Plenty of people in my party are "maximized", they do certain task REALLY well. My Paladin has been described as a mountain who attacks people with a Q-tip, our monk has been described as a glass cannon. Both of us would be in a VERY bad shape without help of other characters. Maximizing isnt...
Wow, you guys had some really bad kelptos.
We had an great kelptomaniac in our group. First of all he would steal when appropriate, i.e. he would not be taking your sword of +5 butt kicking right before a big fight but during travel or down time.
Our kelpto was also very judicious what he...