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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 5784468" data-attributes="member: 5038">Yep, this is an issue involving individual players, DM and/or the group.I disagree.&nbsp; Min/maxing is trying to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses.&nbsp; It is an extreme form of optimization. It is&nbsp; often related to power gaming (which I define as&nbsp; playing with an emphasis on either being a powerful character and/or the accumulation of power as defined by the game). It also often involves treating the game as a competition and trying to guess where the DM is going to place importance so they use dump stats and ignore areas they thing will not come up (or come up often)&nbsp;I would say that most &quot;role players&quot; do &quot;optimize&quot; to the concept (I use optimize to be, consciously, spending resources to meet a concept.&nbsp; Furthermore, there are degrees of optimization). However, this does not mean, necessarily,&nbsp; maxing out skill bonuses or being the most effective. If the character grew up a a dirt farmer, they may allocate some resources to acknowledge that despite it not being something likely to come up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 5784468, member: 5038"] Yep, this is an issue involving individual players, DM and/or the group. I disagree. Min/maxing is trying to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses. It is an extreme form of optimization. It is often related to power gaming (which I define as playing with an emphasis on either being a powerful character and/or the accumulation of power as defined by the game) . It also often involves treating the game as a competition and trying to guess where the DM is going to place importance so they use dump stats and ignore areas they thing will not come up (or come up often) I would say that most "role players" do "optimize" to the concept (I use optimize to be, consciously, spending resources to meet a concept. Furthermore, there are degrees of optimization). However, this does not mean, necessarily, maxing out skill bonuses or being the most effective. If the character grew up a a dirt farmer, they may allocate some resources to acknowledge that despite it not being something likely to come up. [/QUOTE]

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