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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7931052" data-attributes="member: 6855114">FR is more or less a kitchen sink. It depends on the region you are. Do not bring a goblin player in Cormyr but it would be acceptable in Zenthil Keep. It really depends on where you are and the type of campaign the DM wants to make.Ravenloft is more humanocentric than other setting but with the way the dread realms work, I can accept a lot of thing in that setting.Plane Scape and Spelljammers are the best kitchen sink I have seen so far. Eberron is a close second. The games we had in the Plane Scape were unforgettable. Bashram, the Bariaur ranger being mounted by the gnome Goldilock the slinger still makes me smile (and who else would have made a cleric with an 18 dex.?).To case #1There is nothing wrong to have as much content as possible on the game you want to play. In fact, I do encourage my players to read the source books (if they can read english) as much as possible. If by their reading they can bring things to the table that I failed to notice or didn't think of, great! If the content is read by both players and DM, it helps a lot in creating a cohesive campaign as the players will be a lot more implicated in the campaign creation. Not everything rests on the DM's shoulders.To case #2a This have not happen to me in ages. I stopped allowing characters that were not made at my table a long time ago. This leads to too much debates. With the standard array, it is a little less problematic but still run the risk of weird magic items or combinations that would not be allowed at my table. (i.e. I restrict multiclassing to a maximum of one additional class.)To case #2bThis happens a lot more than I would like to admit. If the campaign is in Greyhawk or in my Dunadoria world, do not expect to do anything but the basic races. On other worlds, depending on the world and sometimes the region that the players are starting, then anything is debatable as long as the back story makes sense. Want to play the son of an emissary of Obdul in the city of Silverymoon or Waterdeep? Ok, but find me some damn good reasons for it to have happened. If the player can come up with something remotely good, I am ready to accept it. He might suffer a bit for it, but his actions will speak for him. It will be a fine thread to walk but if the character is trusted by his fellow adventurers; they will vouch for him and it might works. But it won't be easy. Want to do the same in the lands of Vaasa but as an emissary of some strong orc tribe? A lot more chances for it to work but do not venture into Damara, there is a price for your ears in that kingdom... Want to do it in Eberron? No problems. You might even be the jet set star of the city of Sharn...</blockquote>

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