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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zenon" data-source="post: 67849" data-attributes="member: 352">Heh, I use to have this same problem running Champions. My players would want to design 300 point characters and then run around stopping normal bank robberies! (which is kind of like swatting flies with a nuke). They would also whine about plots I presented. "Why do we always have to save the world?" they would ask.Fianlly, I gave in. I gave them bank robberies by normals to stop. However, I wouldn't even let them roll a die (because there was no point to it. The outcome was going to go in their favor, no contest). The best was the first one of these I did:DM: "You get a call to your Super HQ about a bank robbery."Munchkin: "Oh Boy! I fly right over there at the speed of sound"DM: "You get there. Inside the bank you see a man with a gun."Munchkin (salivating and picking up dice): "I..."DM: (holding up hand to pause the player) "With your super strength/speed/powers, you easily capture the robber, turn him over to the police and head back to your HQ."Munchkin (sputtering): "What? But..I didn't get to roll any..."DM (folding his hands and looking at they player): "I could tell how the outcome was going to go without needing to waste 2 hours rolling combat. What are you doing back at HQ?"Munchkin: (blink...blink...blink)Lather, rinse, repeat as neccessary.It was priceless.In other words, give him what he wants. Make him the uber-king, whatever. Give him whatever items he wants. Just never, ever let him roll for anything again. Make everything go his way, always, with no rolls or checks needed from the player.The power of the munchkin comes from showing off what his character can do, but you (as the DM) can take that away from him by just describing how actions go. Trust me, he'll get bored really quick....Sorry to hear you having such trouble, good luck!</blockquote>

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