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<blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 3499070">Not Everyone is Interested in PowergamingThis is the continuation of a discussion I started with moritheil in another thread (link &amp; quotations below).I think there are many good and valid ways to play D&amp;D.&nbsp; One is powergaming, which I myself enjoy.&nbsp; I usually don't powergame, though.&nbsp; Usually I spent about half the character build time on rules-tweaking, and the other half on developing the character's personality, history, ethics, all that squishy roleplaying stuff.&nbsp; I definitely play an effective character in terms of bonuses to this or modifiers to that, though.&nbsp; That's how I have fun, which means I'm playing D&amp;D right, period.&nbsp; I'll entertain no argument on this; it's is one of the most sacred assumptions of our hobby that fun comes first.&nbsp; Agreement on it is essentially unanimous.Sometimes, though, I do powergame.&nbsp; I do it funny, though:&nbsp; I usually limit myself to core rulebook material.&nbsp; The main reason for this is that I enjoy the challenge of building a competitive character using the SRD, which is free.&nbsp; I max out that oft-overlooked D&amp;D quantity:&nbsp; The number of dollars in my wallet.&nbsp; It's how I have fun, which means, again, I'm playing D&amp;D right.So, these habits of mine informed the reasons I selected the core rulebook build for Kelson's cleric.&nbsp; It was garaunteed to be effective, acceptable to the DM, and simple, which is what he was looking for.&nbsp; You're absolutely right that my build is weird, because it was optimized in an unconventional way.More to the point, yes, I'm out of the crunchbook powergaming loop.&nbsp; I'm instead in the much cheaper core rules loop, and sometimes when I'm in the mood I hang out in the characterization loop.&nbsp; I'm having a lot of fun, too.&nbsp; It feels like I'm cheating, actually, which makes me pretty munchkin, if you really think it over.&nbsp; : ]This is the thread:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3498849" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3498849</a>Here are the relevant bits of the related discussion:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shurai, post: 3499070"] [b]Not Everyone is Interested in Powergaming[/b] This is the continuation of a discussion I started with moritheil in another thread (link & quotations below). I think there are many good and valid ways to play D&D. [i]One[/i] is powergaming, which I myself enjoy. I usually don't powergame, though. Usually I spent about half the character build time on rules-tweaking, and the other half on developing the character's personality, history, ethics, all that squishy roleplaying stuff. I definitely play an effective character in terms of bonuses to this or modifiers to that, though. That's how I have fun, which means I'm playing D&D right, period. I'll entertain no argument on this; it's is one of the most sacred assumptions of our hobby that fun comes first. Agreement on it is essentially unanimous. Sometimes, though, I do powergame. I do it funny, though: I usually limit myself to core rulebook material. The main reason for this is that I enjoy the challenge of building a competitive character using the SRD, which is free. I max out that oft-overlooked D&D quantity: The number of dollars in my wallet. It's how I have fun, which means, again, I'm playing D&D right. So, these habits of mine informed the reasons I selected the core rulebook build for Kelson's cleric. It was garaunteed to be effective, acceptable to the DM, and simple, which is what he was looking for. You're absolutely right that my build is weird, because it was optimized in an unconventional way. More to the point, yes, I'm out of the crunchbook powergaming loop. I'm instead in the much cheaper core rules loop, and sometimes when I'm in the mood I hang out in the characterization loop. I'm having a lot of fun, too. It feels like I'm cheating, actually, which makes me pretty munchkin, if you really think it over. : ] This is the thread: [url]http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3498849[/url] Here are the relevant bits of the related discussion: [/QUOTE]

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