I'm big on collaborative gaming. Where everyone (not just the DM) has a say about the setting; the players choose the campaign they want, the players make their characters together (with intertwined histories), and even offer to flesh some things out in the setting.
So that brings me to the Ban List.
Many here have mentioned how they despise Dragonborn or Tieflings, or the traditional races like Elves. Others speak about how "X race should never be played by a PC, because X is evil/breaks suspension of belief/whatnot".
Here is where I ask: How would you feel if your group got together and decided to make a list of "Things that we agree not to bring into the game."
The Ban List is when you say, "I don't want X in the game," and everyone agrees not to bring it in.
Banning certain things is common for some things: No Evil Characters, No Psionics. But the Ban List may go as far as concepts. "No Drizzt 'Persecution complex good guy of an evil race'." This can apply to the DM, too. A player could say "I ban dream-sequence adventures." A banned race might even apply to the DM, as well. If everyone agrees "No Freaking Elves, ever," the DM doesn't include elves in his campaign.
Do you think The Ban List is a good idea for a group or a setting/campaign?
So that brings me to the Ban List.
Many here have mentioned how they despise Dragonborn or Tieflings, or the traditional races like Elves. Others speak about how "X race should never be played by a PC, because X is evil/breaks suspension of belief/whatnot".
Here is where I ask: How would you feel if your group got together and decided to make a list of "Things that we agree not to bring into the game."
The Ban List is when you say, "I don't want X in the game," and everyone agrees not to bring it in.
Banning certain things is common for some things: No Evil Characters, No Psionics. But the Ban List may go as far as concepts. "No Drizzt 'Persecution complex good guy of an evil race'." This can apply to the DM, too. A player could say "I ban dream-sequence adventures." A banned race might even apply to the DM, as well. If everyone agrees "No Freaking Elves, ever," the DM doesn't include elves in his campaign.
Do you think The Ban List is a good idea for a group or a setting/campaign?