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Where does optimizing end and min-maxing begin? And is min-maxing a bad thing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rya.Reisender" data-source="post: 7059651" data-attributes="member: 6801585"><p>Because the altered rules result in the most balanced and least forced gameplay for the players and consequently leads to the group having the most fun. With this adjusted rules, players can play whatever they feel like without being at advantage or disadvantage. They can always make the most optimized decisions and I'll never have to stop them. But they can also bring their group into trouble because they feel it fits their character and then I balance it out by giving them inspiration.</p><p></p><p>I actually got inspired to do it like this on these forums. Someone (I thought it was Iserith, but apparently it wasn't?) said that the only correct way to use inspiration is to use to to balance out the disadvantage a player gets from playing out his character's flaws. And then I tried it myself and it worked like a charm. For me it's THE way to go now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rya.Reisender, post: 7059651, member: 6801585"] Because the altered rules result in the most balanced and least forced gameplay for the players and consequently leads to the group having the most fun. With this adjusted rules, players can play whatever they feel like without being at advantage or disadvantage. They can always make the most optimized decisions and I'll never have to stop them. But they can also bring their group into trouble because they feel it fits their character and then I balance it out by giving them inspiration. I actually got inspired to do it like this on these forums. Someone (I thought it was Iserith, but apparently it wasn't?) said that the only correct way to use inspiration is to use to to balance out the disadvantage a player gets from playing out his character's flaws. And then I tried it myself and it worked like a charm. For me it's THE way to go now. [/QUOTE]
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