Hi,
Well, of course not. You've just covered all that quite nicely, as have many before you (including me, albeit for a different game), so we don't need a forum. Unless you want an online course in acting. We do need a forum to help players make character concepts workable, since game mechanics are not intuitive. If they were, no one would spend all that money on rulebooks, and often even more money on rulebooks for new editions and new rpgs. An optimization forum helps players translate their ideas into effective characters, because it usually sucks to bring an incompetent character to the table. Everyone suffers. Unless by "roleplay optimization" you mean "how do I get as much spotlight for my character as possible without pissing everyone else off?" (Buying pizza is not sufficient. The *player* needs a decent Charisma or social skill proficiency to pull that off.) Anyway, KenThose dips, most of the time, are not about the roleplay optimization of a character but instead about getting the best numbers/most powerful options. As your say in your reply, ''The optimization board usually starts off like this: I have this concept of blah and blah help me optimize this build around that concept.'' Those asking for advice on optimization are not looking for role-play advice. Nobody is replying, ''Well, try to imagine what motives your character, what drives them'' or ''Have you considered what responsibilities define your character?''