What is powergaming? Powergaming is when your only interest in playing is to get the most power for your character, regardless of the methods. Gathering the most items, killing the most people, gaining the most money, these are the only things that are important to a powergamer. Telgard is not about powergaming. Telgard is a place of exploration and adventure, of imagination and creativity. It is a place where you can develop a character concept from a brief sketch to the richly detailed image of a person. This person will have hopes, dreams, and desires, just as a real person would. It is possible that this person will want to amass incredible wealth or power. The difference is, a powergamer generally isn’t interested in developing his character as a person. He just wants all the good stuff, and he wants it now. A role-player, however, wants to see how his character develops along his journey. He is willing to suffer indignities and hardships to reach his goal, and may even be satisfied to find that, once he has obtained the power he sought, it is not truly what he wanted. A role-player is willing to allow his character to grow and change, and his focus is on that character, not on the things his character may possess.

Telgard is a community of, for, and by role-players. Powergamers are invited to look elsewhere for entertainment.