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Never read Tolkien, can't stand his writing style.

Never read the books. Did read alot of FR books in my youth. EDIT: Do the Children of the Forest feature as viewpoint characters in the series? Are they like, main characters, that have whole chapters (perhaps several) dedicated to them? Or are they just secondary (or support) characters?

Tried. Failed. Much like Tolkien, I can't stand Martin's writing style. Oh crap, I just revealed that I've never read Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. Does that destroy my GM credentials? How about if I've never read Lewis or Pratchett? Does it help if I read Feist? What about Elizabeth Moon?

I did! I'm collaborating with the three (soon to be five) players that are willing to play humans. I didn't want the campaign to have a magic user in it right off the bat, but it sounds like one of the players wants to do that, so guess what? Compromise!

A human with magic is not an elf. I also said Game Of Thrones, not A Song Of Ice And Fire or whatever the book series is called. The TV show does deviate from the books as I was told, and TV and movies often don't contain all the details the books do. From my viewing of the TV show, almost the...

Maybe it is. Honestly most of the (D&D only) players I have met don't engage in world building of any kind, at best they will outline a basic background for their character that includes few concrete details. I've also met a huge number of (D&D only) players who do not want to drive the...

As far as I could tell from watching the TV show (never read the books) every character except the Children of the Forest are humans. The Forest Children also barely featured in the show at all.

I voted Almost Never as most of the players I've encountered simply don't care to add anything to the world. They wish to show up with a character they have put limited thought into and engage with the world on a limited level. At least, that's with most D&D only, player only types I've...

Play it as you see fit as you do have an infinite number of Dragons. I routinely let my players mop the floor with their opponents. The PCs are the stars of the show. NPCs are the no-name extras who are there to get killed or stand around in the background to make the Cantina seem full. My job...

I think disallowing stuff in D&D is easy on most levels. Don't want elves in the game, simply tell the players they can't play elves, very simple. Don't want magic, well, that's just as easy, but it invalidates alot of things, and newer editions seem to have more and more classes built with...

Questions for clarification. 1) Should I answer depending on my experience only with D&D, most of which was many years ago with a single unchanging group of players, or should I include all my years of experiences with several different groups? 2) Would you consider "Depends heavily on players...

Well, in the entire line of linked posts, D&D was not mentioned. The word "fantasy" was used, but that doesn't automatically mean D&D as there are lots of fantasy RPGs that are not D&D. Assuming anyone means D&D without them saying so is disingenuous.

You should reread my OP. No system is mentioned. There are several systems that have both humans and elves as playable races in the core book that are not D&D. Examples include: Burning Wheel, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying, Age of Shadow, and OpenQuest. I also believe the post was simply being...

No, but it is a game hosted at a public location. The participants are not a group of longtime friends, at least they told me they don't socialize outside of the game. I was invited to take over GM duties by the operator of the public space as the previous GM has commitments elsewhere. I started...

The established fluff says Vampires and Werewolves are mortal enemies, in a "kill on sight" fashion. Mages generally stay away from supernaturals as they are ill equipped to deal with them. As per the established fluff. Also,. technically, or for reals, Vampire and Wherewolf and Mage, are three...