PHATsakk43
Last Authlim of the True Lord of Tyranny
So, I moved to a new country for work. Pretty similar to my home country, but still a different country. That's not particularly pertinent, but just setting up context. This move also put the final blow on my long running, albeit already hiatused campaign I'd ran off and on since 2017.
Basically, I'm in a very small, very rural town, but due to the major nuclear power station and that this town is next of a beach it has a fairly metropolitan vibe for a town of 25,000. So, I looked around for a game and couldn't find one. I did find a local board game group, so I reached out and asked if I could see if there was any interest in a D&D game. Not surprisingly, there was good response. A little more enthusiastic than I anticipated honestly.
Anyway, we have a "session -1/2" (basically a little less formal even than a session 0). A Facebook group chat was made for the game group and I agreed to host at my home.
That was two days ago, today someone from the initial message traffic, but who didn't show up for the meetup DM'd me to discuss their PC concept. They were like, "I want to play a dinosaur." They then went on to explain they had never played D&D but just wanted to expand this concept.
I offered to accept an existing saurial-esq race, which was promptly ignored and I was given a discussion about how they are from the video game world and want to be able to relate that experience into D&D (which I really don't understand the connection between video games and PC dinosaurs, so that was a bit weird in and of itself.)
So, anyway, I have nothing against this individual, but I'm not going to be the DM for the game they are looking for and I'm concerned that even if I was that DM, it would be disruptive to the other players. So, how do I say, "no"?
Basically, I'm in a very small, very rural town, but due to the major nuclear power station and that this town is next of a beach it has a fairly metropolitan vibe for a town of 25,000. So, I looked around for a game and couldn't find one. I did find a local board game group, so I reached out and asked if I could see if there was any interest in a D&D game. Not surprisingly, there was good response. A little more enthusiastic than I anticipated honestly.
Anyway, we have a "session -1/2" (basically a little less formal even than a session 0). A Facebook group chat was made for the game group and I agreed to host at my home.
That was two days ago, today someone from the initial message traffic, but who didn't show up for the meetup DM'd me to discuss their PC concept. They were like, "I want to play a dinosaur." They then went on to explain they had never played D&D but just wanted to expand this concept.
I offered to accept an existing saurial-esq race, which was promptly ignored and I was given a discussion about how they are from the video game world and want to be able to relate that experience into D&D (which I really don't understand the connection between video games and PC dinosaurs, so that was a bit weird in and of itself.)
So, anyway, I have nothing against this individual, but I'm not going to be the DM for the game they are looking for and I'm concerned that even if I was that DM, it would be disruptive to the other players. So, how do I say, "no"?