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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 1435939" data-attributes="member: 5">Players who decide how to play their characters despite how the world works or in an effort to shape how you run your world, if either of those are what he is doing, can be a pain.  It's not out of line to let him know he is welcome to play it anyway he wants, but that not only doesn't everyone in the world share his view but also that his temple superiors (and possibly his god) find his practices wasteful, counter to the interests of the temple, and call into question his ability to properly represent them.Any time he destroys a potential resource for the cause of his god (and presumably himself) then a temple superior (and, again, possibly his god) should make it known that he's not following the wishes of the temple but rather his own perversion of it.While I wouldn't personally (as DM) disallow him from continuing to do what he does, I'd certainly suggest that there are consequences...and then, if he continues on his course of action, begin to show him what those consequences are.There are many ways to get the message across, not the least of which are ostracizing him from the temple completely or (from the top) restricting his ability to draw on divine magic.  Hopefully it won't come to this, and these options can be used only as a last resort.A more tempered response might be for it to get around among other members of the clergy that he is a bit of a loose cannon.  Be sure to make some strict choices about how this view spreads and how far, and to set some time plateaus for allowing this view to spread beyond the members of his sect.  If there are other members of his party that also follow the same god someone from his temple might approach them and ask them to intervene before he destroys some other useful items.Members of his sect may make a point of suggesting some sort of rituals (that perhaps include bless spells) to "cleanse" items that the Ftr/Clr deems "unclean" for whatever reason.  They might require that he tithe the temple in kind for the value of anything he destroys that really need not be destroyed.Be sure to leave him options, like disavowing himself from his temple and perhaps from his god if he feels he is being strongarmed, politicizing his views in a effort to change the ways of his temple, etc.  Just let him know that you aren't making his choices for him, you are just allowing NPCs to react to his behavior he can certainly go on doing whatever he wishes to choose to do.Anyway, that might be one way to handle it based on the limited information available in this thread and, what I gather is, your reaction to how the Ftr/Clr's choices seem to be hampering the power level of the party.</blockquote>

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