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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6655408" data-attributes="member: 6680772">I play AL here in Japan, but my experience is probably not very typical.&nbsp; We basically have 2 DMs (3 when I have the time) who alternate and cover for each other.&nbsp; We have one table in the hobby store, and generally get 3-5 players every week.&nbsp; As a result, there's less need for the games to be uniform so that one player can go from DM to another.&nbsp; Nor do we play strictly by the rules.&nbsp; Point-buy or array and non-rolled HP are the order of the day, but a lot of our players are most familiar with 4e, so we had flanking long before the DMG came out.&nbsp; One DM uses Inspiration much more liberally than the book-rules.&nbsp; I suspect that if someone wanted to play with an aarakocra or some of the UA stuff, it would be up to the DM running the game, on a case-by-case basis.A number of players also play in home games with each other and other folks who can't make it to the AL game.&nbsp; I myself also run a home game with my family over the Internet, with a host of non-AL options toggled on (like rolling ability scores and HP) and some houserules (we use side-initiative and my modified B/X Combat Sequence for Fifth Edition).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6655408, member: 6680772"] I play AL here in Japan, but my experience is probably not very typical. We basically have 2 DMs (3 when I have the time) who alternate and cover for each other. We have one table in the hobby store, and generally get 3-5 players every week. As a result, there's less need for the games to be uniform so that one player can go from DM to another. Nor do we play strictly by the rules. Point-buy or array and non-rolled HP are the order of the day, but a lot of our players are most familiar with 4e, so we had flanking long before the DMG came out. One DM uses Inspiration much more liberally than the book-rules. I suspect that if someone wanted to play with an aarakocra or some of the UA stuff, it would be up to the DM running the game, on a case-by-case basis. A number of players also play in home games with each other and other folks who can't make it to the AL game. I myself also run a home game with my family over the Internet, with a host of non-AL options toggled on (like rolling ability scores and HP) and some houserules (we use side-initiative and my modified B/X Combat Sequence for Fifth Edition). [/QUOTE]

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