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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 3697211" data-attributes="member: 762">This is only a problem if the "bonus focused" character outshines the other characters. Otherwise, if the bonus focused guy is having fun because he's kicking butt and the roleplayer is having fun because he's getting into character - both win (and it's not like roleplaying and powergaming are exclusive anyway).As long as the players are roughly equal in power level it doesn't matter how powerful they are, the DM can provide an appropriate challenge. For me it's much more fun to have a powerful PC challenged than a mediocre one because with the mediocre one it's not that I'm being challenged, it's that I'm limiting myself.Again good roleplaying and powergaming are far from exclusive. From this paragraph, your hangup (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is with people who don't get into the narrative of the game and the combats as much as you do - this has little to do with powergaming and much more to do with play style.I make sure that all PC's have a viable shtick and that they have an opportunity to logically contribute to the group - seems to be working so far.</blockquote>