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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Vangarel" data-source="post: 6267517" data-attributes="member: 223">Playing with powergamers can be really difficult, especially if you, the DM, aren't as interested in it as some of the players. It can be even more frustrating if just one or two are powergamers and the rest of the group isn't. I once had a player who enjoyed 'winning' and would consistently produce super optimized characters. I did various things to try to cater for the playstyle but the player would just give up his character and create an alternate character that could cope with the new set of challenges. It even got so bad that the player would research the module we were playing and complain if I changed things around as that's not how it should be in the module. Needless to say we eventually had a parting of the ways.My suggestion would be if you really do not like powergaming and the players are unlikely to change either find a different group or play a different system where it's not as easy to powergame. There are plenty of D&amp;D like games available now that don't make it as easy to powergame as Pathfinder or 3rd edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Vangarel, post: 6267517, member: 223"] Playing with powergamers can be really difficult, especially if you, the DM, aren't as interested in it as some of the players. It can be even more frustrating if just one or two are powergamers and the rest of the group isn't. I once had a player who enjoyed 'winning' and would consistently produce super optimized characters. I did various things to try to cater for the playstyle but the player would just give up his character and create an alternate character that could cope with the new set of challenges. It even got so bad that the player would research the module we were playing and complain if I changed things around as that's not how it should be in the module. Needless to say we eventually had a parting of the ways. My suggestion would be if you really do not like powergaming and the players are unlikely to change either find a different group or play a different system where it's not as easy to powergame. There are plenty of D&D like games available now that don't make it as easy to powergame as Pathfinder or 3rd edition. [/QUOTE]

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