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<blockquote data-quote="Iry" data-source="post: 7325085" data-attributes="member: 6777378"><p>So sit down with your other players and ask them how they feel. If they are feeling useless and unhappy, then definitely sit down with the powergamer and talk to him about it. Most powergamers are fairly decent people who will be happy to change things up if they are making other people unhappy. They might not even realize it.</p><p></p><p>If your players are happy and don't mind the big guy doing lots of damage (or whatever he does), then stop and analyze the situation. You're the only one unhappy with the guy. Are you unhappy because he's not roleplaying enough? Are you unhappy because he's trivializing your encounters?</p><p></p><p>If he's not roleplaying enough for you to enjoy the game, then definitely sit down with the powergamer and talk to him about it. Most powergamers are fairly decent people who will be happy to change things up if they are making you unhappy. They might not even realize it.</p><p></p><p>If he's trivializing your encounters? Just let it happen. He's obviously happy stomping around like Godzilla, while the rest of your players are happy contributing in their own way, or ending the combat faster so that they can get back to the Socializing or Exploring pillars. You can make things more interesting for yourself by changing up the encounters -- use a mix of stronger and weaker monsters, or a mix of enemies that are resistant to magic while others are resistant to physical, or include alternative goals in the combat like talking down a hysterical hostage or disarming a trap while the battle rages.</p><p></p><p><strong>TL;DR</strong> Talk to your powergamers. We are people too. Only a few of us are total jerks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iry, post: 7325085, member: 6777378"] So sit down with your other players and ask them how they feel. If they are feeling useless and unhappy, then definitely sit down with the powergamer and talk to him about it. Most powergamers are fairly decent people who will be happy to change things up if they are making other people unhappy. They might not even realize it. If your players are happy and don't mind the big guy doing lots of damage (or whatever he does), then stop and analyze the situation. You're the only one unhappy with the guy. Are you unhappy because he's not roleplaying enough? Are you unhappy because he's trivializing your encounters? If he's not roleplaying enough for you to enjoy the game, then definitely sit down with the powergamer and talk to him about it. Most powergamers are fairly decent people who will be happy to change things up if they are making you unhappy. They might not even realize it. If he's trivializing your encounters? Just let it happen. He's obviously happy stomping around like Godzilla, while the rest of your players are happy contributing in their own way, or ending the combat faster so that they can get back to the Socializing or Exploring pillars. You can make things more interesting for yourself by changing up the encounters -- use a mix of stronger and weaker monsters, or a mix of enemies that are resistant to magic while others are resistant to physical, or include alternative goals in the combat like talking down a hysterical hostage or disarming a trap while the battle rages. [B]TL;DR[/B] Talk to your powergamers. We are people too. Only a few of us are total jerks. [/QUOTE]
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