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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Too Powerful Characters
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Date: Wed, 26-Oct-83 16:47:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 26 16:47:37 1983
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In reply to David Grindal's request for help with a "too powerful
character":

You have two large problems, and a few small ones:

I. Don't let a character into an adventure if it is the wrong
level for the adventure.

II. Don't let a character into an adventure if it is the wrong
level to match the rest of the player characters.

Now the problem is what to do when the character has slipped into
the adventure.  Since you are using a commerical module (they all
recommend experience levels for the players), you apparently didn't
know what you were letting in.  If,as someone guessed, you are
using "Caverns of Tuesday", the party should average about level 8
or so.

Now:

1. Why isn't your "friend" offering to retire from the adventure that
s/he is spoiling?  Since you seem to have a problem in diplomacy:

2. Bend all your efforts to separating the character from the
adventure.  Try to promote it to hero status, trap it, entice it
with a plane full of relics, but somehow get it separated from the
party.  Remember, while it is with the party, anything that endangers
it is likely to blow the weaker party members away without effort.
Which brings me to my next point:

3. Why are the other players willing to associate with this
out-of-range character?

4. Once it is separated from the party,
one of your options is to try to kill the character.
This should be a good challenge, but don't expect it to be easy.
You will be pitting your control of the universe against your
opponent's superior knowledge of the rules, and extra GMing
experience.

5. By the way, AD&D allows humans to switch to a second class,
but not a third and a fourth, with the exception of (sigh) Bards.

				- Keremath,  care of:
				  Robison
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