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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyDm" data-source="post: 6861360" data-attributes="member: 6788973">I've never really considered myself a power gamer, but I definitely can respect the mentality here. Story time: In 3.5's heyday I once played in a game a friend was running for some mutual acquaintances. They were all new to D&amp;D, and my friend was new to DMing though not D&amp;D in general. He asked me to make sure I didn't dominate the group. So I rolled stats on 3d6 in order instead of 4d6 assigned wherever, allowing myself one switch. I rolled my race and class randomly and ended up with a Gnome Cleric (hence the switch; in 3.5 a low prime stat caster is much more worthless than in 5e). It was, lamentably, in the Forgotten Realms, so I decided to be a cleric of the God of invention, Gond. I ended up going for a lot of item crafting and focused primarily on buffing the party. I suppose I optimized the crap out of certain things... Due to 3e item creation rules costing XP I lagged behind everyone in level but outfitted everyone with highly effective gear to make sure they kicked ass. Then I would just layer on some buffs, crowd control some enemies, then kick back and relax. It was a lot of fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostlyDm, post: 6861360, member: 6788973"] I've never really considered myself a power gamer, but I definitely can respect the mentality here. Story time: In 3.5's heyday I once played in a game a friend was running for some mutual acquaintances. They were all new to D&D, and my friend was new to DMing though not D&D in general. He asked me to make sure I didn't dominate the group. So I rolled stats on 3d6 in order instead of 4d6 assigned wherever, allowing myself one switch. I rolled my race and class randomly and ended up with a Gnome Cleric (hence the switch; in 3.5 a low prime stat caster is much more worthless than in 5e). It was, lamentably, in the Forgotten Realms, so I decided to be a cleric of the God of invention, Gond. I ended up going for a lot of item crafting and focused primarily on buffing the party. I suppose I optimized the crap out of certain things... Due to 3e item creation rules costing XP I lagged behind everyone in level but outfitted everyone with highly effective gear to make sure they kicked ass. Then I would just layer on some buffs, crowd control some enemies, then kick back and relax. It was a lot of fun. [/QUOTE]

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