Originally Posted by neprostoman
Originally Posted by The Red Queen
Others might prefer the challenge of finding the “perfect” build.

The not so obvious thing about finding the "perfect build" is that it very rarely can be figured out in advance. And this procedure is a completely minmaxer's thing. Any scientific breakthrough is driven by experiment and chance. Only by playing a sub-optimal build and seeing for yourself what works and what not, one can find the "perfect build". And minmaxers tend to overthink stuff like stats, feats, classes in advance and that makes their build strong, but rarely perfect. Because perfect is more of a personal, subjective thing, imo. And you can't fine tune your build to your own liking without starting somewhere and improving on the idea afterwards.

Now you’re selling me on the idea grin That does sound interesting in its own way. Not something I’d prefer to picking a roleplay concept and making it work, but I’ll follow what conclusions others draw about the “best” builds with interest.

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