Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Examples of Power Creep?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 2042836" data-attributes="member: 3424"><p>Fair enough, but I don't see this as a problem. As a DM I always adapt the challenges to fit the mix of characters, anyway.</p><p></p><p>More options simply means that the character gets pretty good at one thing, at the expense of his ability in other areas. Certainly, I can make a great tripper, but how does he do in a grapple? Against flying opponents? Against ranged attackers? Against spellcasters? In my mind, it's just a strategy of narrowing focus for higher payoff at the expense of higher risk. I've found it's generally more efficient to cover all bases, but if a player wants to be really good at one thing, I'll let him, and I'll give him the chance to exercise his schtick, but I can still find other ways to challenge him and the party.</p><p></p><p>I won't deny that there are some particularly problematic options, like the Frenzied Berserker, the <em>shivering touch</em> spell and over-the-top caster levels for spells such as <em>blasphemy</em> and <em>holy word</em>, and I manage those by just not allowing them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 2042836, member: 3424"] Fair enough, but I don't see this as a problem. As a DM I always adapt the challenges to fit the mix of characters, anyway. More options simply means that the character gets pretty good at one thing, at the expense of his ability in other areas. Certainly, I can make a great tripper, but how does he do in a grapple? Against flying opponents? Against ranged attackers? Against spellcasters? In my mind, it's just a strategy of narrowing focus for higher payoff at the expense of higher risk. I've found it's generally more efficient to cover all bases, but if a player wants to be really good at one thing, I'll let him, and I'll give him the chance to exercise his schtick, but I can still find other ways to challenge him and the party. I won't deny that there are some particularly problematic options, like the Frenzied Berserker, the [I]shivering touch[/I] spell and over-the-top caster levels for spells such as [I]blasphemy[/I] and [I]holy word[/I], and I manage those by just not allowing them. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Examples of Power Creep?
Top