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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2377517" data-attributes="member: 12037">I've always found point based systems to be easy to min/max.This is countered by a GM throwing out varied situations where the PC can't always take advantage of their maxedness, but that works in any system, and it requires a GM that knows what they're doing (I want to find a system that requires that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). I found 2E easier to min/max post Player's Options, as a D&D example.As for why there arn't a lot of roleplaying threads... Well they usually turn into alignment debates (which further devolve into Paladin debates...). Now this isn't a jab at the alignment system, its just that in order to find common ground its easy to fall into alignment. It's much more difficult to give a detailed psychoanalysys of one's character than it is to say "he's a chaotic good ranger." And, alignment debates get old fast (at least for most people who don't carry it 10 pages!). Besides, most of us are pretty good at roleplaying so there's not much to discuss. We all know our characters better than anyone else on these boards, so it is difficult to find input on roleplaying decisions on a message board. I find that I discuss roleplaying with my group (directions characters should take, what they think of situations, etc) far better than I could on any message board because we all know the characters. It makes it difficult to go into anything really detailed and specific. Generalities don't go nearly as far in discussion.There have been some good threads, though. There are lots of interesting ideas brought up on these boards daily, and I've stolen more than one thing I've seen here. Many more!</blockquote>

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