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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet" data-source="post: 7109404" data-attributes="member: 6689161">I tell you I have honed in on this perspective overall.&nbsp; I like to play strategy games a lot.&nbsp; i like war of the ring, and used to play axis and allies.&nbsp; I like Combat commander though haven't played a ton.&nbsp; In those games, it is all about advantage.&nbsp; Total number crunching advantage and I like the gambles risks etc.With D and D, I started slipping into expectations.&nbsp; Whether reading a forum like this or otherwise, I started to get sucked into the hype about imperatives.Don't get me wrong, the min maxers and optimizer continue to teach me a great deal.&nbsp; Certain things end up sounding cool and like a neat trick.&nbsp; For example, I like the idea of using Friends and Disguise Self or whatever.&nbsp; I learn a lot from others.But it is my new D and D goal to unshackle myself from expectations.&nbsp; I am not going to play a fighter with no strength or dex bonus who only uses a blow gun mind you.&nbsp; But I am going to evaluate the recommendations of others with fresh eyes and allow myself (as I think I am doing in this thread) to doubt what I am told and just do something cool that is fun to imagine!So now, as I write this, I am thinking about the unthinkable.&nbsp; What if I take a tome pact warlock, armor up and then take weapon master at 4th?&nbsp; Crazy right?&nbsp; Terrible!&nbsp; Heresy!&nbsp; Its a bad feat!&nbsp; But I might have fun playing a warlock with a flaming green longsword who can also find familiar and use Thaumaturgy to creep people out with his latent power...I dunno...its not optimal but it might &quot;work.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet, post: 7109404, member: 6689161"] I tell you I have honed in on this perspective overall. I like to play strategy games a lot. i like war of the ring, and used to play axis and allies. I like Combat commander though haven't played a ton. In those games, it is all about advantage. Total number crunching advantage and I like the gambles risks etc. With D and D, I started slipping into expectations. Whether reading a forum like this or otherwise, I started to get sucked into the hype about imperatives. Don't get me wrong, the min maxers and optimizer continue to teach me a great deal. Certain things end up sounding cool and like a neat trick. For example, I like the idea of using Friends and Disguise Self or whatever. I learn a lot from others. But it is my new D and D goal to unshackle myself from expectations. I am not going to play a fighter with no strength or dex bonus who only uses a blow gun mind you. But I am going to evaluate the recommendations of others with fresh eyes and allow myself (as I think I am doing in this thread) to doubt what I am told and just do something cool that is fun to imagine! So now, as I write this, I am thinking about the unthinkable. What if I take a tome pact warlock, armor up and then take weapon master at 4th? Crazy right? Terrible! Heresy! Its a bad feat! But I might have fun playing a warlock with a flaming green longsword who can also find familiar and use Thaumaturgy to creep people out with his latent power... I dunno...its not optimal but it might "work." [/QUOTE]

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