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I really like the 4e world axis cosmology. There is just a couple of pages in the 4e PH and DMG to explain the whole thing and it is...

I used to push back hard against players who made choices purely for numerical advantage, especially when those choices ignored any...

For everyone talking about players who are optimizers who are also not upholding the community/social contract aspects. I challenge you...

From the responses and way people talk it seems to me like the real problem is easily 90% personality and social issues, and like 10%...

An excellent question—and exactly the kind of discussion I hope to see more of. Thoughtful, objective, and genuinely curious. I...

One group I'm with is die-hard 5e, with no Pathfinder experience whatsoever for any of the members. We switched to PF2 Remastered a...

Have a question for curiosity. There are some systems like Fate that do explicitly reward playing character flaws. Fate as a matter of...

This thread will go well .... Let me start with a story. In American law schools, there's an archetype called a "gunner." It's ... not...

Specifically it was to break out a conversation which was essentially: "All optimizers are depraved monsters who seek nothing more than...

I've said no such thing. Players (and I mean people who play, run, do anything with the game) do it without prompt, and then get accused...

Not sure what this is about, but I have had thoughts on this for some time. I decided long ago that it is not worth my energy or effort...

So I ordered the Core Set. This is the first new RPG system I have purchased since completing my Star Wars RPG collection. I should...

(Image from Faolyn's post, cut into mine because I will be commenting) I just thought I'd double back on this because it also shows why...

Meanwhile if you go by actual play in vaguely skilled hands 4e had in many ways the strongest non-combat game of any D&D edition unless...

It's incredible how misconceptions still abound for basic things about 4e.