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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5695788" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>The first part of your statement is something I can <strong>partially</strong> agree with. The GM should work to challenge all of the players, and if one of the players is better in one area than the others, the GM should account for that and adjust the encounters accordingly.</p><p></p><p>However, this doesn't completely absolve that player of the unspoken-but-still-important understanding that they're not deliberately trying to outshine the other players. If their character just happens to be better than the other players in a given situation, that just happens; if he's trying to be "better" than they are, then he's ruining other people's fun. That makes it his fault, not the GM's.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, the other players are not at fault in any regard. Saying that they're to blame because they didn't optimize their characters is just faulty logic. Players should coordinate to the degree that they don't step on each other's toes when trying to make a balanced party (e.g. everyone doesn't end up playing a bard), but beyond that saying "well it's your fault for not making your character as powerful as mine" completely ignores the fact that people are supposed to be making characters for the purpose of having fun, not to try and play catch-up to somebody who's interested in power-playing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 5695788, member: 8461"] The first part of your statement is something I can [B]partially[/B] agree with. The GM should work to challenge all of the players, and if one of the players is better in one area than the others, the GM should account for that and adjust the encounters accordingly. However, this doesn't completely absolve that player of the unspoken-but-still-important understanding that they're not deliberately trying to outshine the other players. If their character just happens to be better than the other players in a given situation, that just happens; if he's trying to be "better" than they are, then he's ruining other people's fun. That makes it his fault, not the GM's. Likewise, the other players are not at fault in any regard. Saying that they're to blame because they didn't optimize their characters is just faulty logic. Players should coordinate to the degree that they don't step on each other's toes when trying to make a balanced party (e.g. everyone doesn't end up playing a bard), but beyond that saying "well it's your fault for not making your character as powerful as mine" completely ignores the fact that people are supposed to be making characters for the purpose of having fun, not to try and play catch-up to somebody who's interested in power-playing. [/QUOTE]
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