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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9357514" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I asked the group, and they said to give player A another chance, so I allowed them back into the game.  At the time, we didn't have a lot of players to choose from.  : (And yeah, I only play face-to-face.  Nothing against online gaming if that's the only way a person can play/they really enjoy is, but it's not the same experience for me, and as a GM, I have enough on my plate without having to fiddle around with technology more complicated than my laptop (which is where I keep all my game notes).I've had similar experiences to yours with regards to letting the players getting too much power too fast- I love magic items, and my AD&D games were lousy with them.  3.5/PF1e tempered that a little bit, since any strange item the party didn't want could be turned into better items eventually, lol, so I needed to be more careful.  And giving my players too even of breaks has shot me in the foot in the past (bonus Feats, generous die rolling conventions, and so on).And I've had players who abused my good will by making min/maxed characters who make game balance pear-shaped.  And there isn't a good solution to that other than don't play with people like that.Like, of course, optimize.  It's perfectly logical to do so in and out of universe.  But be responsible about it.  Ask the GM "hey, are you sure X is a good idea?".  If they insist that it is, then sure, go for it.  But at least check with them before speeding right into value town!</blockquote>

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