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Have you been reading the thread? Some of the folks worried about "entitled players" are making this out as an irrational drive to play...

"Either the GM's authority is unassailable or the players have carte blanche to wreck everything'

Clerics exist because someone in Dave Arneson's game wanted to play one (as inspired by Hammer Horror films). Dave Arneson didn't say...

It has never been able to do this. People try to do it. Wizards (and TSR) market it like it can. But it can't.

'There are no turtlemen in my setting whatsoever, and that's that' is quite a strong position to take IMO. It rules out an entire...

If "how can I make this work in a way that doesn't break your world" means the same to you as the player getting their way without...

I always question this line of thinking. I used to run my own homebrew for a while and I can tell you with 100% certainty I did NOT...

I think that's where the "compromise" framing falls apart. I am look for a compromise of "How can I play the character I want in a way...

This kind of conversation is normal session zero stuff. The group is deciding on a setting that the DM finds interesting to carry out...

1. It seems to me that it's perfectly reasonable for a GM to set out the types of player characters that are permissible in their game...

There are also more https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Krogan']recent inspirations:

@soviet That's a very interesting post! I'm not an investigator, but I am an academic lawyer. And have also worked on mainstream...

I haven't played the games being discussed but I work as an investigator in real life and I've definitely learned that you never (or...

I get the solve vs. create a mystery argument in B. Bay, but the game does play tricks on the mind. The players know that I haven't set...

I wonder. Are the DMs and players morally different? If you humor me, and we assume the answer is no, a DM refusing a non-standard...