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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Benage" data-source="post: 6411260" data-attributes="member: 93631"><p>Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the different perspectives in this thread are often about the player empowerment vs. entitlement thing again. I could be wrong because I'll admit I can't really get my head around it. We're arguing about how often PCs should get their statutory one-hour rest in the Domain of Dread? Really? Is there a union?</p><p></p><p>And so much seems to hinge on when exactly the DM announced his house rules, as if it's written in a contract somewhere that the players shall receive a certain period of advance notice in such cases where variances may be imposed upon The Rules. To which I say, who cares? I haven't created the Mona Lisa only to have the DM force me to paint a mustache on her -- I've rolled up a D&D character, one who might just as easily be eaten by a wolf the first time he sets foot outside his hovel. If I don't like how my warlock will play mechanically without his union-mandated smoke breaks, I can roll up a new character. Is my warlock so bloody precious that this represents some affront to my human dignity? It has no bearing on whether or not I want to play with this DM or in his game -- maybe I realize the guy is a dink and I actually despise Ravenloft, so I find another game. That's cool. Has nothing to do with whether the DM lets Erlic of Darknibone have nappy time often enough.</p><p></p><p>I fully admit, I don't get it. I literally cannot think of a house rule -- or god forbid, an actual in-game "ruling" -- that would make me quit a game. If I felt the DM was targeting me personally, as a player or person, I'd have a problem with that, but it would have nothing to do with house rules, rulings, or DM fiat. I'd have just as big a problem with it if he were repeatedly beating me over the head with the RAW. I'd try to get him to stop. If he didn't, I wouldn't play games with him, because obviously I'm not the chocolate to his peanut butter. But I find it really weird to say, on the one hand, "I think this DM will make a fun game and I'd like to play in his campaign," and on the other, "But not if he throws in some house rules about how often I can take short rests -- then he's history's greatest monster." WTF?</p><p></p><p>TL;DR Old man yells at clouds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Benage, post: 6411260, member: 93631"] Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the different perspectives in this thread are often about the player empowerment vs. entitlement thing again. I could be wrong because I'll admit I can't really get my head around it. We're arguing about how often PCs should get their statutory one-hour rest in the Domain of Dread? Really? Is there a union? And so much seems to hinge on when exactly the DM announced his house rules, as if it's written in a contract somewhere that the players shall receive a certain period of advance notice in such cases where variances may be imposed upon The Rules. To which I say, who cares? I haven't created the Mona Lisa only to have the DM force me to paint a mustache on her -- I've rolled up a D&D character, one who might just as easily be eaten by a wolf the first time he sets foot outside his hovel. If I don't like how my warlock will play mechanically without his union-mandated smoke breaks, I can roll up a new character. Is my warlock so bloody precious that this represents some affront to my human dignity? It has no bearing on whether or not I want to play with this DM or in his game -- maybe I realize the guy is a dink and I actually despise Ravenloft, so I find another game. That's cool. Has nothing to do with whether the DM lets Erlic of Darknibone have nappy time often enough. I fully admit, I don't get it. I literally cannot think of a house rule -- or god forbid, an actual in-game "ruling" -- that would make me quit a game. If I felt the DM was targeting me personally, as a player or person, I'd have a problem with that, but it would have nothing to do with house rules, rulings, or DM fiat. I'd have just as big a problem with it if he were repeatedly beating me over the head with the RAW. I'd try to get him to stop. If he didn't, I wouldn't play games with him, because obviously I'm not the chocolate to his peanut butter. But I find it really weird to say, on the one hand, "I think this DM will make a fun game and I'd like to play in his campaign," and on the other, "But not if he throws in some house rules about how often I can take short rests -- then he's history's greatest monster." WTF? TL;DR Old man yells at clouds. [/QUOTE]
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