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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orryn Emrys" data-source="post: 1955662" data-attributes="member: 6799">Interestingly enough, the player in question has demonstrated some 'power gamer' tendencies, which probably contributes to his dissatisfaction as well.  Even when he does manage to build a character that stands head and shoulders above his peers in some particular fashion, I think he finds it frustrating that the other players don't shower him with adoration for his outstanding accomplishment, but instead tend to be more interested in the character flaws and personality quirks he demonstrates in play that add an unintentional depth to a character who would otherwise be quite easily ignored by his comrades.  He has also flirted with the 'party leader' syndrome you mentioned, and is about as well suited for it as your former participant.Fortunately, I think he's shaping up a bit in this department.  A string of unsatisfactory characters has to teach you something....  On the plus side, he switched characters in last night's session and, for the first time, managed a first impression with the new PC that got him welcomed into the party.  Obviously something else he was getting tired of....  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Silly... but far cooler than any idea I've ever come up with to accomodate him....</blockquote>

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