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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5851059" data-attributes="member: 6668292">You know, I'd probably allow people more of what they wanted if they paid me each time we played.Until then, it's like going to my home, not a diner. Sure, you can have my food (campaign). I only buy what I like, though (restrictions). It's free, and it's good (to me), and I'll even make it for you myself, because I like cooking (GMing). So, yes, you can have some food. But, it's only going to be stuff I like, unless I have a reason to buy something I don't like.Since I play with (mostly) longtime friends, I'll often "buy" something I don't like too much just to keep around for them to play. That is, I'll sprinkle my campaign with stuff they like that I may not. Maybe they're only close to one party member and just "meh" with the rest; I don't like it, but they like the dynamic it adds. Maybe they want to be a monster race in a setting where they're usually not accepted; again, not my taste, but as long as it's not party-wide, I can try to work it in.In the meantime, the vast majority of stuff is going to be based on stuff I like. When I like running the game, it's (usually) more enjoyable for everyone. It's definitely more enjoyable for them than if I don't like running it.So, yeah, in my home, I'll serve you, for free, but it's almost exclusively the food I like. I'd happily and graciously accept the same were we in your home. I'm not going to demand you make me a BLT at your place, and I won't demand that someone lets me play a half-orc in their campaign.Then again, social contracts differ from group to group, so use what works for your group. I don't think there's a blanket objectively right or wrong view here. As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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