Powergaming (PG) refers to a game-play style that focuses on monster hunting. The measure of success in this style of play lies in the amount of gold and treasure, magic items, and experience points the player can amass. Fast leveling, also known as power leveling, is a major focus in powergaming servers.
A player who enjoys powergaming will often prefer hack-and-slash (combat heavy) and monty haul (treasure heavy) modules over those with a lower availability of combat and magic items.
Powergaming is often referred to as "rollplay" (as in rolling of dice) as a parody on the concept of roleplay. While powergaming and roleplaying are compatible in some situations, they tend to be at odds with each other in the more extreme cases, as demonstrated by the restrictions of some roleplay-focused servers against metagaming and grinding (repetitive combat for the sake of combat), both traditional staples of powergaming.