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My take--and this is just my take, I'm not speaking for anyone else, here--is that having people who are optimized to different extents...

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

Ideallly game designers would always make a point of playtesting their games at different "tiers" of PC power. Especially their higher...

Respectfully disagree, It isn't about badwrongfun or that some people are very skilled with the system/character rules in an RPG...

I play RPGs to have fun and be creative. If I were ever playing with players or a GM who were out to break things or people, and not...

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...

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

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...

I'm less interested in specific terminology than I am just making it clear that MOST optimizers are decent people who share the...

I dislike most of the changes, and therefore my groups are not converting. Anecdotally, no one in any of the 3 games I DM has inquired...

I paused when I read the weird "checking political orientation before taking video maker seriously" aside - as if any take on D&D has to...

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.

The most basic answer is that RPGs came out of tabletop war games, which were inherently turn based. I suppose you could call that...