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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7487600" data-attributes="member: 6803664">Quote Originally Posted by ccs View Post In my games:&nbsp;Why must clerics follow a god (or a pantheon of gods)?&nbsp;Why can't cleric be MC with warlock?&nbsp;Why aren't there non-LG paladins?&nbsp;Why can't you play a drow or some other monster?&nbsp;Etc etc etc?&nbsp;All these questions and more can be summed up by the following statement: &quot;Because I'm the DM &amp; that's how I'm running things.&quot;&nbsp;*Works calling, so I'll return to this later....&nbsp;BecauseLike I said, work was calling &amp; I got cut off from finishing the post.&nbsp; I just got back around to finishing it a bit later than I thought....1) I didn't think I needed to specify buy-in as a step in the process.&nbsp; If I'm DMing there's already buy-in.2) The reason isn't simply &quot;because&quot;.&nbsp; It's because over the years I've identified things that I don't enjoy DMing for &amp;/or aren't compatible with the world I'm running.&nbsp; Same as any other DM.&nbsp; The former is really the most important though.&nbsp; Because if I'm not enjoying DMing then it's a waste of my time.&nbsp; And since I'm not paid to do this, guess what?&nbsp; That's right, I don't have to do something I'm not enjoying.&nbsp; So.&nbsp; If you want to play, pick one of the many many other options that're still available &amp; just save your MC Warlock-Paladin/Cleric build, your non-LG paladins, non-religious divine casters, monster PCs, Drow (and eventually psionics) for some one elses campaign.The people I play with?&nbsp; They already know &amp; accept this.New people?&nbsp; They learn this before they're allowed to roll up a character.&nbsp; If they're making a character, that means they're OK enough with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccs, post: 7487600, member: 6803664"] [I]Quote Originally Posted by ccs View Post In my games: Why must clerics follow a god (or a pantheon of gods)? Why can't cleric be MC with warlock? Why aren't there non-LG paladins? Why can't you play a drow or some other monster? Etc etc etc? All these questions and more can be summed up by the following statement: "Because I'm the DM & that's how I'm running things." *Works calling, so I'll return to this later.... Because[/I] Like I said, work was calling & I got cut off from finishing the post. I just got back around to finishing it a bit later than I thought.... 1) I didn't think I needed to specify buy-in as a step in the process. If I'm DMing there's already buy-in. 2) The reason isn't simply "because". It's because over the years I've identified things that I don't enjoy DMing for &/or aren't compatible with the world I'm running. Same as any other DM. The former is really the most important though. Because if I'm not enjoying DMing then it's a waste of my time. And since I'm not paid to do this, guess what? That's right, I don't have to do something I'm not enjoying. So. If you want to play, pick one of the many many other options that're still available & just save your MC Warlock-Paladin/Cleric build, your non-LG paladins, non-religious divine casters, monster PCs, Drow (and eventually psionics) for some one elses campaign. The people I play with? They already know & accept this. New people? They learn this before they're allowed to roll up a character. If they're making a character, that means they're OK enough with it. [/QUOTE]

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