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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tuzenbach" data-source="post: 2417049" data-attributes="member: 16155">I'm with you on this one, but I fear we're in the vast minority! Yes, the *powergamer* has put a great deal of mental energy into crafting his/her character. However, when DMs have to deal with powergamers, which of the following is the most likely outcome? 1) Applying a similar amount of mental energy to the dungeon/encounters/story in an effort to counterbalance the powergamer's ambitions. 2) Telling the powergamer *no*. 3) Venting on a message board.  Two of the above three are a lot easier to do. However, is it right to reward the powergamer with penalties (i.e., "punish") for using his/her brain? From a holistic point of view, persons who point their fingers at *powergamers* and exclaim "bad!" are really doing one or more of the following things:  1) Telling the powergamer that thinking is a waste of time, and thus, discourageing future potential brain development. 2) Telling them that by thinking, the *powergamer* has actually HURT either the DM or the other players or BOTH! In other words, "because you've used your brain and the rest of us have not, you're in a class that is threatening to us. For us to continue to have fun, we are now FORCED to use our brains. What gives you the right to do that to us?" 3) Any DM who tells a *powergamer* "no" is insulting their intelligence. In effect, it's basically counter-acting hours and hours and perhaps days and weeks of thought (i.e., "mental energy") with an amount of mental energy that was created in two or three seconds (i.e., saying "no").  Basically, I've never had a problem with powergamers. HOWEVER, those DMs that INSIST that I *act* out scenarios and use funny voices, they've gotta go!<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

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