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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 6200176" data-attributes="member: 23935">I dislike getting into that situation.  So I very carefully make certain the players understand the character creation constraints.  Then I review the character prior to play and reject any character that violates the published limitations.Once in play, if I notice a new problem, it gets a bit trickier.  If I notice a failure to conform to the rules in play, I let the player know and suggest alternatives to correct it.If instead I find my initial constraints were too loose/too tight/undesirable in some other way, I let the table know what I'd like to change and my reasoning.  If the table agrees then the new rules come into effect otherwise I suck it up.In your case, it sounds like there is no good solution.  I suggest a frank discussion about how that player built something completely outside the expected scope of characters for this campaign and see if the group can't come up with a workable solution.  That could range from retiring the character, including additional sources for everyone to draw from, or revamping the character to be less illegal.Trying to target a specific character in play is problematic on a few levels and even is successful won't fix the underlying problem that the player ignored the campaign constraints -- if he did it once, he's likely to do it a second time.</blockquote>