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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 565875" data-attributes="member: 1194">Daniel - good approach, but I have a better one in that instance:Have the DM list the things he doesn't like about the rules IN HIS WORLD right from the get-go.Players can only work within the parameters that the DM allows them to.I'm not referring to instances where one PC dominates combat with a tactic, decreasing the fun for everyone, therefore the DM must step in.I'm referring to instances where a PC is just good at something.Better at something than someone else *gasp*, or maybe even bettere than his NPC's or monsters.Too many DM's knee-jerk want to stop a PC from being good at something, not to save the 'campaign balance', but (effectively) to not allow a PC to shine.And in your well-written example, it is that DM's responsibility to state his rules limitations during character creation. Not on an ongoing, player-denying, arbitrary knee-jerk basis.It's not like the players can hide things about their character's : it's all on the character sheet - hell, if a DM asked, I personally would connect the dots and tell the DM exactly everything about the character, so that he doesn't spring surprise nerfs from the woodwork.</blockquote>