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<blockquote data-quote="Waterbizkit" data-source="post: 7002386" data-attributes="member: 6802604"><p>I always find these threads endlessly fascinating... because I have/do none of this. Mostly. I mean if I'm running something with a very specific theme then maybe I say to my players "Hey, for this one the idea is that you're an all-human party because *insert reasons*." But that's few and far between and if there wasn't 100% buy-in at the start I'd scrap the idea and just run something a bit more "typical", I've got ideas for days... so scraping one is no skin off my nose.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I certainly can't fathom running nearly every campaign with these sorts restrictions or rules tweaks. And it's not because I'm an "all RAW all the time" kinda DM, it's just not my style to say "I don't like this, so you don't get to experience it either."</p><p></p><p>To be clear, I'm not saying this to dump on the rest of you. <strong>I think it's cool.</strong> It's why I find the threads like this such an interesting read, aside from the occasional arguments that occur. Even if none of what I'm reading is for me or my group I always like to get glimpse of how others enjoy the same game we do, even if it's their own "version" of it. It's what's so great about this game and why all the arguments that erupt from "badwrongfun" get so irritating. None of it's bad or wrong, it's just someone else's fun.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and some of things I saw mentioned seemed less "pet peeve" and more "basic rules" of the unspoken social contract that exists when people sit down to play a game like this... I'm talking about the stuff like "no sexual violence towards PCs/NPCs" type stuff... so I won't mention it again length here, but just to cover my bases know that I enforce that sort of thing at my table because the idea is to have fun, not make others feel uncomfortable or alienated against.</p><p></p><p>So, carry on. Good stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waterbizkit, post: 7002386, member: 6802604"] I always find these threads endlessly fascinating... because I have/do none of this. Mostly. I mean if I'm running something with a very specific theme then maybe I say to my players "Hey, for this one the idea is that you're an all-human party because *insert reasons*." But that's few and far between and if there wasn't 100% buy-in at the start I'd scrap the idea and just run something a bit more "typical", I've got ideas for days... so scraping one is no skin off my nose. Anyway, I certainly can't fathom running nearly every campaign with these sorts restrictions or rules tweaks. And it's not because I'm an "all RAW all the time" kinda DM, it's just not my style to say "I don't like this, so you don't get to experience it either." To be clear, I'm not saying this to dump on the rest of you. [b]I think it's cool.[/b] It's why I find the threads like this such an interesting read, aside from the occasional arguments that occur. Even if none of what I'm reading is for me or my group I always like to get glimpse of how others enjoy the same game we do, even if it's their own "version" of it. It's what's so great about this game and why all the arguments that erupt from "badwrongfun" get so irritating. None of it's bad or wrong, it's just someone else's fun. Oh, and some of things I saw mentioned seemed less "pet peeve" and more "basic rules" of the unspoken social contract that exists when people sit down to play a game like this... I'm talking about the stuff like "no sexual violence towards PCs/NPCs" type stuff... so I won't mention it again length here, but just to cover my bases know that I enforce that sort of thing at my table because the idea is to have fun, not make others feel uncomfortable or alienated against. So, carry on. Good stuff. [/QUOTE]
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