[atlarman]

you're spot on nigel... i find the character driven stuff the most interesting and challenging personally, i find meta or power gamers more frustarting to deal with as a GM... usually those that are character driven tend to police themselves balance wise very well.

P.S.- I had to add this thought....If your Gm were to be honest, Is it REALLY THAT HARD to create "challenging" encounters large array of powers/choices or not?? when you consider that npcs/ villans arent strickly bound to any limits at all- sounds like your gm has found his comfort zone and gotten a tad lazy .( Guess its good to be the GM haha)