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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8495161" data-attributes="member: 7032025">I'm sorry, but no you can't, because when the time comes to make a choice, I can guarantee that whoever thinks about optimisation will make the optimised choice. It's easy to create an optimised character and to retrofit all you want to a backstory that looks somewhat reasonable, but in particular in combat, if you're thinking about are &quot;your kit&quot; or your pre-programmed responses, that's what you will try to use. There are even worse cases of people influencing the game so that their favourite combo comes up, for example starting fights when they think the circumstances are technically right, with no regards for (for example) what the other characters are trying to accomplish in terms of social or stealth.Optimising does not prevent roleplaying, but the DMs at our tables have no problem spotting the optimiser and anticipating what he's going to do (which can be fun in a way, because they are usually very predictable and can be efficiently trapped <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8495161, member: 7032025"] I'm sorry, but no you can't, because when the time comes to make a choice, I can guarantee that whoever thinks about optimisation will make the optimised choice. It's easy to create an optimised character and to retrofit all you want to a backstory that looks somewhat reasonable, but in particular in combat, if you're thinking about are "your kit" or your pre-programmed responses, that's what you will try to use. There are even worse cases of people influencing the game so that their favourite combo comes up, for example starting fights when they think the circumstances are technically right, with no regards for (for example) what the other characters are trying to accomplish in terms of social or stealth. Optimising does not prevent roleplaying, but the DMs at our tables have no problem spotting the optimiser and anticipating what he's going to do (which can be fun in a way, because they are usually very predictable and can be efficiently trapped :p). [/QUOTE]

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