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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5850894" data-attributes="member: 40398">You know, I think Oryan's vocabulary is skewing the issue somewhat. I've never had or seen a player &quot;grill&quot; a DM about his restrictions, but I get the sense that some people in this thread are imagining just that. So for the record, what I'm attempting to explain is mere curiosity.Good for you. I assure you though, that polite curiosity is also a common and acceptable response to the omission of an option that one would otherwise expect.If you're hankering for a BLT, you wouldn't go to a vegan or a chinese place. Because you wouldn't expect to get a BLT from those places; and that's the point.In non-metaphorism: If you're hankering for a half-orc, you wouldn't go looking for a Kaiden campaign or whatever. You'd look for a typical D&amp;D game, because you'd expect* half-orcs to be an option. If the only DM in town is running Kaiden, well tough luck, but that's not an arbitrary restriction. It's thematic.*And by &quot;expect,&quot; I don't mean &quot;It's in the rulebooks, so you must allow it or I'll whine and tantrum!!!&quot; I mean &quot;It's in the rulebook, and it's a part of the typical D&amp;D milieu, so I can reasonably assume it will be an option in a typical D&amp;D campaign.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 5850894, member: 40398"] You know, I think Oryan's vocabulary is skewing the issue somewhat. I've never had or seen a player "grill" a DM about his restrictions, but I get the sense that some people in this thread are imagining just that. So for the record, what [I]I'm[/I] attempting to explain is mere curiosity. Good for you. I assure you though, that polite curiosity is [I]also[/I] a common and acceptable response to the omission of an option that one would otherwise expect. If you're hankering for a BLT, you wouldn't go to a vegan or a chinese place. Because you wouldn't [I]expect[/I] to get a BLT from those places; and that's the point. In non-metaphorism: If you're hankering for a half-orc, you wouldn't go looking for a Kaiden campaign or whatever. You'd look for a typical D&D game, because you'd [I]expect[/I]* half-orcs to be an option. If the only DM in town is running Kaiden, well tough luck, but that's not an arbitrary restriction. It's thematic. *And by "[I]expect[/I]," I don't mean "It's in the rulebooks, so you must allow it or I'll whine and tantrum!!!" I mean "It's in the rulebook, and it's a part of the typical D&D milieu, so I can reasonably assume it will be an option in a typical D&D campaign." [/QUOTE]

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