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So what does compromise look like? My attempt was fairly straightforward. Get the cultural feel and mannerisms of a tortle, the...

That's a broad brush. I have orcs. I even have stories of Orcish rangers working with the Allied Races during the third Hillbeast Wars...

What case? The "compromise" has always been "Let me play a tortle and this is how you can include them in your world". It's not...

I would also add that I've started new groups over the years and have never had any issue gaining players. The only problem I seem to...

These questions seem to imply that @AlViking should be curating his game to appeal to the widest possible fraction of the BG3...

I have no problem attracting or retaining players. If you feel entitled to play something not on my list find a different game. I won't...

of course they are, but that is true for both sides and if there is no common ground, then the player is not in the DM's campaign

I was trying to find something that gave the player almost everything they wanted without giving them something I don't want. That's...

My games are anything but boring. If species is more important to you than any other consideration I'm not the DM for you.

You don't know anything about my game. I have a curated list of species for thematic reasons but the players tell me what campaign...

But isnt this whole thread people saying "compromise" while restating their hard line? Be that a "worldbuilding project," or the "no...

Then it's not compromise if the DM has a curated list of species and the player insists on playing something not on the list either. At...

If by that you mean "It's not compromise if the player chooses a species the DM said was not allowed and the DM has no say in it" I agree.

There's probably not much point in me even chiming in, but what I'm seeing is not an argument about DMs vs players. I'm seeing...

I don't want to add additional species to my world. I don't need any more justification, especially when it boils down to people want...