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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9739023" data-attributes="member: 7006">If you want to give your players a modicum of autonomy, that's perfectly fine!&nbsp; But don't then complain that the book is written in such a way that they are stuck with a background they don't want because there's no &quot;custom option&quot; and you as the DM don't want to help them because you &quot;need a break&quot; from weighing in on character decisions.It is impossible for WotC to write rules that are going to satisfy all 100% of players and DMs.&nbsp; They are occasionally going to put things in that a DM or a player won't like or won't want to use.&nbsp; Which means either those players and DMs deal with it and play unhappily... or they decide to get off their duffs and actually work a little bit to make the game turn out the way they want.&nbsp; If it's me... I make the changes I want to the game to make the game the way I want it.&nbsp; Because the whole 'Lazy DM' trope... while cute... is not something everyone should really be taking to heart with every single facet of their game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9739023, member: 7006"] If you want to give your players a modicum of autonomy, that's perfectly fine! But don't then complain that the book is written in such a way that they are stuck with a background they don't want because there's no "custom option" and you as the DM don't want to help them because you "need a break" from weighing in on character decisions. It is impossible for WotC to write rules that are going to satisfy all 100% of players and DMs. They are occasionally going to put things in that a DM or a player won't like or won't want to use. Which means either those players and DMs deal with it and play unhappily... or they decide to get off their duffs and actually work a little bit to make the game turn out the way they want. If it's me... I make the changes I want to the game to make the game the way I want it. Because the whole 'Lazy DM' trope... while cute... is not something everyone should really be taking to heart with every single facet of their game. [/QUOTE]

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