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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9601474" data-attributes="member: 6785785">It seems so. I was referencing a post by [USER=4937]@Celebrim[/USER] in which they stated:I require players to submit a backstory in D&D explaining who their character is and by extension how they expect to play that character. If the character is an elf but doesn't feel very "elfish" I will not approve the character for play.Oh I think that sort of dungeon delve type play of early D&D absolutely relies on prep, and that prep can be perfectly fair. I think we can all come up with examples of instances where such prep led to play that most would categorize as unfair to one extent or the other. Sticking to what’s prepared, in that sense, isn’t what makes the game fair, I wouldn’t say, though I would say that not sticking to prep is more likely to be unfair. But I think that idea of sticking to what’s prepared being fair has lingered in D&D and similar play while the game has changed in other ways, and so it no longer seems as relevant as it may have been In those days.</blockquote>