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if you're a dungeon master I want to
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talk to you about character optimizers
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minmaxers munchkins my name is Tyler and
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I run rpgbot and we've been writing and
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producing content about character
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optimization for over a decade so this
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is something that that is near and dear
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to my heart and that I know very well
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now I understand a lot of dungeon
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Masters get nervous when they have
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minmaxers at the table and I totally
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understand that that is a fine thing to
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feel but when you look at your players
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at the table understand that mid maxers
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look at the game primarily from a
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mechanical perspective very frequently
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we're not here to get one over on you
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we're not here to break the game we're
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not here to cause trouble we're here to
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have fun and where we find fun is in the
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mechanics of the game if you have an
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Optimizer at your table it is okay to
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tell them hey this isn't going to be a
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mechanics heavy game this isn't a game
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that's going to reward you for
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optimizing your character or for
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building some crazy combat monster it's
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fine to lead with those expectations and
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these are things that you should discuss
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during your session zero sometimes just
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level setting and establishing shared
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expectations can do a lot to prevent
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problems from rising at the table your
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character Optimizer might be perfectly
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happy to to not optimize their character
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to play a low powerered character to
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explore options that wouldn't fit on an
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character given the opportunity to play
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in a game where they won't be punished
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for making those choices but you need to
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set those expectations ahead of time
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going into the game with the same
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expectations as your players is going to
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make the game better for absolutely
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everybody at the table
