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<blockquote data-quote="Elemental" data-source="post: 3508110" data-attributes="member: 7931">I assume it's because two players aren't having fun. If it's an encounter they can handle, then the powerful characters will mow it down. If it's an encounter for the powerful characters, they can't meaningfully contribute. I had the same thing happen in a game of Exalted when two characters were doing interesting stuff in a fight against a bunch of pirates, and then a super-optimised character basicaly wiped them all out in two rounds, and then their leader in two more. Two players left feeling quite useless, and with invalid character concepts because their duelist and kung fu monk couldn't actually be good in a fight if the third character was there winning the fights single-handedly.More seriously, if the players have to sit out encounters, it's going to be an hour or more gone from the evening. They're not getting to play the game as much, because they're not able or willing to make characters of that power level.I often play powerful characters, but I try to avoid stepping on the toes of other players. I might have my character take on a peripheral threat in a scene rather than the big threat (&quot;You guys take the cleric down, I'll keep his skeletons off your back!&quot;) or try and use teamwork tactics to give the others a chance to shine (like a wizard specialised in weakening enemies for his allies to take down). I might also offer advice in character generation (&quot;You know, they'd be a lot more effective and still fit into your concept if you tried this....&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elemental, post: 3508110, member: 7931"] I assume it's because two players aren't having fun. If it's an encounter they can handle, then the powerful characters will mow it down. If it's an encounter for the powerful characters, they can't meaningfully contribute. I had the same thing happen in a game of [I]Exalted[/I] when two characters were doing interesting stuff in a fight against a bunch of pirates, and then a super-optimised character basicaly wiped them all out in two rounds, and then their leader in two more. Two players left feeling quite useless, and with invalid character concepts because their duelist and kung fu monk couldn't actually be good in a fight if the third character was there winning the fights single-handedly. More seriously, if the players have to sit out encounters, it's going to be an hour or more gone from the evening. They're not getting to play the game as much, because they're not able or willing to make characters of that power level. I often play powerful characters, but I try to avoid stepping on the toes of other players. I might have my character take on a peripheral threat in a scene rather than the big threat ("You guys take the cleric down, I'll keep his skeletons off your back!") or try and use teamwork tactics to give the others a chance to shine (like a wizard specialised in weakening enemies for his allies to take down). I might also offer advice in character generation ("You know, they'd be a lot more effective and still fit into your concept if you tried this....") [/QUOTE]

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