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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8272955" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>It does suck. But that’s the fault if the DM. If they’re letting that imbalance happen in the first place, bad form. If they’re not addressing it, bad form. If they’re not presenting threats that give everyone spotlight time, bad form.</p><p></p><p>You can easily tell stories with power imbalances, you just need to focus on something other than the power imbalance to keep everyone engaged and meaningful to the story. If the only thing that matters to your stories is how hard someone can hit, then no one but Supes and Wonder Woman matter. But that’s incredibly bad storytelling. </p><p></p><p>In good Justice League stories Supes and Wonder Woman are going toe-to-toe with gods while the rest of the team does other stuff. Batman investigates and looks for weaknesses, which is often the key to winning and stopping the threat. Flash clears the field of civilians, then joins in the fight. Green Lantern protects bystanders and contains the fight. Etc. </p><p></p><p>Everyone has a role to play and the focus isn’t only on who hits the hardest. It’s really not that hard to do in games. Find out what everyone likes to do, what they want their characters to do and be good at, then give it to them in fun and interesting ways that challenge their characters and make the players think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8272955, member: 86653"] It does suck. But that’s the fault if the DM. If they’re letting that imbalance happen in the first place, bad form. If they’re not addressing it, bad form. If they’re not presenting threats that give everyone spotlight time, bad form. You can easily tell stories with power imbalances, you just need to focus on something other than the power imbalance to keep everyone engaged and meaningful to the story. If the only thing that matters to your stories is how hard someone can hit, then no one but Supes and Wonder Woman matter. But that’s incredibly bad storytelling. In good Justice League stories Supes and Wonder Woman are going toe-to-toe with gods while the rest of the team does other stuff. Batman investigates and looks for weaknesses, which is often the key to winning and stopping the threat. Flash clears the field of civilians, then joins in the fight. Green Lantern protects bystanders and contains the fight. Etc. Everyone has a role to play and the focus isn’t only on who hits the hardest. It’s really not that hard to do in games. Find out what everyone likes to do, what they want their characters to do and be good at, then give it to them in fun and interesting ways that challenge their characters and make the players think. [/QUOTE]
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