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<blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 74692" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>I have to put my two cents in here: First off, I'm generally in Dr. Midnight's corner - if you don't like the parameters I've set for my game, you know where the door is, and I won't cry over you leaving. On the other hand I've never tried to dictate a PC's NAME! to the player. Micromanagement on the level implied here is hard to imagine, and I'm not sure I would stand for it.</p><p></p><p>Now, there may be a cool reason for all of this. Maybe the initial characters are designed to be figures from history, and then later the players will create their own PC's and have to deal with the consequences of their actions... something like that could be very cool.</p><p></p><p>If I were in this situation, I'd be keeping the game on a real short leash. If it gets too controlling with no sign of a letup, I wouldn't stick with it very long. I've got better things to do with my time. I'd give it a chance since it seems like this guy is (otherwise) a quality DM, and see where it goes, while reserving the right to step out.</p><p></p><p>All this is predicated on the idea that we're receiving an unbiased view of the situation, of course. We're hearing one side only, and not to sound accusatory, but people have tried to trump their DM's by airing grievances here before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kid Charlemagne, post: 74692, member: 93"] I have to put my two cents in here: First off, I'm generally in Dr. Midnight's corner - if you don't like the parameters I've set for my game, you know where the door is, and I won't cry over you leaving. On the other hand I've never tried to dictate a PC's NAME! to the player. Micromanagement on the level implied here is hard to imagine, and I'm not sure I would stand for it. Now, there may be a cool reason for all of this. Maybe the initial characters are designed to be figures from history, and then later the players will create their own PC's and have to deal with the consequences of their actions... something like that could be very cool. If I were in this situation, I'd be keeping the game on a real short leash. If it gets too controlling with no sign of a letup, I wouldn't stick with it very long. I've got better things to do with my time. I'd give it a chance since it seems like this guy is (otherwise) a quality DM, and see where it goes, while reserving the right to step out. All this is predicated on the idea that we're receiving an unbiased view of the situation, of course. We're hearing one side only, and not to sound accusatory, but people have tried to trump their DM's by airing grievances here before. [/QUOTE]
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