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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8162484" data-attributes="member: 6790260">While I agree that it is best practice for DMs to always be forward with every expectation, and it behooves the player to ask questions, I disagree that the burden here is equal. If the player presents a character for review and the DM approved it, by implication, the DM thinks that character is compatible with the game. I'd call failing to respond to that a much greater error.And I can see (and have seen) DMs get petulant when players take incredibly broadly-stated stuff. E.g. "dark fantasy" can mean anything from "a little bit of gothic horror" to "outright body horror, corrupting magic, lots of death, and Mature Themes™." "Like Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit" can mean anything from "dramatic high-fantasy with powerful wizards, immortal elves everywhere, and saving entire kingdoms" to "gritty low fantasy where wizards are incredibly rare, a +1 sword is impressive treasure, and a fight with giant spiders could be a TPK."Alright. So, there are some things that, in certain circumstances, a player can truly expect a DM to offer them when asked. Even if the DM isn't keen on it, it would be a mistake in a context like this for the DM to say no. That's really all that I wanted confirmed here.</blockquote>