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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9508071" data-attributes="member: 6790260">But the responsibility must always be on the DM to get that done, as I said, as part of the pitch. You don't get to get all upset and demanding when I show up to &quot;hey I'd like to run some D&amp;D, you want in?&quot; with the idea of playing a dragonborn sorcerer and only then say &quot;absolutely the hell not, there are no dragonborn in my world and all sorcerers are evil!&quot;&quot;Let's play D&amp;D&quot; means we use what the core book contains. You have to justify using less.See above. You are required to justify using less. Now, maybe for some folks that justification is effortless. Maybe you have a preternatural ability to convince a complete stranger that your vision is totally better than anything they could come up with and which you didn't tell them a lick about until after they showed up at the table with character ideas. Color me skeptical, but hey, I've been a skeptic and yet proven wrong before.For the vast majority of actual groups, though? You have to actually sell your pitch, and that means justifying why it would be interesting, and why basic, core stuff is not available.In the absence of other information, the PHB is the root of D&amp;D as far as player options go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9508071, member: 6790260"] But the responsibility must always be on the DM to get that done, as I said, as part of the pitch. You don't get to get all upset and demanding when I show up to "hey I'd like to run some D&D, you want in?" with the idea of playing a dragonborn sorcerer and [I]only then[/I] say "absolutely the hell not, there are no dragonborn in my world and all sorcerers are evil!" "Let's play D&D" means we use what the core book contains. You have to justify using less. See above. You are required to [I]justify[/I] using less. Now, maybe for some folks that justification is effortless. Maybe you have a preternatural ability to convince a complete stranger that your vision is totally better than anything they could come up with and which you didn't tell them a lick about until [I]after[/I] they showed up at the table with character ideas. Color me skeptical, but hey, I've been a skeptic and yet proven wrong before. For the vast majority of actual groups, though? You have to actually [I]sell[/I] your pitch, and that means justifying why it would be interesting, and why basic, core stuff is not available. In the absence of other information, the PHB is the root of D&D as far as player options go. [/QUOTE]

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