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Ok, very true. A lot of players, especially newer ones when they DM, use published adventures for this reason and allow whatever races they want to play. When I run short-termed adventures instead of campaigns, I let people play whatever they want. Heck, I would even say 99% of the time. Even...

How about you show where anything I ever wrote in this thread indicated I was generalizing to the "wider D&D community."? Again, when did I ever even suggest that? If you are referring to this: that was in reference to my game that I run, which is why I made them subclasses as a compromise...

For myself, I never denied it might be popular with other groups, just not IME. They get played, but are low on the totem pole. As for the data, it is two years old, and without seeing any decimals, we have no idea of just how much Warlock is ahead of Barbarian, Cleric, or Wizard. They could be...

Sure, but to continue the paraphrase, "Not everyone can be a great DM." ;) They can be contradictions, but it doesn't mean they must. I've done a lot of hard work doing something I love, like teaching and my work in the Peace Corps.

What? I can't have my personal opinion about this and not relate my experiences? I mean, I actually included IME and IMO in that post, you realize? There shouldn't be any "great suspicion", I was perfectly clear. ;) And to assume I was somehow being dishonest or disingenuous is a tad ungracious.

Of course I am entitled! IT IS MY GAME WORLD AND I AM THE DM! :ROFLMAO: I've said repeatedly that they can play one, if they accept the consequences of that choice. Just like they have to accept the consequences of every other choice they make in the game. You ask me why I should change, and...

Good for you. That was BEFORE I did that. :p Frankly, I would rather just remove both Warlocks and Sorcerers from the game, but they work well as the subclasses of Clerics and Wizards, so that is a happy compromise. :D

Why should I? Why can't the player choose to play a race that I have established in my world as a playable race? They have lots of options, what is it about the Yuan-Ti that makes them so essential that they play one? And, frankly, I said they can play one if they want to accept the...

Or to NOT change it if the lore fits their game--it matters to them, and it is a bit disingenuous to state that it doesn't matter. Any DM can change (or not) whatever they want, certainly, and if another DM was running a game where the Yuan-Ti were noble beings, etc. I would tell them thanks...

That's cool if you are happy with it, but if the DM was running an "all-orc" (or whatever) game, I would rather step out of the game while they play it than play a race I don't want to play. Just the same if the DM said "We are playing in Ebboran (?) for the next campaign!" I would tell them to...

Since this comparison has been brought up, let's look at the lore behind things, as well as appearance: A Yuan-Ti cannot pass for human, and close scrutiny is going to happen if the Yuan-Ti is walking among other societies, or they will be attempting to hide these hints, which will likely be...

Artificer: Battle Smith 12 (Correction for doctorbadwolf upvoting 2 in post 113) Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 51 Bard: College of Lore 48 Cleric: Tempest Domain 41 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 44 Fighter: Battle Master 47 Monk: Way of the Kensei 50 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 52...

No idea, never played it. 🤷‍♂️

LOL don't worry, it isn't. :) It is how I've been playing forever and it works well. Fortunately, the rare times such things have actually happened, people are reasonable about other people's preferences and desires instead of feeling hurt, etc.

LOL I have it, but never even read it... No spoiler, no worries.

True. Then they would be welcome to leave and do that, or have one of them run that game. I would not even want to play in it. I would find it silly and ridiculous, and I take my RPG time more seriously than that. I want adventure and fun, certainly, but not things I would consider worthless...

Thanks! I've never heard of it before. So, with that description, I stand by my earlier assessment:

Apparently it is by committee... :rolleyes: