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Hello,
First I would like to define some terms then open it up for advice on how to make players/characters with different play styles Mesh better.
Power Gaming - Seeking to be the most Powerful regard less of character development, story, or Game.
optimizing- Using the rules to Max the Math system, to get the most advantages out of a character inside rule system
Roll playing - Lack of story telling it is all numbers. Examples I see of this ("I hit the guy, Roll dice, did X damage")
Role Playing - Usually in character talking - making sometimes game slowing decisions because that is what your character would do.
theatrical game Play - Some where between Roll play and Roleplaying. Example - With a raging Battle cry , Feeling the Rage take hold I swing my great sword with all my furry focus on the enemy in front of me. Then Roll Dice, I hit for X damage etc.
Now I have been at some point one or all of theses. I once even built a useless character and tried to carry him on Theatrical play only not math to back it up, he died in glories battle on the end of a goblins spear.
So my question is what are some ways to better mesh players styles so everyone feel they are getting to do what they enjoy without the party falling into disarray.