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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet" data-source="post: 7406245" data-attributes="member: 6689161">Hello fellow adventurers,Just was thinking about this topic.&nbsp; I am usually in some tension when making a character about boosting this or that while wanting to play a certain role/personality or skillset.In the old days, we just played whatever we were in the mood for.&nbsp; We knew damn good and well that the fighter with exceptional strength and specialization would whip a thief one on one.&nbsp; We knew cleric could never martial the firepower of a wizard.&nbsp; Yet there we were playing stuff that was less optimal a good amount of the time.Online, you see so many admonitions about optimization.&nbsp; What happens if you do not follow them?&nbsp; Even if it is called broken or a trap?Would love to hear about the careers of some of these &quot;subpar&quot; characters. I mean unless they naysayers are right and they all cause a TPL <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I am usually middle of the road in 5e.&nbsp; I add a trick or two to make my character more survivable but then stop short of optimal because I want to play a role that MOAR DAMAGE does not necessarily accentuate.&nbsp; (E.g. might take polearm masters but not GWM, or vice versa).&nbsp; Might take STR over dex even when I should not.I am asking as I prepare to play a character with not so great AC but good hit points and healing.&nbsp; Thanks in advance for your tales of surviving against the odds!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet, post: 7406245, member: 6689161"] Hello fellow adventurers, Just was thinking about this topic. I am usually in some tension when making a character about boosting this or that while wanting to play a certain role/personality or skillset. In the old days, we just played whatever we were in the mood for. We knew damn good and well that the fighter with exceptional strength and specialization would whip a thief one on one. We knew cleric could never martial the firepower of a wizard. Yet there we were playing stuff that was less optimal a good amount of the time. Online, you see so many admonitions about optimization. What happens if you do not follow them? Even if it is called broken or a trap? Would love to hear about the careers of some of these "subpar" characters. I mean unless they naysayers are right and they all cause a TPL ;) I am usually middle of the road in 5e. I add a trick or two to make my character more survivable but then stop short of optimal because I want to play a role that MOAR DAMAGE does not necessarily accentuate. (E.g. might take polearm masters but not GWM, or vice versa). Might take STR over dex even when I should not. I am asking as I prepare to play a character with not so great AC but good hit points and healing. Thanks in advance for your tales of surviving against the odds! [/QUOTE]

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