Lens 28 - To Optimize or Not to Optimize
About this episode
That is the question.
In today's episode, John is joined by Michael, a Game Master from Dragon Mind's Playtest Panel Discussions. They talk about what makes a great story, how that relates to a character's build, and how optimization (or intentionally creating a suboptimal character) affects the dynamics at the table.
Dragon Mind is a TTRPG discussion podcast where we look through the infinite lenses of TTRPGs to discover our best selves through gaming.
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