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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 1674553" data-attributes="member: 20239">The main difference between a munchkin and a powergamer is that powergamers don't need to be better than the other PCs.&nbsp; They just want to be the best at what they do.&nbsp; The uber-barbarian whirlwind death machine who doesn't get miffed when the wizard takes out baddies with his death ray as long as he gets a chance to hack on things too is a powergamer.&nbsp; If he saves at least one attack per round to disrupt the wizard's spells so the guy in the pointy hat doesn't &quot;kill all of his targets&quot; he's a munchkin.Other examples:-In a game using 40pt buy stat generation, the munchkin asks to use 50pts because his &quot;character concept&quot; just doesn't work unless he's &quot;better than average&quot;.-In a game with standard (non-LA) characters, the muchkin insists on playing a Troll Paladin.-In a Forgotten Realms campaign, the munchkin's backstory includes encounters with Elminster, The Simbul, Khelben Blackstaff and Storm Silverhand, all of whom now &quot;owe him a favor&quot;.-In a Dragonlance campaign, the muchkin's last name is Majere.-In a Star Wars game, the munchkin's last name is Skywalker.-In a D20 Modern game, the muchkin's last name is Gates, Murdock or Heffner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 1674553, member: 20239"] The main difference between a munchkin and a powergamer is that powergamers don't need to be better than the other PCs. They just want to be the best [u]at what they do[/u]. The uber-barbarian whirlwind death machine who doesn't get miffed when the wizard takes out baddies with his death ray as long as he gets a chance to hack on things too is a powergamer. If he saves at least one attack per round to disrupt the wizard's spells so the guy in the pointy hat doesn't "kill all of his targets" he's a munchkin. Other examples: -In a game using 40pt buy stat generation, the munchkin asks to use 50pts because his "character concept" just doesn't work unless he's "better than average". -In a game with standard (non-LA) characters, the muchkin insists on playing a Troll Paladin. -In a Forgotten Realms campaign, the munchkin's backstory includes encounters with Elminster, The Simbul, Khelben Blackstaff and Storm Silverhand, all of whom now "owe him a favor". -In a Dragonlance campaign, the muchkin's last name is Majere. -In a Star Wars game, the munchkin's last name is Skywalker. -In a D20 Modern game, the muchkin's last name is Gates, Murdock or Heffner. [/QUOTE]

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