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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7320894" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I wouldn't penalize them, I would just explain that I like to run a semi-realistic game and that cats (let alone 20 mice) don't live in backpacks.&nbsp; If they insist, I will politely ask them to try to stuff our cat&nbsp; Beelzebub into a backpack and see how well it works.&nbsp; I'll have some gauze ready.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" />It all comes down to tone and what kind of game you want to run.&nbsp; Want a silly/cartoon world where anything goes?&nbsp; It can be fun.&nbsp; Want a more serious game where things work like they do in the real world unless overridden by magic/rules simplification?&nbsp; That's what I do.But I'd rather be up front about it, laugh at the joke and then tell them it's not going to work.&nbsp; If someone wants a pet, that's something we can work on but I don't do silly games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7320894, member: 6801845"] I wouldn't penalize them, I would just explain that I like to run a semi-realistic game and that cats (let alone 20 mice) don't live in backpacks. If they insist, I will politely ask them to try to stuff our cat Beelzebub into a backpack and see how well it works. I'll have some gauze ready. :uhoh: It all comes down to tone and what kind of game you want to run. Want a silly/cartoon world where anything goes? It can be fun. Want a more serious game where things work like they do in the real world unless overridden by magic/rules simplification? That's what I do. But I'd rather be up front about it, laugh at the joke and then tell them it's not going to work. If someone wants a pet, that's something we can work on but I don't do silly games. [/QUOTE]

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