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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shadow Lich" data-source="post: 3701457" data-attributes="member: 53038">I understand what a power gamer is, and what a true roleplayer is. Both are important when I Dm and when I play. Every one has probably had a character that ended up having really  good stats and likewise everyone has had a character that has had very poor stats. When I was new to dungeons and dragons I once rolled a charater who's stats looked something like this. 9  str10 con13 dex9  Int8  wis8 chr I was horrified by it. I asked my dm if I could reroll he said no. So I did what every bad player would do. I made him a chaotic Evil kobold in hope he would die in his first encounter. I made him the most arrogant cockey and annoying character that ever exsisted. With in minutes the entire group was histarically laughing. The Aurak in the group picked me up and put me on his shoulder. Where is this going you ask? Out of all my characters Ive ever played I only remember about 5. The kobold is always the first to come to my mind. When I was new I didnt know the rules well enough to power game. I went through a peroid where that was all I did(Power game). I kind of forgot what the game was about. But my characters were always good at geting the group out of trouble. Now present day I am still a power gamming fool but I think that im also the best roleplayer in the group. It is possible to be a power gamer and a good roleplayer. I like what someone put in this post about Conan the barbarian. He would not have been very interesing or a good hero if he didnt hit much with that sword. He was very good at what he did but still had a good story to him. So I want you to remember that character you had way back when that had bad stats but was still enjoyable to play. That death machine you made that probably could have killed your entire group. Im amazed that some people look at power gamers badly. My group is composed of about 3 power gamers and two people that dont know the rules well enough to do such. The power gamers are the best role players. You can be a power gamer and a good role player.</blockquote>

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