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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1437929" data-attributes="member: 172">My two cents on character optimization,One time, back in second edition, I had a very enthusiastic player who was keenly interested in my world, my house rules, my creations, etc. This was all very flattering. But then, he would try to combine kits and races that didn't go together to make the character as efficiently as possible.Don't be this player.I also had, about the time that the psionics handbook came out, a player who was primarily a &quot;personality and history&quot; type gamer was taken in by all the pretty pictures. She grabbed all the powers and feats that &quot;sounded interesting&quot; (such as a number of psionic combat feats at low level, where psionic combat is largely inneffectual), and in the process, made a character who could not really hold up her weight in combat.Don't be this player either.Point being: D&amp;D is a team game with many challenges that can't be overcome by mere roleplaying, so a certain amount of character optimization is desireable to make the game enjoyable by all. However, it is also a storytelling game and seeking combat performance over logic or consistency is antithetical to the gaming experience as well.Players should, IMO, make competant, yet logical, and interesting characters. Either eschewing some measure of optimization or throwing it out the window will fail to meet that goal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1437929, member: 172"] My two cents on character optimization, One time, back in second edition, I had a very enthusiastic player who was keenly interested in my world, my house rules, my creations, etc. This was all very flattering. But then, he would try to combine kits and races that didn't go together to make the character as efficiently as possible. Don't be this player. I also had, about the time that the psionics handbook came out, a player who was primarily a "personality and history" type gamer was taken in by all the pretty pictures. She grabbed all the powers and feats that "sounded interesting" (such as a number of psionic combat feats at low level, where psionic combat is largely inneffectual), and in the process, made a character who could not really hold up her weight in combat. Don't be this player either. Point being: D&D is a team game with many challenges that can't be overcome by mere roleplaying, so a certain amount of character optimization is desireable to make the game enjoyable by all. However, it is also a storytelling game and seeking combat performance over logic or consistency is antithetical to the gaming experience as well. Players should, IMO, make competant, yet logical, and interesting characters. Either eschewing some measure of optimization or throwing it out the window will fail to meet that goal. [/QUOTE]

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