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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6241948" data-attributes="member: 6669384">As a DM, my problem with either one is party balance.If one PC is head and shoulders better than the others, then I have to either allow them to walk through every conflict without ever being in real danger, running roughshod over my monsters, or...I have to be prepared to overpower the rest of the party, regularly, in order to challenge the power gamer's character, or...I have to constantly come up with reasons why the monsters get selectively stupid and clumsey when facing the bulk of the party, or...I have to find ways to justify why, session after session, the mega-cannon is always aimed at that PC.It also forces me, as a DM, to keep the spotlight on that character, all the time.If everyone is power gaming to the same degree, these aren't issues, but not everyone wants "help" being a power gamer.  If I devote all my skills and feats to increase my character's power, it means that I have that much less I can apply to RP skills and abilities.I've player Superhero games many times.  Those games tend to attract power gamers by their very nature.  I got tired of seeing Captain Fantastic who can shake the planet with his little finger, but couldn't hold a job delivering Pizza.  He spent all his points/quirke/levels/whatever on being the "super" part of superhuman, leaving nothing for the "human" part.Perfectly refined adventure/combat machines bore me.  Yeah, I know, others will disagree.  Some will say that they can RP a character through any situation, even if their character doesn't have the skills to actually manage it.  That is a topic for another rant.</blockquote>

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