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<blockquote data-quote="DM_Blake" data-source="post: 4401467" data-attributes="member: 57267">I call Shenanigans on all this talk of optimization.&nbsp;If you're a power-gamer (loosely defined as anyone who cares about the statistics and numbers involved in their character) then you're going to optimize - it's intrinsic to the concept of &quot;power-gamer&quot;.&nbsp;If you're a roleplayer, then role-play your character. Think about your character as he relates to his world. Why is he an adventurer? Just so he can die in some far off cave? I doubt it. He knows adventuring is dangerous. He knows he has to bring his A game. He knows he has to make some, preferably many, choices about his training and his knowledge so that he can survive some of these dangers.&nbsp;If you're roleplaying a suicidal character, make sure you clear this with your DM, and with your fellow players who might not want to die with you.&nbsp;But if you're roleplaying a character who plans &quot;in character&quot; to seek out danger and find his fortune as an adventurer, then part of the &quot;role&quot; you should be playing should include his desire to survive that danger.&nbsp;Don't you think?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM_Blake, post: 4401467, member: 57267"] I call Shenanigans on all this talk of optimization. If you're a power-gamer (loosely defined as anyone who cares about the statistics and numbers involved in their character) then you're going to optimize - it's intrinsic to the concept of "power-gamer". If you're a roleplayer, then role-play your character. Think about your character as he relates to his world. Why is he an adventurer? Just so he can die in some far off cave? I doubt it. He knows adventuring is dangerous. He knows he has to bring his A game. He knows he has to make some, preferably many, choices about his training and his knowledge so that he can survive some of these dangers. If you're roleplaying a suicidal character, make sure you clear this with your DM, and with your fellow players who might not want to die with you. But if you're roleplaying a character who plans "in character" to seek out danger and find his fortune as an adventurer, then part of the "role" you should be playing should include his desire to survive that danger. Don't you think? [/QUOTE]

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