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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9387653" data-attributes="member: 4937">If it's a new player the answer is &quot;No.&nbsp; Never accommodate anything of the sort.&quot;The reason is that 90% of those players making the special request are actually signaling that they are dysfunctional players in one form or the other.&nbsp; Either they are spotlight hogs that always want the attention to be on them and the game to be about them, or else they are emotionally immature optimizers that want to get some sort of edge so that they can win and who are probably going to be frustrated if they aren't successful in breaking the game.&nbsp; If on the other hand you've played extensively with this player and they have proven themselves as a highly functional, social gamer with good thespian skills, then you can say &quot;Yes&quot; most of the time because you know that they actually have an idea and are going to want to try to make the game fun for everyone at the table and be entertaining with their idea.&nbsp; Occasionally the idea is not one that leads to fun play over the long run, and if you feel that is the case you can usually hold a mature conversation with the player to see how they plan on coping with the problems and having fun in the long run and not just for a single or a few sessions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 9387653, member: 4937"] If it's a new player the answer is "No. Never accommodate anything of the sort." The reason is that 90% of those players making the special request are actually signaling that they are dysfunctional players in one form or the other. Either they are spotlight hogs that always want the attention to be on them and the game to be about them, or else they are emotionally immature optimizers that want to get some sort of edge so that they can win and who are probably going to be frustrated if they aren't successful in breaking the game. If on the other hand you've played extensively with this player and they have proven themselves as a highly functional, social gamer with good thespian skills, then you can say "Yes" most of the time because you know that they actually have an idea and are going to want to try to make the game fun for everyone at the table and be entertaining with their idea. Occasionally the idea is not one that leads to fun play over the long run, and if you feel that is the case you can usually hold a mature conversation with the player to see how they plan on coping with the problems and having fun in the long run and not just for a single or a few sessions. [/QUOTE]

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