D&D 5E Should I ask my DM to kill my D&D character?

[Flamestrike]

What makes the PC OP?

Post it.

 

[Stalker0]

I would weaken him in a cool way. Maybe they lose an arm, for take a permanent wound.

maybe their personal weapon gets broken, and so he uses a weakened weapon.

no need for him to die, plenty of ways to weaken him without a kill

 

[jgsugden]

There is a wide range in effectiveness that PCs can have in combat. In 5E, it is really pretty hard to be so off the spectrum that it actually causes a problem. You may be the most powerful PC in the group, but that doesn't mean it is going to be a problem. If you enjoy it, stick with it.

That being said, if you'd have more fun if the PC was taken down a peg, work with the DM to do so. If your power comes from a magic item, that magic item might not need to stay in your hands.

If it comes from high stats, it usually is not actually a problem - I ran a game for a PC with average ability scores of 16 by level 12 and it never really got in the way.

If it comes form other sources, there could be curses or other negative challenges that offset your advantages. Heck, as a player, you can develop the PC in directions that give them offsetting disadvantages due to lines they will not cross.

 

[Ancalagon]

This thread is kind of a big-time indictment of 5e--the fact that you can legitimately create an OP character (with almost no one on here questioning this sad fact) and also that typical 5e gameplay is so rote, repetitive, and combat-centric that being OP in this way is an issue. Just bummers all around.

No one?

A lot of us are asking what makes this character OP. One of the strength of D&D 5e is the much tighter power balance between classes vs 3.X.

We also don't know how these people play, so repetitive combat may not be the issue.

so... no, it's not a big-time indictment.

 

[Grendel_Khan]

No one?

A lot of us are asking what makes this character OP. One of the strength of D&D 5e is the much tighter power balance between classes vs 3.X.

We also don't know how these people play, so repetitive combat may not be the issue.

so... no, it's not a big-time indictment.

When I posted there were a few people questioning it, but most were just diving right as though this is a thing.

But the fact that the original poster actually thinks his character is OP, and that anyone would offer advice assuming this is true...yeah, man, that sucks. It's genuinely hard to find a system where this sort of thing is an issue. There might be character creation choices that result in being underpowered at a given type of play, but the other direction, where a specific build is OP? That's no good!

The OP also highlights something important, though--D&D is always about combat optimization. That's just what it's for.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

When I posted there were a few people questioning it, but most were just diving right as though this is a thing.

But the fact that the original poster actually thinks his character is OP, and that anyone would offer advice assuming this is true...yeah, man, that sucks. It's genuinely hard to find a system where this sort of thing is an issue. There might be character creation choices that result in being underpowered at a given type of play, but the other direction, where a specific build is OP? That's no good!

The OP also highlights something important, though--D&D is always about combat optimization. That's just what it's for.

Half the People are, literally, confused how a tiefling fighter could be overpowered. The other half are just offering advice. Because that’s what the OP asked for.

 

[Grendel_Khan]

Half the People are, literally, confused how a tiefling fighter could be overpowered. The other half are just offering advice. Because that’s what the OP asked for.

I'm admittedly being a troublemaker here, so I'll knock it off, but my point is this--these kinds of questions and threads don't exist for a properly designed system, and particularly one that doesn't incentivize MMO-style constant combat. No one says their Street Samurai is OP because they fight better than the Netrunner/Decker, because in a cyberpunk game it's understood that fighting is only one part of the play experience, not the biggest of all possible pillars. There's something--or really lots and lots of things--about D&D that centers essentially everything around combat, creating all sorts of debates about player skill (almost always referring to combat effectiveness) and spreadsheets comparing damage-per-round calculations for every subclass and on and on. This post just seemed like a real unintentional distillation of all of that.

But, again, I'm just being a party crasher. Sometimes I can't help myself. I'll see myself out.

 

[pogre]

I'm admittedly being a troublemaker here, so I'll knock it off, but my point is this--these kinds of questions and threads don't exist for a properly designed system, and particularly one that doesn't incentivize MMO-style constant combat. No one says their Street Samurai is OP because they fight better than the Netrunner/Decker, because in a cyberpunk game it's understood that fighting is only one part of the play experience, not the biggest of all possible pillars. There's something--or really lots and lots of things--about D&D that centers essentially everything around combat, creating all sorts of debates about player skill (almost always referring to combat effectiveness) and spreadsheets comparing damage-per-round calculations for every subclass and on and on. This post just seemed like a real unintentional distillation of all of that.

But, again, I'm just being a party crasher. Sometimes I can't help myself. I'll see myself out.

The original poster used the term over-powered - no matter what system - folks are going to assume that it relates to combat abilities.

If I say my character is OP - the first thing that comes to mind is combat proficiency. It is a natural assumption when someone uses that label. I don't think that is a D&D centric assumption.

If I say I have an OP character in a cyberpunk game I think the natural assumption is I am referring to combat abilities. Contrary to your experience, I do hear people use the term in other systems frequently.

If you don't like combat - D&D may not be the game for you - that does not mean the game is poorly designed.

 

[Older Beholder]

So in my D&D game, I have a character, which I absolutely love. He has made a large impact on the plot, which has helped move the storyline along. There is one problem though. My character is a bit overpowered. He is a Tiefling Fighter, and has a large connection to the storyline. My DM is fine with whatever decision I make. What should I do?

I'm not sure if anyone has asked, but what level is your character?

 

[John R Davis]

I get the feeling the Original Poster posted and won't post again.
If it is Overpowered maybe it
-Rolled stats
-Persuades it's why through all encounters and dominate social scenes
-Has some 3rd party-regret
-Some magic items beyond the games tier
- Is five levels higher than the other PCs.

You can easily depower them w/o removing it from the campaign