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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5465971" data-attributes="member: 71571">The DM can potentially and actively counter anything a player does with minimal effort or preparation.This does not mean he should.&nbsp; It is not the DM's job to punish 'bad character choices' or 'overspecialization.'&nbsp; It's the DM's job to run a fun game.Sometimes, the best thing to do is to give and to take.&nbsp; Reward players who overspecialize by giving them encounters in their field of expertise, and challenge players who do so by taking them out of their comfort zone.If the player invests that heavily into a character the DM never lets them shine because 'it's a bad idea' the DM might be a dick.Of course, it could also be that it's specializing to take care of a situation that never comes up, like 20 monsters all triggering OAs in the same turn.&nbsp; At which point, the DM should step in and say 'Look, you probably only need to go -this- far... you can spend feats on other things and be just fine in my game.'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 5465971, member: 71571"] The DM can potentially and actively counter anything a player does with minimal effort or preparation. This does not mean he should. It is not the DM's job to punish 'bad character choices' or 'overspecialization.' It's the DM's job to run a fun game. Sometimes, the best thing to do is to give and to take. Reward players who overspecialize by giving them encounters in their field of expertise, and challenge players who do so by taking them out of their comfort zone. If the player invests that heavily into a character the DM never lets them shine because 'it's a bad idea' the DM might be a dick. Of course, it could also be that it's specializing to take care of a situation that never comes up, like 20 monsters all triggering OAs in the same turn. At which point, the DM should step in and say 'Look, you probably only need to go -this- far... you can spend feats on other things and be just fine in my game.' [/QUOTE]

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