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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8869395" data-attributes="member: 7030563">So powergaming typically involves making combat oriented decisions that are narrow in focus.I find this particularly prevalent on martials - either PAM/Sentinel/GWM or Sharpshooter/CBE.  The key to countering these is to not to say "no powergaming", but rather to run a game that does not reward that behavior.Make sure your magic weapons are all thrown weapons or 1-handed melee weapons. That takes care of the martials.  The casters are more difficult, but a powergamer is typically going to want to get combat spells, so use encounters where those spells are useless and do not afford the oppotunity to long rest and change them out.</blockquote>