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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkredlitheOgre" data-source="post: 5800175" data-attributes="member: 99513">First off, total bollocks.  This kid is a powergamer at best, munchkin at worst.  Personally, I would call shenanigans and make him make a new character.  You're running a low-magic campaign and he's not low magic.Okay, so a 2nd or 3rd level spell can pull 3,000 pounds?  That seems a bit much.  What spell is this, anyway?  Where is he getting these spells?  I've looked through the CRB, APG, UM, and UC and can't find anything that does that.If you want to make it a challenge, then use things like ring of protection, amulet of natural armor, the mage armor spell...stuff that he wouldn't be able to pull away (which I think is bollocks anyway).  Have someone wearing plate mail.  That way he can't pull just the front off, it would be the entire suit, person and all, coming toward him.And not every weapon has to be made of metal.  Wooden arrows.  Wooden crossbow bolts.  Clubs/greatclubs.  Sling bullets.  Use intelligent encounter design.  Use wooden caltrops to make them either use resources to heal or to slow their speed.  He can only cast so many spells per day.  Make him and the party work for it.  No 15-minute work days.  If they rest, they're attacked.  Use the rules of fatigue and exhaustion.Have enemies switch tactics.  He rips their armor off?  Okay, they switched to ranged attacks because their melee advantage is gone.  Use waves of enemies and give them Sneak Attacks.  Do fire dwarves take extra damage from cold?  Use that.If he's the only high-magic caster in a low-magic setting, he'll have a reputation based on fear and distrust.  Maybe people think he's a demon in human form.  That could mean no healing at the temple, no rooms available at the inn (leading to more fatigue), traders/craftsmen don't want to work with/for him.  Maybe some young gun spellslinger wants to take him down and has 'learned from a Master from over the mountains,' i.e. pulled out some 3rd party stuff of your own.  Hell, use whatever you want because it 'wasn't specified.'Maybe the Fire Dwarves themselves are coming to 'have a talk' with him because of his awesomely fear-inducing powers, common folk are starting to think that all Fire Dwarves are walking spellbooks and are refusing to have anything to do with the Fire Dwarves.This guy sounds optimized for combat, so put him in non-combat situations and see how he deals.Again, total bollocks.</blockquote>

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