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I know that one I end up the straight man in most, as I tend not to play goofy characters. at this point some people sound insane. I...

Like I said, this is certainly my experience. If the DM says, "Let's do X", without fail, players will want to be the "exception to X"...

And here is where "D&D's no defined setting" becomes a huge issue. WotC itself currently supports almost a dozen official settings, and...

Most of the joke characters either settle down into something more manageable OR they get bored of the joke and the character disappears...

Now this I totally agree with. It's 100% not done out of malice. I'm very sure that most of the players that I've dealt with over the...

...ow, did you have to kick me right in the telomeres?!.

so what is the phenomino we are dealing with people who care about setting and people who will go with what ever?

wait so why do they keep doing that?

are you sure you are not just cursed at this point this sounds like you are either getting the worst luck or are looking in the worst...

...you would be shocked.

Sometimes it's uncooperative players who want to do their own thing with no regard for the campaign pitch. Sometimes the DM just has a...

My good faith interpretation is because DMs have a lot more work to do managing the campaign than a player does (the latter just has to...

Yup. You'll always get that one guy who, when to tell them you can't be a ninja in a wild west campaign, ends up a ninja with a cowboy hat.

The thing is, not all players are interested in settings, backstories, lore and roleplay. Some just want to have a laugh and kill some...

part of the problem is no one can see settings before they show up. assuming that what both sides of the table can even find common...