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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 2387363" data-attributes="member: 32740">First, discuss this openly with everyone, letting all air their concerns on the matter.&nbsp; Be sure to stress that it isn't that the players characters are BAD, just that there are TOO FRIGGIN' MANY of them.&nbsp; That is a problem for everyone.&nbsp; NOBODY has time enough to really get a feel for any of these characters, the player in question included.&nbsp; A DM needs time to properly work a new PC into ongoing plots.&nbsp; Players need time to allow their characters to develop relationships with the new PC.&nbsp;Second, the DM should institute a new rule - ALL new PC's from this point forth in the campaign MUST be CORE RULES ONLY.&nbsp; No freaky supplements for prestige classes, feats, or races of any kind other than what's found in the PH/DMG.&nbsp; If you deny the player the temptation to dabble in anything and everything that comes along (&quot;I want to use the Flavor of the Month prestige class!&quot;) you will very likely put an end to the parade of new PC's for no reason.&nbsp;Third, if the DM is looking for a means to work this endless parade of PC's into the campaign I thought it might be interesting to discover that these are in fact all the SAME character.&nbsp; He just keeps coming back in new forms.&nbsp; Maybe it's a curse.&nbsp; Maybe each of these characters has somehow been important in achieving some goal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 2387363, member: 32740"] First, discuss this openly with everyone, letting all air their concerns on the matter. Be sure to stress that it isn't that the players characters are BAD, just that there are TOO FRIGGIN' MANY of them. That is a problem for everyone. NOBODY has time enough to really get a feel for any of these characters, the player in question included. A DM needs time to properly work a new PC into ongoing plots. Players need time to allow their characters to [i]develop[/i] relationships with the new PC. Second, the DM should institute a new rule - ALL new PC's from this point forth in the campaign MUST be CORE RULES ONLY. No freaky supplements for prestige classes, feats, or races of any kind other than what's found in the PH/DMG. If you deny the player the temptation to dabble in anything and everything that comes along ("I want to use the Flavor of the Month prestige class!") you will very likely put an end to the parade of new PC's for no reason. Third, if the DM is looking for a means to work this endless parade of PC's into the campaign I thought it might be interesting to discover that these are in fact all the SAME character. He just keeps coming back in new forms. Maybe it's a curse. Maybe each of these characters has somehow been important in achieving some goal. [/QUOTE]

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