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<blockquote data-quote="SiderisAnon" data-source="post: 3674249" data-attributes="member: 44949">My bane is the uber-tweaked character in a party of less optimally designed PCs.One of the hardest things I ever had to balance was a particular PC monk. The player was strong on the rules, has an analytical mind, and tweaked the heck out of the character to make him as optimal as possible. The party had little magic (it was a low magic world), but the player always seemed to be able to convince other party members to give him the items he most wanted/needed. Since they were generally fighting people and not monsters, I didn't have a lot of special abilities to use against him. Over the course of the game, the monk evolved from annoying to pretty much untouchable. (About the only thing that ever managed to cause damage to him were some psionic foes and the time they plane-hopped and fought some powerful demons.)It's one of those things - with the right class and a very optimal build, you can create a character that outshines the rest of the party in their tiny niche. His niche was not getting hit. (The above is not meant to start a discussion/argument on the merits of the Monk class. I'm not bashing the whole class, just citing a specific example.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SiderisAnon, post: 3674249, member: 44949"] My bane is the uber-tweaked character in a party of less optimally designed PCs. One of the hardest things I ever had to balance was a particular PC monk. The player was strong on the rules, has an analytical mind, and tweaked the heck out of the character to make him as optimal as possible. The party had little magic (it was a low magic world), but the player always seemed to be able to convince other party members to give him the items he most wanted/needed. Since they were generally fighting people and not monsters, I didn't have a lot of special abilities to use against him. Over the course of the game, the monk evolved from annoying to pretty much untouchable. (About the only thing that ever managed to cause damage to him were some psionic foes and the time they plane-hopped and fought some powerful demons.) It's one of those things - with the right class and a very optimal build, you can create a character that outshines the rest of the party in their tiny niche. His niche was not getting hit. (The above is not meant to start a discussion/argument on the merits of the Monk class. I'm not bashing the whole class, just citing a specific example.) [/QUOTE]

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