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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6557454" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I think it's interesting how people have such strong views about what parameters a DM should or should not set in D&amp;D.I see D&amp;D as similar to many other things (such as sports, or employment). You can choose within the parameters given, but you usually can't change the parameters. I'm not sure why it is difficult for some to accept that for many D&amp;D groups, the parameters of a campaign are set before you are invited. Parameters include what options are available, what house rules are present, etc.Now, there is nothing wrong with the DM coming to the table with a blank slate and saying, &quot;hey guys, what do we want to do?&quot; I can enjoy that. But there also shouldn't be anything wrong with the DM saying the D&amp;D equivalent of &quot;we're playing basketball--so there won't be any bases, kicking the ball, or tackling.&quot; If you don't want to play that game you simply politely decline, or even ask the DM if he would be willing to run a different game some time. But it just isn't appropriate IMO in that type of situation to try to tell the DM that you want to play in the game you were invited to, but you want to adjust the parameters of it to better suit you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6557454, member: 6677017"] I think it's interesting how people have such strong views about what parameters a DM should or should not set in D&D. I see D&D as similar to many other things (such as sports, or employment). You can choose within the parameters given, but you usually can't change the parameters. I'm not sure why it is difficult for some to accept that for many D&D groups, the parameters of a campaign are set before you are invited. Parameters include what options are available, what house rules are present, etc. Now, there is nothing [I]wrong[/I] with the DM coming to the table with a blank slate and saying, "hey guys, what do we want to do?" I can enjoy that. But there also shouldn't be anything wrong with the DM saying the D&D equivalent of "we're playing basketball--so there won't be any bases, kicking the ball, or tackling." If you don't want to play that game you simply politely decline, or even [I]ask the DM if he would be willing to run a different game[/I] some time. But it just isn't appropriate IMO in that type of situation to try to tell the DM that you want to play in the game you were invited to, but you want to adjust the parameters of it to better suit you. [/QUOTE]

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