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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sound of Azure" data-source="post: 2960623" data-attributes="member: 40749">LukelightningI should clarify that I'm not completely against specialisation, and recognise I have my own tendencies in character selections. However, I do enjoy playing something a little different from time to time, just to see how it works, and challenge my perceptions. If I implied it's wrong/badfun I didn't mean to.A good point on personality types... another thing I had not considered.I strongly suspect I am over-reacting to the whole thing, and that players ought to play what they like and enjoy.What I'm suggesting though, is to challenge their ingrained ideas, and perhaps expand what it is they enjoy. There's nothing wrong with any of their niches (though Elves, Dwarves, Kobolds and Ninjas may not belong in every setting), indeed I like all of those things. It seems like a shame (to me) to miss out on things due to habit, not just preference.It'd be really cool to hear one of these guys to say how much they enjoyed playing Y or Z, instead of X, or how it was interesting to try Y for a change (though they'll go back to X next time).The other part of it is when I am playing, not DMing. Quite often I end up needing to work out what my PCs are based on these players' preferences. If I play a Wizard, Mr Wizard will often tell me how I'm selecting spells badly, if I even get to play one at all (I prefer not to specialise the partyy too much). Meanwhile, the Druid player stares daggers in my back for supporting someone else's niche. It's kind of disconcerting!There's been a lot of arguments over their individual niches of late, and the players who favour multiple ideas are getting a little tired of it, thus spawning this thread.On the plus side, these players are very good at what they do, which is a definite bonus!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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