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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7175085" data-attributes="member: 6801228">This might be kind of divergent, but the earlier talk of themes and denying options is the part of this discussion that just sticks out to me the most. I've been planning to run a game this fall where the players are shipwrecked on a deserted island and must survive with limited supplies and zero access to other people for the vast majority of the short campaign (college game so we go by semester). Obviously I need to tell my players what the campaign is going to be about, so they will know this information. In the spirit of keeping the themes of survival should I tell them that I am banning Bards, Druids, Outlanders, Totem Barbarians, and Rangers? Should I encourage any rogues to not take expertise in survival? Because all of these would make it much easier for them to survive in the forest on the island for an extended period of time. I mean, let's narrow this discussion down to a campaign specific discussion, because most settings only get used in one campaign and then people switch to another for a while. If you were planning a classic "escaped prisoners/slaves" game, where starting with zero weapons and armor is the point will you deny monks and barbarians at the table? Do you ban clerics and paladins in games featuring major undead themes?It seems to me, that your only telling people "sorry, you would shine in this game so I can't let you play that character." which seems kind of the worst reason to ban options for players.</blockquote>

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