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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3452359" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, you're saying that my character concept gets vetoed because there is a chance that someone else might want to play it after me?&nbsp; I created a character that fit within the setting.&nbsp; ((Actually, I'm not sure if that's true since I have only a glancing familiarity with the 7th Sea setting - however, it would work in a piratical/naval campaign set in a more standard setting))As I said, I agree with you that the DM can set limits.&nbsp; However, in doing so, we are saying to our players that our vision is better than their's.&nbsp; That may be a big bone of contention between players and DM's.&nbsp; I remember in my Scarred Lands campaign, a player with a Forsaken Elf barbarian wanted to take a PrC from BoED.&nbsp; Some sort of holy rager with a very long name.&nbsp; Basically a barbarian devoted to some god or other.&nbsp; The problem is, the elves in Scarred Lands don't worship gods because their god is dead.&nbsp; That's pretty much the whole hook behind the race in SL.&nbsp; So, I vetoed the PrC.&nbsp; Thinking about it now though, I think it could have been workable had we sat down and fiddled with the flavour a bit.&nbsp; Something I've come to realize recently is that players do try to get engaged in a setting in a variety of ways, and, every time I say no, I'm making my setting less important to them.Sometimes, you do have to say no.&nbsp; But, the advice in the DMG which says to &quot;try to say yes&quot; is pretty good advice IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3452359, member: 22779"] So, you're saying that my character concept gets vetoed because there is a chance that someone else might want to play it after me? I created a character that fit within the setting. ((Actually, I'm not sure if that's true since I have only a glancing familiarity with the 7th Sea setting - however, it would work in a piratical/naval campaign set in a more standard setting)) As I said, I agree with you that the DM can set limits. However, in doing so, we are saying to our players that our vision is better than their's. That may be a big bone of contention between players and DM's. I remember in my Scarred Lands campaign, a player with a Forsaken Elf barbarian wanted to take a PrC from BoED. Some sort of holy rager with a very long name. Basically a barbarian devoted to some god or other. The problem is, the elves in Scarred Lands don't worship gods because their god is dead. That's pretty much the whole hook behind the race in SL. So, I vetoed the PrC. Thinking about it now though, I think it could have been workable had we sat down and fiddled with the flavour a bit. Something I've come to realize recently is that players do try to get engaged in a setting in a variety of ways, and, every time I say no, I'm making my setting less important to them. Sometimes, you do have to say no. But, the advice in the DMG which says to "try to say yes" is pretty good advice IMO. [/QUOTE]

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