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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6339843" data-attributes="member: 6669384">If I was the only DM in the group, *AND* I was looking for an ongoing plot hook, I might do as several have suggested.In the past, when I've done that sort of thing, it ends up becoming an ongoing contest between myself and the player.  It makes me focus on reining them in, and it keeps me from giving spotlight time to the other players at the table.  That's not fun for me, and it's not fair to them.  Ongoing "Battle of Wills" is tiring.One potential non-solution I've been tempted to suggest is to let him dual class, cleric of the Creator Aspect and Cleric of the Destroyer aspect.He'd end up with four Domains, and a double dose of lower level spells, but would advance in effective level at half speed.  If he chose it, I'd require that he stick with the dual class all the way.He'd be kick ass at lower levels, and hopelessly outclassed by 6th or 7th.  At 5th level, our other casters are getting their 3rd level spells, and by 7th they're getting 4ths.  At 5th level he'll be getting his first 2nd level spell, and at 7th he'd be getting his first 3rd.  And he'd fall farther and farther behind, gaining new spell levels at half the rate of anyone else.It's a tempting trap, since it looks so juicy at the lower levels.  Double portions of all the spells.  But by 20th level you're just finishing learning 5ths, and you'll never get anything higher unless you spend Epic feats for more spell levels.But it's a trap for the DM as well.  Once again, he ends up being the focal point of the campaign, and there are a lot of other players who deserve a fair share of on-stage time.</blockquote>

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