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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Huw" data-source="post: 3589118" data-attributes="member: 33093">I have a solution to the powergamer problem. Combine them with another sort of problem player - the one who creates (deliberately or otherwise) a suboptimal character, who therefore needs protecting. The powergamer gets to show off how cool their character is, the suboptimal player gets to do whatever they want to do (whether eating all the food or roleplaying their heart out) without feeling a burden. This only works, of course, when the powergamer actually wants to be part of the team and not a lone wolf type.I saw this done in a recent Star Wars game. We had a new player, new as in "has to be reminded what a d20 is". We also had a power gamer. Said power gamer came up with a super-powerful battle droid. Solution: make him the newbie's bodyguard. It worked well for both players.</blockquote>