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23 questions linked to/from Are character build or optimization questions on topic?
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How do we save designer reasoning questions? [2018] [duplicate]
I think we have a bit of a problem with designer reason questions on the site.
A little history: designer-reasons questions were our attempt to save "what is this rule for" questions. Those were ...
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Question "On Hold" but its already been answered, Negative votes on new user posts, And general Shin kicking
Now this is a small rant of mine but since I'm a new user I'm guaranteed to get maybe -1 or -2 on this post but here I go.
now this is related to New User Experience: Why allow downvotes (esp. below ...
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Are game recommendation questions on topic? [2011] [duplicate]
This Q&A is out of date - see the new answer (no) in Are Game Recommendation Questions On Topic, Revisited
Many Stack Exchange sites, like the similar gaming.SE, do not allow game recommendation ...
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Closing a question based on the Moderators' belief about what the answer will be
A common issue I've seen on stackexchange in general, and which appears to have happened here on rpg.se, is a question is closed because the moderators imagined they knew what the answer would be and ...
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Wizard God: too broad?
Consider Optimizing a Wizard that does no direct damage in D&D 5e:
asked thirteen months ago,
closed as "too broad" that day by 5 users,
some commentary prompted OP to specify criteria, still on ...
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My question was closed for being opinion based. Now it's been reopened and closed again. Why?
I recently posted What class has the most damage output per round at level 6?, asking about character optimization. Without additional context, the question was:
what are the most optimizable class/...
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Are optimization questions about maximizing a specific attribute on-topic?
Specifically, are questions that specifically target the maximising of a specific character attribute value (at any cost or means) on-topic?
For example, for D&D3.5: "How to maximise a Wizard's ...
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How do I ask a good character build/optimization question for D&D 5e?
I understand that character optimization questions are on topic, but what details must I provide in order for it to be a good answerable question that results in a useful answer to me?
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Should this post be historically locked?
A user recently flagged How to represent an "Abhorsien," "Speaker for the Dead," or "Shepherd of Souls" type of theme? Their flag comment was "should probably be ...
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Can my question about what D&D 5e build can summon all summonable monsters with the fewest possible levels be reopened?
My question is here: What DnD 5e build (with minimum number of combined levels over all classes) is needed to summon all summonable monsters?
I do not believe my question needs any changes.
The ...
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Is theoretical charop on-topic or off-topic?
I just noticed that the tag wiki for optimization says
While practical CharOp, solving specific build problems for a specific character in a specific game is encouraged here at RPG.SE, general ...
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Why do we close questions asking for a range of practical options?
On a few other stacks, I've come across questions that people here would probably consider too broad, and closed accordingly. However, many of those were actually very helpful to me as a curious ...
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Would this question about designing a battlefield be on topic?
I asked a question about creating a custom monster for my campaign's final boss battle, and webbcode was kind enough to create this awesome guy.
Although I'm quite happy with how it turned out, I was ...
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