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That's why I said degenerate. 'Fighters should have high strength, weapon specialisation, and maybe throw darts' is optimisation but...

I'd argue that's only true with systems that permit few or no meaningful choices during character generation. Otherwise there's pretty...

If you can "break" the game by making good decisions instead of bad ones, the game is bad, and you should play something else. It...

Optimization is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or ill. My own feeling is that I usually go into a game with an idea...

No, I have fun in many different kinds of games. From the angst-ridden Chronicles of Darkness, to a lot of Daggerheart recently, to...

This feels way too far off the deep end in an otherwise polite conversation.

My inclination is that as you move negative on the axis, you aren't making intentionally bad choices--making an intentionally bad...

It's a good question. What does "-5" look like, on the -5/+5 scale someone proposed a while back? Is it strictly having very low stats...

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...

I have a 10th level cleric in my campaign who doesn't worship any gods. He draws his powers from "the universe". As DM, I liked this...

...Or a Diety/Power/Immortal of Philosophy quietly grants specific Atheists higher level spells...😉 ...Or a Diety/Power/Immortal of...

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Interesting. By "limited to 1st and 2nd level spells" you mean praying for recovery, right? They can still cast higher level spells as...

When in doubt the hack you've implemented should not recieve specific bonuses unless it specifically seems like it should. So my default...

I'd say that it depends on your setting.