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<blockquote data-quote="WhimsyTheFae" data-source="post: 3332092" data-attributes="member: 8964"><p>I no longer game with one and I married the other...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>This actually happened in one of my campaigns a few years back (none of the players are the two mentioned above, but they still optimized). When the campaign got over 10th level, it kept running into more problems, as the wizard player was able to optimize his character better than the NPCs. Eventually, I told them that it wasn't fun anymore and we stopped that campaign.</p><p></p><p>To me, this plays into Wulf's sweet spot argument, as well. When in the "sweet spot", I was more comfortable and able to provide ample challenges. Once we went past it, the campaign lagged. I couldn't provide the challenge that they needed and the game suffered.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest talking to him. Maybe he'd be willing to dial it back a notch. My wizard player was willing to do that for subsequent characters, because he knew that I wasn't having fun and that for something to challenge him it would obliterate the other characters or negate his abilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhimsyTheFae, post: 3332092, member: 8964"] I no longer game with one and I married the other...:) This actually happened in one of my campaigns a few years back (none of the players are the two mentioned above, but they still optimized). When the campaign got over 10th level, it kept running into more problems, as the wizard player was able to optimize his character better than the NPCs. Eventually, I told them that it wasn't fun anymore and we stopped that campaign. To me, this plays into Wulf's sweet spot argument, as well. When in the "sweet spot", I was more comfortable and able to provide ample challenges. Once we went past it, the campaign lagged. I couldn't provide the challenge that they needed and the game suffered. I would suggest talking to him. Maybe he'd be willing to dial it back a notch. My wizard player was willing to do that for subsequent characters, because he knew that I wasn't having fun and that for something to challenge him it would obliterate the other characters or negate his abilities. [/QUOTE]
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