>>96150683
For me, it's excessive powergaming.
I know it is pretty much expected, but if it is excessive it just drains the fun if the whole table isn't doing it. You either get:
>one powergamer carrying the whole group all the time, does everything by himself
>a perpetual competition of power between the DM and players, shit gets DBZ real fast
>one person who is playing for fun feeling left behind when everyone else is powergaming.

>>96220189
While I understand >>96151188 's point, I gotta agree with you in the sense that people often wants their characters to feel special, it's a normal thing in fiction (the boy who survived, the brave hobbit, the last dragon, etc).

It's just a good idea to curb it a little and not go full ORIGINAL CHARACTER DONUT STEEL. Also, if the DM pre-stabilished that there are none of that thing, then the players must know that it is off the table.