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I think it's also relevant who your players are. I only play with friends and we have a longstanding group. If I describe a campaign...

Are these not compromises?

I don't think 'play a human but call yourself a dragonborn if you want' is a compromise that would satisfy many people, presumably the...

You're adding unnecessary details to make the excuse for a full rejection to be the only solution. There was nothing presented within...

More what? More of us who prefer a more collaborative approach? Yes, there most certainly are more of us than before. Are we a majority...

I think this is a fair topic, to illustrate that a mentioned concern is, frankly, an entirely different issue that requires an entirely...

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...