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<blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 74767" data-attributes="member: 635"><p>I wanted to check back in on this thread, and I'm glad I did. My remarks may be a bit ex post facto at this juncture, since ForceUser has decided to give his DM's campaign a whirl, but nonetheless...</p><p></p><p>Dr. Midnight:</p><p>I appreciate the sentiments behind your thoughts, and have frequently argued alongside you on these Boards, but I've never heard you so blatantly jump on someone's arse. I recognize that your tone was reined in over the course of your posts, but understand that some gamers are every bit as cheesed off by micromanaged campaigns as you clearly are by whining gamers. Just a difference in perspective and pet peeves -- nothing more, nothing less.</p><p></p><p>Kender:</p><p>I wholeheartedly agree with you, that PC creation is (IMO) the best part of D&D. Nothing in the game is more interesting or enjoyable, than designing a new character. However, I am totally willing to let a DM dictate very specific parameters for character creation if their campaign concept requires such boundaries.</p><p></p><p>Everyone Else:</p><p>An example of what I deem to be aceptable DM mandates follows. Old One in his Faded Glory setting, does not allow for elven, gnomish, dwarven, or template race PCs. He also doesn't allow some of the classes (paladin, monk)as 1st level options, but instead treats them as PrCs. I'd buy these limitations because the setting requires them according to the world design. Such restrictions still allow me as a player in this campaign to choose the gender of my PC; to name the character; and still designate race and class, albeit from a scaled down list of options.</p><p>I would also allow the DM to hand me a completed PC for a specific campaign, and do my best to roleplay said character, but not indefinitely. Perhaps that makes <em>me</em> a bit too demanding or controlling, but I wouldn't want my favorite part of D&D taken from me on a permanent basis. I'd play the DMs generated character for a few months, and its likely that I'd find myself enjoying a world/story so detailed in scope that the PCs had to fit an exact mold. But, after a while I'd want to play a character of my own design -- one which fit a style and type that meshed with my personal playing tastes and interests.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickbeam, post: 74767, member: 635"] I wanted to check back in on this thread, and I'm glad I did. My remarks may be a bit ex post facto at this juncture, since ForceUser has decided to give his DM's campaign a whirl, but nonetheless... Dr. Midnight: I appreciate the sentiments behind your thoughts, and have frequently argued alongside you on these Boards, but I've never heard you so blatantly jump on someone's arse. I recognize that your tone was reined in over the course of your posts, but understand that some gamers are every bit as cheesed off by micromanaged campaigns as you clearly are by whining gamers. Just a difference in perspective and pet peeves -- nothing more, nothing less. Kender: I wholeheartedly agree with you, that PC creation is (IMO) the best part of D&D. Nothing in the game is more interesting or enjoyable, than designing a new character. However, I am totally willing to let a DM dictate very specific parameters for character creation if their campaign concept requires such boundaries. Everyone Else: An example of what I deem to be aceptable DM mandates follows. Old One in his Faded Glory setting, does not allow for elven, gnomish, dwarven, or template race PCs. He also doesn't allow some of the classes (paladin, monk)as 1st level options, but instead treats them as PrCs. I'd buy these limitations because the setting requires them according to the world design. Such restrictions still allow me as a player in this campaign to choose the gender of my PC; to name the character; and still designate race and class, albeit from a scaled down list of options. I would also allow the DM to hand me a completed PC for a specific campaign, and do my best to roleplay said character, but not indefinitely. Perhaps that makes [i]me[/i] a bit too demanding or controlling, but I wouldn't want my favorite part of D&D taken from me on a permanent basis. I'd play the DMs generated character for a few months, and its likely that I'd find myself enjoying a world/story so detailed in scope that the PCs had to fit an exact mold. But, after a while I'd want to play a character of my own design -- one which fit a style and type that meshed with my personal playing tastes and interests. [/QUOTE]
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