D&D) encourages this kind of character and playing/campaign style

Examination of how the design of a specific game (e.g.

Referring to specific character or characters in a game who exemplify this behaviour, they just travel around fighting and killing and don't engage more deeply.

Use of the term 'murderhobo' itself generally comes in two contexts: The hobo part derives from the American slang term 'hobo', which specifically means not just a homeless person, but a homeless travelling worker the hobo has no long term home and moves around from place to place looking for jobs (often carrying everything they own with them), which is a fairly obvious parallel to a traditional adventuring party who travel the world accepting quests. The murder(ous) part is because these characters primarily solve problems with violence/killing and are typically very quick to resort to violence, often even in situations where that's a really inappropriate response.

' Murderhobo', apparently a contraction of the slightly older term ' murderous hobo', is a usually pejorative (but infrequently neutral or affectionate) term used to describe certain kinds of adventuring character, usually in Dungeons & Dragons or D&D-like games.

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