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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Demonspell" data-source="post: 6749068" data-attributes="member: 6792769">I had a player play Jim Adler the "Village" Hammer once, and it was a blast. Of course, he actually chose to play a gnomish illusionist. He also happened to be a local advocate, and over time, he gathered followers that would tail the village security and report to them anytime someone was arrested. He would then show up at the jail and offer to serve as their advocate with the local constable. It added a ton of roleplaying. Consequently, the same player played a human bard named James Brown in another campaign, that also happened to add plenty of hillarity and excitement to the game. That was a 2nd edition campaign, and I loved the way he played the character so much, that I had to have a copy of the character sheet after the campaign ended. James Brown makes appearances is most of my campaigns at somepoint no matter what the edition I am using. Because its all about the story. I give in on game mechanics all the time because I want a great story.I am not saying any of that, however, sometimes, being a generic human something a player simply doesn't want. As a DM I can understand that. My job is to figure out how they can be what they want within my campaign. I never turn a player's idea away, but if what they want doesn't fit my campaign we talk about it to figure out how they can get what they want and still play.</blockquote>