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not really, these were suggestions for how they could play a tortle. Given that playing a tortle was the initial idea, nothing was being...

Those are all great reasons to want to play a tortle. And you are correct, if that is the only DM you play with, and they don't allow...

“You, over there with the bad, wrong, fun.” It may not be intended but comes off as the “our preference is morally superior.” Allowing...

I encourage people to play and run the games they find fun. I absolutely deny that we, or anyone, should be encouraging the wider hobby...

It’s the only style we should be encouraging. “Allowed” is a meaningless descriptor, who would have authority to enforce that? But...

If you honestly believe that it is the act of excluding itself that creates fun for the GM, it's understandable that people are talking...

The answer boiled downto "DM capitulates an allow a new species. Here's how." That's not compromise, that's telling the DM what to do.

I mean, the real thing you can do is make sure to mention in online discussions that cosmopolitanism and inclusion of fantasy tropes...

When I first read the line about prioritsing player fun, the question I asked myself is why start from the assumption that some level of...

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

that was tried a few times and the answer was ‘to play a tortle’, at which point there is no compromise possible and the player is out...

Honestly that seems like a bizarre take. Is that an issue when you play in something like Call of Cthulu set on 1920s earth. Is it...

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...

I am contemplating removing Orcs entirely from my settings moving forward. They have too much baggage. I already removed Drow for a...

Though I didn't see your post, I would argue that is a capitulation by the DM, not a compromise. The set up was simply: The player will...