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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7598830" data-attributes="member: 97077">I don't know what you mean by &quot;min/max.&quot; It's one of those words like &quot;metagaming&quot; that to me means &quot;that thing I have an uncontrollable emotional response to which I refuse to accept as a personal problem I need to work on.&quot; If you have a different definition though, I'm happy to work with what you think it means.As for the DM's response, yes, I would say it's your character and to do what you like. And because I follow the &quot;middle path&quot; recommended by the DMG, I will balance the use of dice against deciding on success. So sometimes the actions the player decides for the character will automatically succeed.The tragic part about Gary here is that if you go back and read any of the instances in which Gary was used as an example, he never actually did anything except have his low-Intelligence barbarian character Plunk try to participate in a social or exploration challenge.He was advised to refrain from allowing &quot;metagame thinking&quot; to negatively impact the play experience (per the DMG). It was recommended Gary engage in tasks that his character Plunk would be good at in case he has to roll, which is smart play. Gary was even told to play Plunk to the DM's idea of what a moron should act like in order to get Inspiration (which he could then use on rolls where he's not as good).This doesn't sound like a bad person to me. Rather, it sounds like a player trying to engage in challenges in D&amp;D 5e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7598830, member: 97077"] I don't know what you mean by "min/max." It's one of those words like "metagaming" that to me means "that thing I have an uncontrollable emotional response to which I refuse to accept as a personal problem I need to work on." If you have a different definition though, I'm happy to work with what you think it means. As for the DM's response, yes, I would say it's your character and to do what you like. And because I follow the "middle path" recommended by the DMG, I will balance the use of dice against deciding on success. So sometimes the actions the player decides for the character will automatically succeed. The tragic part about Gary here is that if you go back and read any of the instances in which Gary was used as an example, he never actually did anything except have his low-Intelligence barbarian character Plunk try to participate in a social or exploration challenge. He was advised to refrain from allowing "metagame thinking" to negatively impact the play experience (per the DMG). It was recommended Gary engage in tasks that his character Plunk would be good at in case he has to roll, which is smart play. Gary was even told to play Plunk to the DM's idea of what a moron should act like in order to get Inspiration (which he could then use on rolls where he's not as good). This doesn't sound like a bad person to me. Rather, it sounds like a player trying to engage in challenges in D&D 5e. [/QUOTE]

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