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The "Powergamers (Min/maxer)" vs "Alpha Gamers" vs "Role Play Gamers" vs "GM" balance mismatch "problem(s)"
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<blockquote data-quote="Warmaster Horus" data-source="post: 7279406" data-attributes="member: 6785438"><p>A lesson I learned long ago is that you can't be afraid to kill the PCs. If they make a mistake, it's on them. When I ran games when I was younger there were two or three players who would, as I thought of it, dare me to kill them. They'd engage in outrageous risk taking without much planning to mitigate the danger and just wait and see what would happen. Now I like a good bit of daring do from my players but it really did seem like they were testing my resolve as a DM. And those games weren't all that fun when it became apparent that I didn't have the nerve to snap the trap shut on them.</p><p></p><p>Then one day I decided enough was enough and didn't flinch. Guess what? The world didn't end and the players still had a good time even when their PCs were bitten in two, in fact a better time because now the threats were more than just shadow monsters to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warmaster Horus, post: 7279406, member: 6785438"] A lesson I learned long ago is that you can't be afraid to kill the PCs. If they make a mistake, it's on them. When I ran games when I was younger there were two or three players who would, as I thought of it, dare me to kill them. They'd engage in outrageous risk taking without much planning to mitigate the danger and just wait and see what would happen. Now I like a good bit of daring do from my players but it really did seem like they were testing my resolve as a DM. And those games weren't all that fun when it became apparent that I didn't have the nerve to snap the trap shut on them. Then one day I decided enough was enough and didn't flinch. Guess what? The world didn't end and the players still had a good time even when their PCs were bitten in two, in fact a better time because now the threats were more than just shadow monsters to them. [/QUOTE]
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