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People can assume whatever they want. If I have an opening at my table or I'm starting up a new group I'll have them read over the page...

You're basing this assertion on what, exactly? People have always had different approaches to the game. I have no clue if there's any...

You don't seem to understand the meaning of compromise when it means "The player gets whatever they want and ignores the DM." I gave an...

You're assuming the multiverse exists. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't. LOL ... I don't play the game exactly like you do, have...

I wasn't thinking of things like history or the cultural structures they grew up with. In their culture eating chicken could be...

I discussed compromises. I came up with what I thought was a reasonable compromise. It was rejected because it was not a tortle. It's...

Why not? I had a list of allowed species. If I make an exception that make no sense in-world then what do I say to the next person that...

When I'm a D&D player, I listen to the DM's pitch and, perhaps after asking some clarifying questions, decide if I want to participate...

If I allow a turtle I have no reason to deny any other species. But this is just more of the same. Compromise means giving players...

I don't think you're wrong. But long backstories or railroading being criticized is situational, not structural. The concern here is...

You're the one who wants to see the game burn to the ground if people don't play according to your preferences, not me. I don't care...

This might be acceptable to me, especially as a reflavor of the tortle statblock, and if you let me be cute about it.

Let's compromise. You get D. I get D. And @AlViking gets &. The game is big enough for all of our D&Ds without the need to destroy...

Is it as strong of a position as saying "The DM's worldbuilding is meaningless?" No turtlemen seems like a narrow creative choice, while...

Sounds like D&D isn't for you.