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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7000231" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Question I hope someone can help me with. One thing I've noticed (correct me if I'm wrong) is that optimizers like to play with other optimizers, for the most part. Which makes sense, because there's a synergy of playstyle there. So I assume the DMs for optimized groups are also favorable to the optimizer playstyle.</p><p></p><p>However...</p><p></p><p>I get the impression that DMs aren't allowed to follow the same rules that the players do. The DM is supposed to be limited to RAW only, and that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Why can't humanoids wear better armor and weapons? Why can't a war like race such as orcs have solid tactics in battle, with a phalanx front line and back row with ranged weapons and pots of flaming oil? Why can't the ogre use its brute strength to grapple and restrain a PC while its goblin allies riddle it with attacks made at advantage?</p><p></p><p>If players like to look for the most mechanically optimized builds (which is fine), why can't the DM do the same? It seems to me that that would be the most ideal situation because it lets everyone who likes to play like that play like that (not just the players). It would also seem to eliminate a lot of these types of threads, where people seem to complain about how the game is broken based on the players optimizing and/or using loopholes while the DM is handcuffed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7000231, member: 15700"] Question I hope someone can help me with. One thing I've noticed (correct me if I'm wrong) is that optimizers like to play with other optimizers, for the most part. Which makes sense, because there's a synergy of playstyle there. So I assume the DMs for optimized groups are also favorable to the optimizer playstyle. However... I get the impression that DMs aren't allowed to follow the same rules that the players do. The DM is supposed to be limited to RAW only, and that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Why can't humanoids wear better armor and weapons? Why can't a war like race such as orcs have solid tactics in battle, with a phalanx front line and back row with ranged weapons and pots of flaming oil? Why can't the ogre use its brute strength to grapple and restrain a PC while its goblin allies riddle it with attacks made at advantage? If players like to look for the most mechanically optimized builds (which is fine), why can't the DM do the same? It seems to me that that would be the most ideal situation because it lets everyone who likes to play like that play like that (not just the players). It would also seem to eliminate a lot of these types of threads, where people seem to complain about how the game is broken based on the players optimizing and/or using loopholes while the DM is handcuffed. [/QUOTE]
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