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In about 25 years of roleplaying I have never seen anyone try to play anything in the +5 Pun-Pun range unless that's the point. Well...

This is thoughtful, let me try to respond in kind. Let me talk about poker for a second. A big facet of poker is probability. But...

I know the question wasn’t for me, but from what I’ve seen, nobody is asked to optimize more. Their friends will give them advice...

op·ti·mize /ˈäptəˌmīz/ verb verb: optimize; 3rd person present: optimizes; past tense: optimized; past participle: optimized; gerund or...

Serious question: Have you ever seen a player who was the lone non-optimizer at the table, and how did they react to being asked to...

Absolutely. The only spot on the spectrum that seems inherently problematic is the +5 Pun-Pun range. Unless that’s the point of a given...

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

I think it's worth considering that if everyone else at the table is sitting around -2 on this axis (using your numbers) then someone...

The only thing that I'm denying is that my inability to grow an epic long white beard makes me a Warlock, not a Wizard.

So a wizard putting their highest ability score into INT, and later picking up feats that help their spellcasting or INT, are loopholes...

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

Wow. Just...wow.

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

I tend to find that the designers make the game one way and the optimizer players find the loopholes to use or exploit depending on your...

Yes. It’s not the only part that is actively destructive - arguably having any publicly traded companies controlling any major sector...