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Definitely, at least in my definition of optimization. It doesn’t have to be dishonest or against the spirit of the game, but choosing...

I have said the following in other threads. There are several types of optimization and not all forms include power gaming or...

Ohhh, homebrewed subclasses! We haven’t seen that in a while! A+ for flavour. Deadmen Tell no Tales: it may be balanced, or not, but...

I like optimisation. I’d call myself an optimiser, and so are most of my friends in my group. We don’t use it pejoratively, but there...

I have to second @Ruin Explorer here, this is conflating optimizers with munchkins. There's also a difference between theory-crafting...

Art is supposed to create an emotional reaction or feeling. Sometimes that's uncomfortable. Most often it's not. I love art. I'm an...

Yup. Sacrilege, but we're currently running a 40K RPG (Wrath & Glory) in a "watered down" version of the setting where... good guys...

Fan art, Twitch, etc., and other spaces dominated by younger players suggest that the cover is, if anything, a bit conservative compared...

I think they were selected because, like it or not, this is the standard D&D party of the 2020s. Homemade world, Forgotten Realms, or...

And yet, it advertises itself more medieval and renaissance-like in its aesthetics than Victorian, or Napoleonian, or Frontier Western...

If you like guns in your D&D then fine, if you don't then fine but D&D is not, generally, medieval. Sure it has medieval influences but...

Bard looks cool, but not for d&d. He would fit in Shadowrun no problem. I know that d&d is anachronistic, but too much is too much. It's...

Exactly! I said that tongue-in-cheek because it’s often an item of contention when it comes to what the D&D paradigm should (or...

Well, at least they’re not using guns…

I think armor-as-hit-points works best in systems where characters have relatively few hit points and do not gain any substantial amount...