Scorene
2017-09-20, 09:47 PM
Background:
I have been doing DND for three years now, and for basically that whole time my friend, we will call him Henry, has been the DM for our campaigns which include two others. He got all of the books first and was actually the first one that had had them until earlier this summer, so he has had the knowledge with him. I finally got my set of books (5e by the way, forgot to mention earlier) around the time we decided that it was someone else's turn to start DMing, and since I know the material second only to Henry, I took the job.
Problem:
Now by no means has my big campaign been that inadequate, but it has been somewhat of a challenge to DM Henry because of his vast knowledge of 5e DND. He is excellent at min/maxing his character, a wizard lvl 5 cleric lvl 1, and he benefits from almost every oppurtunity he gets. Another problem is that he finds ways out of every situation without much effort whether it's combat or something like a puzzle. I realize that I can control stuff, but I don't want to be an ubercontrolling DM just so that he can't do everything so well, because that can take the fun out of it for him. Lastly, being the wizard that he is, he is easily outshining his rogue partner and can do a lot without him. This is because he is better at playing his character.
Question:
How can I make this a more challenging campaign for Henry and still keep it enjoyable? Also, how can I try to bring the rogue some more importance than he has as of right now?
I have been doing DND for three years now, and for basically that whole time my friend, we will call him Henry, has been the DM for our campaigns which include two others. He got all of the books first and was actually the first one that had had them until earlier this summer, so he has had the knowledge with him. I finally got my set of books (5e by the way, forgot to mention earlier) around the time we decided that it was someone else's turn to start DMing, and since I know the material second only to Henry, I took the job.
Problem:
Now by no means has my big campaign been that inadequate, but it has been somewhat of a challenge to DM Henry because of his vast knowledge of 5e DND. He is excellent at min/maxing his character, a wizard lvl 5 cleric lvl 1, and he benefits from almost every oppurtunity he gets. Another problem is that he finds ways out of every situation without much effort whether it's combat or something like a puzzle. I realize that I can control stuff, but I don't want to be an ubercontrolling DM just so that he can't do everything so well, because that can take the fun out of it for him. Lastly, being the wizard that he is, he is easily outshining his rogue partner and can do a lot without him. This is because he is better at playing his character.
Question:
How can I make this a more challenging campaign for Henry and still keep it enjoyable? Also, how can I try to bring the rogue some more importance than he has as of right now?