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That is fair, but thats a general problem. Also if you just have "normal" players and bad ones at the table, or "normal" and optimizers...

Yes! This is exactly what I was going for. Fear reduces guilt about being "fair" so you can instigate shenanigans, and the players are...

You do realise you just reversed the statement you were replying to. That they talked about optimizers trying to make people feel bad...

As usual, this is the opposite of my experience; optimizers are at their best in hard games, and in fact, are often bred by same. The...

I disagree. Smart play has a much bigger impact than optimization (at least, in the RPGs I play) so whether or not the characters are...

Yeah, Scion 1E was absolutely infamous for being a Paper/Rock/Scissors system. There was so much to love about the setting as a whole...

I normally disliked doing this, but one of the things I was virtually forced to do when running Scion 1e was to be very picky what...

TBF if you're going to have a long ongoing campaign you're still going to have to win the large majority of fights you get into. The...

I was really pleased that Daggerheart's no initiative system allows specialists to shine if that's how everyone wants to play. The game...

Ok, ran the game for the first time. An incredibly positive experience for me personally and for pretty much everyone at the table (6...

Over the years, I’ve explored a number of systems and settings, each offering something valuable but rarely aligning with everything I...

I mean, non-optimizers benefit massively more from both of those changes than optimizers lol. Optimzers will usually have PCs with...

Guys, the Ignore List exists for a reason.

This is exactly what I've been thinking about the last few pages. In the RPGs I mostly play, optimization in chargen (and progression)...

Sorry, you can attempt to optimize -- be an optimizer -- even if you don't understand the rules well. You'd just not effective at it...