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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 6965188" data-attributes="member: 205">Ehh, "gaming the DM" isn't quite that perverse.  It's more figuring out what table behaviors the DM tends to reward, and leaning more into them.  Maybe he doesn't like to call for skill checks very often, so you don't build a skill monkey character.  Or she's very permissive towards letting your party take rests, and doesn't have a very attrition-oriented play style, so you pick a character that uses long rest resources.  Things like that.  DMs are human, all humans have some idiosyncrasies, and you do better by playing towards the DM's style than away from it.  It's not really different that human interactions in general, assuming you have an interest in making a good impression.</blockquote>