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<blockquote data-quote="neobolts" data-source="post: 6569239" data-attributes="member: 65244">I'm guilty of this as a player and have been on the receiving end of this as a DM. I'm going to try something new and preempt it in my next game with a vulgar name of my own. I want a big castle dungeon overrun with monsters to be memorably named. So I've named it a regular name... And the locals who hate the castle and its monsters have twisted the name into another not fit for these forums. I don't use XP either, and inspiration is working great for rewarding behavior. I'm also using the Renown system from the DMG to encourage more interaction with the factions in the setting.I find that party optimiztion (builds cooperation) is preferable to personal optimization. Players are going to optimize to an extent.An example of optimization run amok that really bothered me (observing a group I'm not in) was that a player wanted to make choices based on a concept, but other players essentially told him he was &quot;doing it wrong&quot; because he had more optimal combat choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="neobolts, post: 6569239, member: 65244"] I'm guilty of this as a player and have been on the receiving end of this as a DM. I'm going to try something new and preempt it in my next game with a vulgar name of my own. I want a big castle dungeon overrun with monsters to be memorably named. So I've named it a regular name... And the locals who hate the castle and its monsters have twisted the name into another not fit for these forums. I don't use XP either, and inspiration is working great for rewarding behavior. I'm also using the Renown system from the DMG to encourage more interaction with the factions in the setting. I find that party optimiztion (builds cooperation) is preferable to personal optimization. Players are going to optimize to an extent. An example of optimization run amok that really bothered me (observing a group I'm not in) was that a player wanted to make choices based on a concept, but other players essentially told him he was "doing it wrong" because he had more optimal combat choices. [/QUOTE]

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