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<blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 621243" data-attributes="member: 8704">It seems like this is another one that boils down to powergamers vs roleplayers. neither side is wrong they just both expect different things from the game and normally have a hard time coexisting. I'm sure the same people cause all sorts of different problems based on the same thing, they want to work the system to their advantage. As Dm your job is making sure the game is fun and that includes being fun for you to. Adjust your campaign to what the majority wants, the others can leave if they want or work with what is given. Out of all the prestige classes out there this guy has to throw a fit over one that you eliminated. I don't see anything wrong with telling him to hit the chair or hit the road. There are dozens and dozens of options left in front of him, the removal of one ,or a few even, should not ruin his gaming experience.Sometimes it's easier to hit them with a &quot;too hard to fit in&quot; explination than to just say that character class is overbalancing, which infers to the powergamer in question that you took it out because you want to take things away from the players and him in particular. If you say something like &quot; I found that that Prestige class doesn't fit into my game world very well and it would take too much time to work it in and for us to roleplay it all out, why don't you try ____________ instead.&quot; then it seems you are saving him from hours of roleplaying so he can get straight to the fighting. They might still get mad but it goes over better than holding up a cross and yelling &quot;Powergamer begone, I rebuke you!&quot;, not to mention it makes it look like you are willing to work with the group without actually having to put up with a crappy PrC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdavis, post: 621243, member: 8704"] It seems like this is another one that boils down to powergamers vs roleplayers. neither side is wrong they just both expect different things from the game and normally have a hard time coexisting. I'm sure the same people cause all sorts of different problems based on the same thing, they want to work the system to their advantage. As Dm your job is making sure the game is fun and that includes being fun for you to. Adjust your campaign to what the majority wants, the others can leave if they want or work with what is given. Out of all the prestige classes out there this guy has to throw a fit over one that you eliminated. I don't see anything wrong with telling him to hit the chair or hit the road. There are dozens and dozens of options left in front of him, the removal of one ,or a few even, should not ruin his gaming experience. Sometimes it's easier to hit them with a "too hard to fit in" explination than to just say that character class is overbalancing, which infers to the powergamer in question that you took it out because you want to take things away from the players and him in particular. If you say something like " I found that that Prestige class doesn't fit into my game world very well and it would take too much time to work it in and for us to roleplay it all out, why don't you try ____________ instead." then it seems you are saving him from hours of roleplaying so he can get straight to the fighting. They might still get mad but it goes over better than holding up a cross and yelling "Powergamer begone, I rebuke you!", not to mention it makes it look like you are willing to work with the group without actually having to put up with a crappy PrC. [/QUOTE]

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