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That seems like a perfect way for Strahd to die.

See, "knowing your character" doesn't seem like "optimizing" to me. I mean, maybe "use your character better, tactically" is close, or...

That seems like a matter of personality or behavior, and not strictly about optimizing. I mean, it's at least as much a failure to fit...

It had its moments. Did a bit of a number on my reading for pleasure (which I've relatively recently gotten back) and utterly ruined me...

wow, now I've been blocked by two people and the only way I found out was due to the next page in a thread being blank.

Other people expressing a preference for a different style of play from yours is not the same as their impugning your preferred style...

They definitely do. I should have qualified that to specify readers who say things correctly.

Fictional names/words ... yeah, they might not be able to find a good source. Real-world names and words, though, there are good sources...

When you're talking being an optimizer, and when you're a DM about making 'homebrew far outside the rules', it sounds like you are the...

Powergaming (optimizers, munchkins, ect.) is a recognized playstyle and there's nothing wrong with it. The players in a group aren't...

“We weren’t kidding about enshittification.”

I was not saying break them and send them running. I am saying to mix things up. In my experience, If players know that they can't...

I've seen--and done--that sort of thing in Supers play, though point-buy Supers TRPGs are their own various fishkettles. I have a druid...

Oh man, once again I'm doing it wrong. I spend a lot of time talking about aging. Started a whole thread on the topic. Uh...am I the...

I was presuming this was someone competent--knowing how to play their character, maybe knowing the rules more broadly, just choosing not...