D&D

[Araciel]

try to gain his respect?? if he's a powergamer and one of his character's personality traits are that he hates dragons and spellcasters, you're kinda screwed...powergamers don't like to give up the little character quirks they call roleplaying.

what kind of character are you playing?? does he really want the respect of someone like that?? would he rather the ranger gain a respect for ALL spellcasters or just yours? would your character become aloof or even confrontational about it?? would you try to save his life to gain his respect, or show off to earn his respect through fear?

i personally would probably go the latter route with my character, becoming increasingly agitated with him and trying to display the power of magic...if i were human...and anything but ultra-good

[Dragon Mage]

Nononononono. I'm trying to get him to respect me.

[Araciel]

then i dunno...like i said...if he's a power gamer he won't change his personality trait easily.

[NINJA_Ryu]

Dont play with powergamers.

They are the pondscum on the caviar of D&D

[Araciel]

Dont play with powergamers.

They are the pondscum on the caviar of D&D

teh winnar

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I will, however, say that, as a Wizard, you have only scratched the surface of how easily you could own him.

Especially at higher levels, Fighter-types can't handle wizards. The amount of spells they can cast give them insane benefits that in some cases.

What level are you at? If you want to fight fire with fire, I can give you a whole compliment of spells that should make things interesting ^_^

I don't normally advocate that, unless you're stuck playing with irritating people like that guy appears to be.

[Araciel]

party infighting can be great hahahah

[NINJA_Ryu]

Although, if i may steal attention for a minute, i have a few questions.

ONe, where can you usually pick up books? ( im especially looking for D20 modern) And dice for that matter?

[Araciel]

Although, if i may steal attention for a minute, i have a few questions.

ONe, where can you usually pick up books? ( im especially looking for D20 modern) And dice for that matter?

in tacoma?
no idea...look in your yellow pages for comic stores or gamshops/hobbyshops...chapters or other high end bookstores can get any books you need and sometimes dice, etc. if you ask them

[The Triumphant Hero]

I haven't played in a while, but I like the Ranger and Paladin classes. Most of my Paladins end up with a greatsword, and my Rangers always use longbows. My most...interesting character would have to be my half-orc druid. He tended to run out of spells halfway through missions so he usually ended up beating down the hard enemies with a quarterstaff and blowing the weak enemies up with flame strike.

EDIT: I usually tend to stay away from wizard/sorceror classes - I find the play style for them to be hard to do for me. As I said, I usually have my characters waste all their magic early.

[Dragon Mage]

I will, however, say that, as a Wizard, you have only scratched the surface of how easily you could own him.

Especially at higher levels, Fighter-types can't handle wizards. The amount of spells they can cast give them insane benefits that in some cases.

What level are you at? If you want to fight fire with fire, I can give you a whole compliment of spells that should make things interesting ^_^

I don't normally advocate that, unless you're stuck playing with irritating people like that guy appears to be.

I've just attained 7th level.

oooooooooo, fire. yum.

And he isn't that bad as you may think, but he really likes to make the Mary sue characters. All the time. And he hates spellcasters because they're so powerful and 'don't do anything to achieve that power.' He thinks they're too powerful, and shouldn't have that kind of power because the magic users have done nothing to gain it. i.e. training in sword fighting, really strong physically, etc. Everything I like, he hates. And because he acts so badass, he takes the spotlight, so to speak, and goes rushing into something without giving anyone esle a chance, because he's sooo confident he can do it alone. the 'i'm badass don't screw with me i don't need your help watch me' type. It's annoying and I really need to bring him down a notch. It can be done, becuase he's humbled when he can't do anything or is up against a really strong monster....that isn't a dragon.

[Araciel]

yeah LET him do it alone...i tend to make some pretty petty characters sometimes

[Dragon Mage]

hahaha, good idea. His last character died that way after all. but the problem is that he's strong enough and twinked enough to handle a few orcs or your ususal random encounter. and when he rushes after a shadow dragon (which was supposed to be a challenge and which he ruined by rushing it) he foils the stratedgy and we're trying like hell to cover him or at least buy him a break to get out. But he doesn't. and it's always like this. there has to be a way to humble him. (and he's the only mary sue player in the group and he isn't too bad, so there may be a cure)

[ValkyrieWing]

*raises hand*

Did somebody say D&D?

[NINJA_Ryu]

or another way to do it is realistically up the monsters to higher levels that cant be handled by one person, and let him go with it.

No help whatsoever