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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5806433" data-attributes="member: 40398">Do you typically DM and/or play in kitchen sink settings, or limited settings? That is, is your group’s setting one where any PC race and class is pre-approved or are certain options just not available? Which do you prefer?*(Maybe it depends whether you’re DMing or playing. If so, which is which?)*I’m ignoring restrictions due to imbalance, because I figure most reasonable DMs occasionally ban unbalanced stuff to head off potential headaches. If you like kitchen sink settings, feel free to answer any or all of these follow-ups:How far is too far? When does it go from a kitchen sink to “What are we playing, again?”Is the kitchen sink any less acceptable if someone plays a character that went Too Far? (“Dude you’re playing a...pixie?”)Do you homebrew even more options, or beg your DM to? (“I want to play an X, but it’s not published!”) If you like limited settings, feel free to answer any or all of these follow-ups:Does it matter whether the restrictions stem from DM fiat (“I just don’t like sorcerers”), from setting themes (“The gods have abandoned Athas, so no divine PCs”), or from print origin (“Nothing from the Essentials books”)?If you like strongly thematic settings, is such a setting any less acceptable if your favorite races or classes aren’t part of the theme?What about strongly thematic settings that naturally foster a kitchen sink attitude, like Planescape?PS: Yeah, my poll sucks. It’s just for your button-pushing satisfaction.</blockquote>

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