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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8487391" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>Let's go with the exact extreme example.</p><p></p><p>A player comes to me as DM and says they want to imagine their Str 8 Con 10 stat warlock as descriptively having the mighty thews and physical prowess of Conan.</p><p></p><p>I would tell them I have no problem with them describing their character how they want, but they will still have a -1 on strength checks. If it does not cause a dissonance problem for them and is what they want to play, I am fine with accommodating the descriptive self image they want for their roleplay character.</p><p></p><p>If someone wants to roleplay as much of an ideal of a person as they can across multiple aspects, I am fine with that.</p><p></p><p>Mechanically I want it balanced so stats have mechanical impact and I suggest players assign stats according to their class build so all the characters are roughly stat optimized for their combat style and build. I want players to play whatever mechanical build they want and whatever roleplay persona/description they want regardless of build.</p><p></p><p>This approach prioritizes player choice of character portrayal and mechanical balance over balancing optimized build stats versus concept when a player goes against class stat build in character roleplay portrayal concept.</p><p></p><p>Aesthetically I prefer to have the game not incentivize slotting mechanically optimized character builds into only certain roleplay roles. I prefer to have mechanics and roleplay be separate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8487391, member: 2209"] Let's go with the exact extreme example. A player comes to me as DM and says they want to imagine their Str 8 Con 10 stat warlock as descriptively having the mighty thews and physical prowess of Conan. I would tell them I have no problem with them describing their character how they want, but they will still have a -1 on strength checks. If it does not cause a dissonance problem for them and is what they want to play, I am fine with accommodating the descriptive self image they want for their roleplay character. If someone wants to roleplay as much of an ideal of a person as they can across multiple aspects, I am fine with that. Mechanically I want it balanced so stats have mechanical impact and I suggest players assign stats according to their class build so all the characters are roughly stat optimized for their combat style and build. I want players to play whatever mechanical build they want and whatever roleplay persona/description they want regardless of build. This approach prioritizes player choice of character portrayal and mechanical balance over balancing optimized build stats versus concept when a player goes against class stat build in character roleplay portrayal concept. Aesthetically I prefer to have the game not incentivize slotting mechanically optimized character builds into only certain roleplay roles. I prefer to have mechanics and roleplay be separate. [/QUOTE]
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