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Speedrunning Tactics
« on: October 14, 2016, 11:17:40 AM »
In case you have no idea what a speedrun is, its like minmaxing how long it takes to beat a video game. Here is the "Practical Optimization" version, and here's the "Theoretical Optimization" kind. Hold onto your butts for the latter.

I'll start with a small chart with a number for each category (feel free to format this for me, and I'll update):
  Speedrunners  D&D Players or DMs
1   Yes                  Yes, both
2   Yes                  Not players, but DMs may
3   Yes                  Yes to players, but not DMs
4   No                   Not players, but DMs may
5   No                   Yes to players, but not DMs
6   No. Casuals!    No

1 Techniques Runners and D&D also uses:
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2 Acceptable for Speedrunners & DMs in D&D, but more and more frowned upon when done by players
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3 Things Speedruns consider acceptable and D&D Players do, but DMs don't use
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4 Things Speedrunners and D&D Players don't do but DMs may
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5 Things Speedrunners and DMs don't expect, but that D&D Players often do:
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6 Things neither Speedrunners do, nor D&D players. DMs should not require these, either.
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What common Speed Running Tactics did I miss?