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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6527349" data-attributes="member: 13009"><p>That is what I am saying. There are only 2 default methods of generating ability scores, and 1 variant. Anything else is not talked about at all in the PHB. A look through the DMG and no I could not find a discussion on other alternate character ability score generation.</p><p></p><p>As to the gnome thing, the rules present all the races equally non are called out as variant rules, and it never suggests to run a campaign not using any of them. If the DM wants to not include gnomes in his game that is up to him but it would be the same as not including the Fighter class as a playable class, basically a house rule for his campaign.</p><p></p><p>Unless told otherwise way up front, any player should be able to assume he can play his dragonborn warlock in a campaign, as those are not called out as variant rules in the PHB. Now if he came to the table expecting to play a Winged Elf Ninja, a race and class he found online then that is out of line and kind of odd.</p><p></p><p>There are the rules as presented, published variants of those rules (like feats), and house rules. Not using some of the core published non variant items, is a house rule by omission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6527349, member: 13009"] That is what I am saying. There are only 2 default methods of generating ability scores, and 1 variant. Anything else is not talked about at all in the PHB. A look through the DMG and no I could not find a discussion on other alternate character ability score generation. As to the gnome thing, the rules present all the races equally non are called out as variant rules, and it never suggests to run a campaign not using any of them. If the DM wants to not include gnomes in his game that is up to him but it would be the same as not including the Fighter class as a playable class, basically a house rule for his campaign. Unless told otherwise way up front, any player should be able to assume he can play his dragonborn warlock in a campaign, as those are not called out as variant rules in the PHB. Now if he came to the table expecting to play a Winged Elf Ninja, a race and class he found online then that is out of line and kind of odd. There are the rules as presented, published variants of those rules (like feats), and house rules. Not using some of the core published non variant items, is a house rule by omission. [/QUOTE]
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