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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1211245" data-attributes="member: 5100">Agreed.  The history doesn't sound too power-hungry.  To say that "she made the party beg" may be a bit of an overstatement.  "Stew for a while" could be an hour rather than days, and an hour is a perfectly acceptable amount of time to figure out if you need to run from these people or let them out.   It also sounds like this player is just clueless about what characters at that power level can do.  One Teleport spell, and the Wizard is out.  I'd say the player is just enthusiastic and green.  See if she's flexible in her history and work with her.  If she isn't, then you can get upset. Like others have said, though, the DM is the one at fault.  He never should have accepted that history as it stands.  If we give him the benefit of the doubt (which is reasonable), then these histories are tentative and meant to spark discussion.  If that doubt is proven wrong, then I'm not sure your DM is up to the task of this game.  Still, everyone makes mistakes.  See how he reacts. Hey, I've got 20 years of almost continuous GMing under my belt and I make some pretty dumb mistakes.  That said, even having played/DMed 3E since the first week it came out, I'd be very hesitant to start a campaign at epic levels.  There are just too many "butterfly wings" that can cause hurricanes at that level.</blockquote>