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This right here is where I am at, ditching social Media is making my life better a little bit at a time. I still get sucked into stupid...

Exactly this. The argument that "all optimizers are jerks out to ruin everybody's fun" is symmetric to the argument that "roleplayers...

But players out to break things and ruin everybody’s fun are not just optimizers; they’re jerks who use optimisation to ruin everybody’s...

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...

Yeah. I'm kind of stunned that I seem to fall into the disruptive ego-driven jerk camp because I put my highest score in the class...

Had a great time with my first in person Daggerheart game. I had 5 PCs covering the usual suspects, capability wise. The story had the...

I think we've had this discussion a few times already. There's plenty of great stuff out there for Dark Sun in 5E that has nothing to do...

I'm going to stop here. Because at this point, you've agreed -- while you see a high overlap between optimizers and jerks, being an...

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’m glad Darrington added support for Foundry and a group has already been working on a Foundry module. I hope to get a chance to run it...

I'll reiterate my challenge from before: either show that anti-group behavior is inherent to optimization, or separate what jerk players...

I think a step back from the word itself, quibbling over definitions, and looking at the behavior might help people actually talk to...

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...

I agree, and I'll take it a step further. When a player intentionally builds a character significantly more or less powerful than the...