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power creeps

power creeps is the plural of power creep.

power creeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of power creep.

Meaning of power creep

Noun

power creep (usually uncountable, plural power creeps)

  1. (usually, collectible games, roleplaying games) The situation where successive updates or expansions to a game introduce more powerful units or abilities, leaving the older ones underpowered.
    • It does seem that over time the base damage a starting characted^([sic]) can do has inflated, but a good GM can usual put an end to the munchkin power creep.1992 May 8, Donald A Bachman <donald@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, “Re: SRUN: MAges, what to do? (Was Cyberware &...)”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 25 Mar...

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Questions about power creeps

What is power creeps the plural of?
Power creeps is the plural of power creep.

Words near power creeps in the dictionary

  1. power couple
  2. power couples
  3. power creep
  4. power creeped
  5. power creeping
  6. power creeps
  7. power crept
  8. power cut
  9. power cuts
  10. power cycle
  11. power cycled

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