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You answered "no", and then proceeded to explain to me, "but actually yes".

How much of a spectator are we in the real world? I don't need reality-altering powers to have player agency.

Yay! Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

There is a difference between "the traditional GM must have everything determined" and "the traditional GM can limit choices in...

Reasons for a DM not to allow tieflings Fiends don't exist in this campaign world. No fiends, no tieflings. Fiends do exist and they...

That's not what I'm taking from their posts. They tell us what they like, what they do, how they play, and not how everyone else must...

Why put everything to such extremes? The DM doesn't have to know everything, she just has to know if tieflings are part of her campaign...

Hmm? There is nothing wrong in the abstract about changing the world to accommodate player ideas. I've run fun games with more...

Yeah, I'd also be fine with that. The character's family, a small village, some minor cultural elements, seem all good to me, because...

This is what I look for in a game. I'd much prefer this to the DM changing their setting to accommodate me. This sounds delightful and...

Is your argument that if the GM doesn't want a particular species represented in the game and/or the setting and the player does, too...

Maybe following a plot isn't the point of the game.

I want to explore and experience the GM's world. That includes making a character that fits into that world.

This thread is from 10 years ago. The soul knife was not available when it was written.

Went to Shake Shack for the first time in a while tonight (they opened one in my hometown). For comparison's sake, I tried to get the...