than me, Parrot. For instance, I only go into taverns to sleep or play Arcomage (which I absolutely hate, but the XP for the quest makes it worthwhile). I don't think I have EVER bought a drink for any of my characters nor have I ever tipped the barkeep in any of the MM's.For me character development means levelling, learning skills and spells, and getting the best armor and weapons available.
If this takes me 7 years (game time), so be it and if my score is only 900, so what?
I never play with less than the maximum number of charaters (except in MM8 I sometimes play with only 4), always play dead party=game over, don't allow agressive saves and reloads before (or after) battles (I do mephisto shops as I feel the inventory in the average MM store is kind of sparse), and I never play speed games (for reasons outlined above).
The only time I make exception to my Dead Party Rule is when I am testing a new mod.