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<blockquote data-quote="Enevhar Aldarion" data-source="post: 7324968" data-attributes="member: 6818233"><p>Different people obviously have different definitions for the terms we use to describe types of players, but in my 35+ years of playing D&D, and many other systems, this is my general view.</p><p></p><p>Most players I have gamed with do some general level of optimization so that their characters are at least effective in the game. The next step into specialization is the power gamer and they can be worked with for the most part. Then more extreme are the min-maxers, who I try to avoid. And finally there are the full-blown munchkins, who must be avoided at all costs, since for me, they ruin the game for everyone. Of course, there is also a problem at the other extreme, where you have players who do not try at all, or seem to care, to make a functional character. Worse are the ones who intentionally make a character who cannot do anything effectively. And then there are those "players" who want to do nothing but kill everything that gets in their way and take all their treasure. But it all really comes down to the group and where the line is drawn for where these types stop being fun to play with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enevhar Aldarion, post: 7324968, member: 6818233"] Different people obviously have different definitions for the terms we use to describe types of players, but in my 35+ years of playing D&D, and many other systems, this is my general view. Most players I have gamed with do some general level of optimization so that their characters are at least effective in the game. The next step into specialization is the power gamer and they can be worked with for the most part. Then more extreme are the min-maxers, who I try to avoid. And finally there are the full-blown munchkins, who must be avoided at all costs, since for me, they ruin the game for everyone. Of course, there is also a problem at the other extreme, where you have players who do not try at all, or seem to care, to make a functional character. Worse are the ones who intentionally make a character who cannot do anything effectively. And then there are those "players" who want to do nothing but kill everything that gets in their way and take all their treasure. But it all really comes down to the group and where the line is drawn for where these types stop being fun to play with. [/QUOTE]
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