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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8063662" data-attributes="member: 29398">I agree, flat-out banning is the better option.But, if someone's hell-bent on doing it anyway (or during char-gen the randomness of the dice gives something truly bizarre as a PC; it happens now and then when someone chooses to roll for 'race' and gets the wacko end of the table) then after the warning, let 'em have at it.I ran into this from the other side during my 3e-playing days: someone brought a Half-Dragon into the party.  I kid you not, my PC's immediate in-character reaction on seeing it went: "I've spent half my adult life training up on how to kill things like this and now I'm expected to run with one?  You're kidding, right?".  But, even after a start like that, in it came.Numerous in-character arguments followed, but it soon became clear arguing was all we could do: this Half-Dragon (something of a powergamer's dream) could have single-handedly squashed half the party on a whim had we ever decided to fight it.  Our only chance would have been to hit it with a save-or-die; and its saving throws were stupendous assuming one could get past the MR in the first place.  And - dammit! - my character was far too noble to let the monsters kill it....</blockquote>