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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6446840" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>1) [and I know this goes against, basically a generation at this point] saying NO to players is not a four letter word for the DM. It is not "being a jerk" to expect the player to live with and by the decisions THEY MADE! Just because, yes absolutely, we are supposed to be playing a game and having fun, there is NO reason that game should not be supporting basic life skills, like taking responsibility for one's choices and dealing with adversity.</p><p></p><p>2) I do remember. Does the player? They used their "imagination" to make this character that they chose this race to be. The sunlight sensitivity wasn't some "gotcha." It's right there, in the text, on the race description page. The player knew exactly what they were getting when they chose that race. They do not, now/later get to whine about...and, more infuriating, <em>expect</em> the DM to produce something in the game world to <em>"fix"</em> it for them. It's not broken. The drow has sunlight sunsitivity. You chose a drow that was going to be running around in a world beneath a sun. "Wah wah. I have disadvantage too much. I don't feel kewlz n' special." That deserves a shrug from a DM. That, again, is not "being a jerk." That's being the adjudicator and referee. If you want to "be unnecessarily nice", I suppose one could say, "Do you want to make up and play a different character?" </p><p></p><p>But "not being unnecessarily nice" <em>does not equal </em>"being a jerk."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you have steampunkery styled stuff in your games, I suppose that is so. Thankfully. D&D makes no such presumptions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6446840, member: 92511"] 1) [and I know this goes against, basically a generation at this point] saying NO to players is not a four letter word for the DM. It is not "being a jerk" to expect the player to live with and by the decisions THEY MADE! Just because, yes absolutely, we are supposed to be playing a game and having fun, there is NO reason that game should not be supporting basic life skills, like taking responsibility for one's choices and dealing with adversity. 2) I do remember. Does the player? They used their "imagination" to make this character that they chose this race to be. The sunlight sensitivity wasn't some "gotcha." It's right there, in the text, on the race description page. The player knew exactly what they were getting when they chose that race. They do not, now/later get to whine about...and, more infuriating, [I]expect[/I] the DM to produce something in the game world to [I]"fix"[/I] it for them. It's not broken. The drow has sunlight sunsitivity. You chose a drow that was going to be running around in a world beneath a sun. "Wah wah. I have disadvantage too much. I don't feel kewlz n' special." That deserves a shrug from a DM. That, again, is not "being a jerk." That's being the adjudicator and referee. If you want to "be unnecessarily nice", I suppose one could say, "Do you want to make up and play a different character?" But "not being unnecessarily nice" [I]does not equal [/I]"being a jerk." If you have steampunkery styled stuff in your games, I suppose that is so. Thankfully. D&D makes no such presumptions. [/QUOTE]
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