Its a new campaign and your DM offers you the following options

[just__al]

same race.

But if the DM insisted on characters being all the same class, then I'd still have no problems playing in the campaign. I like challenges!

I played once in an all the same character campaign. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging at times. However, when I present the options to my group (we rotate DM's and my turn is coming up) I'm probably just going with same race (from a pool that doesn't include humans)

 

[Rika]

I'd have to say it'd depend on the situation. If the GM told us why and then gave us the choice. . . .

Anyway without more details I'd say same race.

We just finished a game in which all the characters were the same race and class. It was fun.

I know in some kinds of games that all the same class can be a problem. In our case though it made sense.

Beyond that I'm now in a game that's all elf. Not long ago we had a guest GM and all made halflings. THat was player driven though.

I think people get up in arms about this because either, they don't like the race/class or they don't like even the perception that the GM told them what to do.

That said I wouldn't be particularly happy about an all dwarf campaign, but I'd try it. Only with my current GM though.

 

[just__al]

I'd have to say it'd depend on the situation. If the GM told us why and then gave us the choice. . . .

Anyway without more details I'd say same race.

We just finished a game in which all the characters were the same race and class. It was fun.

I know in some kinds of games that all the same class can be a problem. In our case though it made sense.

Beyond that I'm now in a game that's all elf. Not long ago we had a guest GM and all made halflings. THat was player driven though.

I think people get up in arms about this because either, they don't like the race/class or they don't like even the perception that the GM told them what to do.

That said I wouldn't be particularly happy about an all dwarf campaign, but I'd try it. Only with my current GM though.

The why is a gaming experiment of sorts. The more and more I think about this though, I think I'm just going to have it be same non-human race.

I'd kill for the chance to play in a same class game again. I did it once and it was a lot of fun but the DM was the best DM I ever had the privelege to play under and the standard to which I inspire.

 

[FreeTheSlaves]

So, you would just not participate?

I would definitely want to participate in whatever campaign or session is in the making. Hmm, I just don't think that adventure concepts should be sprung on players without consultation. If we all agree to accept a surprise then so be it, but generally this attitude is for one offs.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

I just finished running an all wizard game it was alot of fun. We started the game at the beginning of the summer at level 7 and ended at level 10 at the end of the summer.

You could probably do an all clerics game pretty easily, since clerics are pretty good all around and very good at their specialties.

But I think playing an all halfling party could be alot of fun.

 

[Conaill]

you could also try "same country/king" (and have thm be soldiers/spies/etc), "same mercenary company" (with some kind of patron as their boss), "same village" (and have them have an active role/job in said village), "same situation" (all prisoners/slaves/pirates/merchants), or even "same goal"

An entire party with the same goal? That's crazy talk, that is!

 

[just__al]

I would definitely want to participate in whatever campaign or session is in the making. Hmm, I just don't think that adventure concepts should be sprung on players without consultation. If we all agree to accept a surprise then so be it, but generally this attitude is for one offs.

The thing is, I'm going to be presenting these options to the group a good month before the campaign starts. So it's not entirely a surprise.

I'm probably going with all the same race after reading the replies on this thread. I'm really surprised with the near hostile reaction the situation presented has generated.

 

[tensen]

All rogues, city based, they'll probably all be part of the same guild.
All elves, some remote elven land...

Currently on hiatus from an all elf campaign... wilderness elves to be exact... based out of Green Ronin's sourcebook. Lots of fun to be on the other side of dealing with human/elf relations.

 

[just__al]

Currently on hiatus from an all elf campaign... wilderness elves to be exact... based out of Green Ronin's sourcebook. Lots of fun to be on the other side of dealing with human/elf relations.

Could you hit on a few bullet points of the campaign?

 

[JoeGKushner]

Same race.

Same class would be too annoying even though D&D allows the niche classes to have further niches. Might be interesting in an all range campaign for example with some going missile and others melee, not counting third party options.