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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Judas" data-source="post: 1848693" data-attributes="member: 16154">I have a question. I have a player in my group that is a master of rules-lawyering, min-maxing, and "grey area" tactics (like using a unapproved feat from a 3rd party source because the DM said "ok" to another feat in the same source, known as "Feat Surprise"). Anyhow, I think he might have went over the line and "gamed the system" so to speak. Heres the relevant part of the battle, that I am questioning (I am the DM).Theres a Evil Wizard (EW) and Evil Fighter(EF) and him, the good guy (GG).The intiative is:EW-18GG-10EF-6Round 1:On 18, EW uses Power Word: Stun, but only gets 2 rounds of StunOn 10, GG is Stunned- PassOn 6, EF takes advantage, and uses a Full attackRound 2:On 18, EW turns his attention to the rest of the party...On 10, GG is not stunned, and attacks EF..."Now I said, hold on a sec, your stunned for 2 rounds." He said that 2 rounds had passed since he was stunned in the first and the second till his turn. It was late and, I didnt feel like arguing the point. But as I drove home, it started to annoy me a bit. I recalled how I built a arch-foe for him, and he defeated him in 3 rounds due to using a "surprise feat" I never heard of from a Mongoose supplement (at the time I didnt know it was a non-core feat as I dont have them memorized). Or taking Exalted feats because I said "ok" to just one then leaving me wondering how he is doing X or Y.However, the bottom line is I could be wrong. Would he have been stunned or not?</blockquote>

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