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<blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 2127960" data-attributes="member: 5473">Yeah, I should have qualified that.They all started at 1st level except for the Druid who joined our game starting around level 5, I think.&nbsp; I call them &quot;newbies&quot; because, despite playing with 3+ years, they just don't have the same level of experience as the veteran (who, as a DM, really knows the rules forwards and backwards).I don't necessarily want to penalize the veteran.&nbsp; I want him to have fun, obviously.&nbsp; And, I think part of his strategy is trying to show the noobs &quot;Look what you can do if you really think about how to play your character.&quot;&nbsp; I think that's a good thing.&nbsp; But, it just hasn't really turned out that way.Now, mind you, no one is really complaining (at least, not to me).&nbsp; I've just noticed a general shift in the game toward the rest of the players not really doing as much as they used to during combat because they know eventually the Kensai player is just going to come around and mop everything up.&nbsp; I'm trying to prepare for down the road just to make sure that everyone has a good time and on one gets bored and, most importantly, no one feels that they are not useful to the group (yeah, I know - double negative).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samothdm, post: 2127960, member: 5473"] Yeah, I should have qualified that. They all started at 1st level except for the Druid who joined our game starting around level 5, I think. I call them "newbies" because, despite playing with 3+ years, they just don't have the same level of experience as the veteran (who, as a DM, really knows the rules forwards and backwards). I don't necessarily want to penalize the veteran. I want him to have fun, obviously. And, I think part of his strategy is trying to show the noobs "Look what you can do if you really think about how to play your character." I think that's a good thing. But, it just hasn't really turned out that way. Now, mind you, no one is really complaining (at least, not to me). I've just noticed a general shift in the game toward the rest of the players not really doing as much as they used to during combat because they know eventually the Kensai player is just going to come around and mop everything up. I'm trying to prepare for down the road just to make sure that everyone has a good time and on one gets bored and, most importantly, no one feels that they are not useful to the group (yeah, I know - double negative). [/QUOTE]

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