...yet players rarely seem to think that imaginatively and the GMs I've seen don't design encounters with the environment and secondary objectives in mind. Does the creativity part of the game have any bearing when it comes to an optimization point of view?

I fear even having those options, for most players, would still feel "unoptimal" compared to just swinging your sword and attacking because, in my opinion, you already could climb on larger enemies, tumble and dive through, and otherwise interact with the environment even without explicit rules...

In a different iteration, perhaps the one happening right now outside the internet's gaze, they're living a (somewhat) decent life 😌

If there were, then send em my way 😅 I don't see nearly as much Steph content compared to HABIT or any of the three bois. As far as I know, her actress left when she did, life kept on happening, and the story chugged along without her.

i don't know why i ever let myself be deluded into thinking that i was made for the world of numbers and experimentation when the best parts of my childhood were in stories, fantastical worlds, and the human experience.

i just don't find it fulfilling. god, i hate having to do this, and i hate the thought of having to do this for the rest of my life

or maybe i'm just delulu but not in the way that makes me a productive member of society

no shade at all to the person who said this btw. i just find it crazy that our current standard of living is so bleak as to be anathema to hope

gay

I definitely take issue to her being killed off the way she did 😔 She was my favorite character 🥲

It's very cool to have a blahaj to be eepy under