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if you're a dungeon master who's new to
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the game or just doesn't have a great
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understanding of the mechanics of the
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rules and you have a character Optimizer
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at the table you might be worried that
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those players are going to use their
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Superior knowledge of the rules to try
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and get one over on you to try and get
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away with stuff in the game or to
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otherwise make your life difficult and I
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want to give you a few tips for how to
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handle those players I am a longtime
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character Optimizer and I know the rules
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fairly well I don't think any player
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reasonably expects that their dungeon
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master has a perfect understanding of
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the rules at all times I certainly don't
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and I've been playing these games for
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over 20 years realistically character
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optimizers will know the rules that work
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for their character very very well they
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will have a good understanding of the
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core of the system as well so instead of
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looking at that as a threat to you as a
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dungeon master look at it as a resource
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turn those mechanically inclined players
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into your rules consultant if you don't
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understand how something works if you
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don't have time to look up a rule go to
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those players ask them to share their
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knowledge ask them to help you even
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though they're players and you don't
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want them seeing behind the screen you
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don't want them seeing into the plot
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ahead of time it is okay to ask them at
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the table hey I don't remember exactly
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how this works could you refresh my
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memory if you lean on those players
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knowledge they're going to feel good
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because they get to use the knowledge
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that they bring to the table you're
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going to feel good because your game is
