because that’s how love works and it gets overpowered me out of the way so our central protagonists can have the climactic clash.”Which is an anime trope I wish would go the way of the Whig party. Instead, let’s talk about the best and most…

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Nerfing Your Characters (2/4)

Why do writers nerf characters?

Bad Nerfing You suddenly realized that if Uncle tells your main character the truth, Plot won’t happen! Oh gasp!Quick! He ends up in a coma! How? Why?It isn’t important, it has no bearing on the story, it just gets him out of the way! Oh no! My main character is a chess prodigy, but he gets flustered around a cute girl and suddenly makes dumb dumbness! Well, if that’s how he’s going to get into…

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Nerfing Your Characters (1/4)

What is 'nerfing' in writing?

They said I was too dangerous to the story otherwise.Too powerful to be allowed on-screen.Too certain of victory.They took away my Benelli M4 Super 90 high-end shotgun and gave me a Nerf pistol. I got Nerfed. As a DND player, I hear this term about spells that were “too powerful” or character builds that were “going to break the game,” so they got Nerfed. Sometimes, I see why. A fair field is…

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