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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7403626" data-attributes="member: 6801845">So a lot of people have stated how they run in it in their campaign, which is fine.  But what are the basic assumptions if you just follow the books?  What the players would normally expect unless you've declared house rules?So, what do the books say about this topic?MMPHBVolo'sSeems pretty black and white to me.If you make house rules that change the nature of the game you should be clear about that.  If you allow feats, but ban (or modify) Sharp Shooter, just let everyone know and things are fine.  Orcs are just misunderstood noble savages?  Gods are just some nebulous concept and clerics don't really have to "strive to embody the handiwork of their deities"?  Great, as long as it's established up front.In my own campaign, I tell people that Odin is obsessed with winning Ragnarok and some people believe he was driven half mad by the death of his favored son Baldur.  That he is now true neutral and (unlike the PHB entry) will take followers of any alignment.  Some clerics cherish the NG aspects of Odin as the loving father figure, others venerate the god of war and the gallows who sometimes causes great warriors to fall in battle because he wants them at his side.But that's something I explicitly tell people as part of my background and session 0.</blockquote>