[MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking

[Christopher Allen]

adam at treyarch.com wrote:
> My guess is that any full-grown adult who put on a full suit of "armor"
> (body padding and maybe a catcher's mask), grabbed a baseball bat, then
> went out and found any small mamal with the purpose of pummeling it
> to death would probably not have the slightest chance of taking more than
> scratches from the creature before it was unconscious.
>
> Now, actually getting one to sit still long enough for you to smack it with
> the bat is another matter altogether.
>
> Another argument for not putting these sorts of "newbie targets" into a mud
> is obvious looking at this example:
>
>     Pummeling small furry animals does not a hero make.

Yes, but capturing one safely and releasing it in the wild might be.

Again, small animals in a context of an environment can make for interesting
quests for the newbie character.

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