Recent content by Maxperson

I hope this is hyperbole, because if not it borders on paranoia. Not having a race isn't enough to be anywhere close to being a reliable indicator that there isn't any freedom in the game. DM: I don't have orcs, but you can play literally any other PHB race, or even races from other books like...

It doesn't matter what they think. It's a functional compromise whether they want to agree to it or not. Here's the situation. DM: The world has no tortles. Player: I want to play a tortle! (ignoring the massive red flag there we continue on) DM: The world has no tortles, but I have a...

Uh... That's EXACTLY what a compromise is. It was meeting in the middle. What's not a compromise is the player just getting a Tortle.

From day 1 people have home brewed the game. Many created(and continue to create) settings that have no other planes or worlds out there. Some create settings with only a few other planes(Like Dragonlance) Others embrace the Great Wheel. Settings differ and those without a multiverse are just...

Um, no. You don't get to tell me that I can't have fun in world creation that has some limitations built in. Or that it's wrong for me to do so. If I build a world where elves disappeared 10,000 years ago and none have been seen since, it would destroy the world building for a PC elf to just...

@GobHag said straight out that with character creation the player should reign supreme and the world should change to conform around that, even if it doesn't make sense for it to happen. So yes, there really is.

Turtle, not Tortle. Tortles just get caught up in it because they are also turtles. "Player 2: Hmmm, I would like to play a human ranger WHO HATES TURTLES and has chosen them as their favored enemy,

I've seen that happen back when I was in junior high and high school, but I haven't seen that happen in a game with adults.

I'm all for trying to work out a compromise, but why does the DMs fun have to take a back seat? There's middle ground where the DM will try and work out a compromise(not capitulation), but still hold true to the world building. There are people here saying the DM should fully capitulate to...

I don't know who you are talking to, but carne asada tacos are probably my number 1 favorite food.

Yeah. I'm dumbfounded that the DMs would even have allowed those things to happen.

No. I'm saying that many of them would have abilities that fall outside of combat or optimal combat, but which are usable and should be present for roleplaying. A unique individual is different. I will give an example from the 5e MM since I don't have the 5.5e one. The Pixie has innate...

Another response that isn't really understandable. What corpse are you talking about? I didn't mention a corpse.

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 it for anyone.

Right. Adding a new race to the world is not character creation. It's setting creation which the player has no ability to do. The player has total control over character creation WITHIN the confines of the rules and setting. If the player wants to step outside of that, he needs the okay of...