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<blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 5556391" data-attributes="member: 82425">Ooo, this old nugget. After decades of playing D&amp;D with the same guys, we have had one player who is exactly as you describe. But as I said...decades! We are all old friends, and truth is, I have had to walk softly around this issue.I have brought up before with him the effect this has when one character completely outshines his comrades. Its not only an issue of encounter balancing, its an issue of the other players enjoyment as their players get marginalized. Dont underestimate the effect this can have on the group.Our campaign ended recently, after over two years of play! I found a rather novel solution. I personally aided everyone except the powerplayer in putting together the best tweaked characters they could. So rather than pulling the power player down, I lifted everyone else up (within the theme they wanted their characters to be). Then, after everyone the character they wanted at the best possible config they could have, we had a level playing fieldI had to make encounters harder than I would have otherwise, but it worked.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BobTheNob, post: 5556391, member: 82425"] Ooo, this old nugget. After decades of playing D&D with the same guys, we have had one player who is exactly as you describe. But as I said...decades! We are all old friends, and truth is, I have had to walk softly around this issue. I have brought up before with him the effect this has when one character completely outshines his comrades. Its not only an issue of encounter balancing, its an issue of the other players enjoyment as their players get marginalized. Dont underestimate the effect this can have on the group. Our campaign ended recently, after over two years of play! I found a rather novel solution. I personally aided everyone except the powerplayer in putting together the best tweaked characters they could. So rather than pulling the power player down, I lifted everyone else up (within the theme they wanted their characters to be). Then, after everyone the character they wanted at the best possible config they could have, we had a level playing field I had to make encounters harder than I would have otherwise, but it worked. [/QUOTE]

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