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DM's word is final... and illogical?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zesty Gordita" data-source="post: 5477214" data-attributes="member: 6668121"><p>The story is no longer plausible. Through talking with another member of the campaign, we remembered what happened with mah pa:</p><p>My father was the Black Dragon at the end of <em>The Forge of Fury</em>. I met him when he was a Black Dragon. He turned into a human to talk to me (polymorph) and when he died, he reverted back into Dragon form. By the rules of polymorph and the game, once a creature in polymorph dies, it reverts back to it's normal form. Thus, mah pa was a Black Dragon. Mah ma was a Half-Dragon (Bronze). Making me at least a half-black dragon. But more likely 1/2 Black dragon 1/4 Bronze Dragon and 1/4 Human.</p><p>BTW, later in the campaign, the DM told us that Dragons do not get innate spellcasting, nor can they take character classes. So... yeah. I have no idea what is happening in the world anymore...</p><p></p><p>If I was a Half-dragon from birth, then I should have the Half-dragon stats. Regardless of whether my character knows about his heritage or not.</p><p></p><p>A knowledge check has no bearing in this situation at all. A knowledge check cannot, in no way, EVER, change a person stats, race, ability scores, scales, eyes, tail, wings, color of blood, or anything of that sort. If it could, then my blood would be neon green, cause I'm radioactive with awesome.</p><p></p><p>I don't want mechanical gain, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM!</p><p>I DON'T CARE WHAT RACE IT IS! IT'S BETTER THAN BEING NO RACE!</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying he's doing it wrong, I'm saying he's not doing it period.</p><p></p><p>You don't seem to understand, I have had nothing BUT civil conversations with him. He changes the subject or just replies indifferently. But I should consider myself lucky. When another character brings up a point or tries to cite rules, the DM says in a very loud gruff voice "I'M THE DM AND WHAT I SAY GOES!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zesty Gordita, post: 5477214, member: 6668121"] The story is no longer plausible. Through talking with another member of the campaign, we remembered what happened with mah pa: My father was the Black Dragon at the end of [I]The Forge of Fury[/I]. I met him when he was a Black Dragon. He turned into a human to talk to me (polymorph) and when he died, he reverted back into Dragon form. By the rules of polymorph and the game, once a creature in polymorph dies, it reverts back to it's normal form. Thus, mah pa was a Black Dragon. Mah ma was a Half-Dragon (Bronze). Making me at least a half-black dragon. But more likely 1/2 Black dragon 1/4 Bronze Dragon and 1/4 Human. BTW, later in the campaign, the DM told us that Dragons do not get innate spellcasting, nor can they take character classes. So... yeah. I have no idea what is happening in the world anymore... If I was a Half-dragon from birth, then I should have the Half-dragon stats. Regardless of whether my character knows about his heritage or not. A knowledge check has no bearing in this situation at all. A knowledge check cannot, in no way, EVER, change a person stats, race, ability scores, scales, eyes, tail, wings, color of blood, or anything of that sort. If it could, then my blood would be neon green, cause I'm radioactive with awesome. I don't want mechanical gain, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM! I DON'T CARE WHAT RACE IT IS! IT'S BETTER THAN BEING NO RACE! I'm not saying he's doing it wrong, I'm saying he's not doing it period. You don't seem to understand, I have had nothing BUT civil conversations with him. He changes the subject or just replies indifferently. But I should consider myself lucky. When another character brings up a point or tries to cite rules, the DM says in a very loud gruff voice "I'M THE DM AND WHAT I SAY GOES!" [/QUOTE]
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