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Old 07-16-2009, 11:36 AM   #6
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Default Re: Power Gaming and How To Thwart It

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Originally Posted by Suriyel View Post
If the power gamer is an outlier on the power curve for the party, as much as I hate doing it, and I've learned the hard way, the only thing to do is to ask them to tone it down a bit. If you do try to accommodate for the outlier(s), don't try to match force with force, especially in the number-crunchy systems. Figure out what the power gamer's "center of gravity" is, control that and redirect their destructiveness as best you can.
Most power gamer willing to tone it down as long as to don't require them to go so far far that the down get the feel of power any more.

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The most important question though is "is the power gamer making the game fun or not fun for the rest of the table".
And in the cases of 1) or 2) if this is casing problem because others feel they are lacking these skill in realizing their own characters, and are have problems shining with the primary abilities against others' secondary abilities, you can ask the person to help with pointers.
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