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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8405471" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>So, you’re a player. When you go to make your character you want the full range of options available to you so that you can make whatever you want to play. That’s freedom of choice that you enjoy. And when the DM says no flying races, no multiclassing, no variant humans, no outlander background, no feats, or bans certain feats...it feels like your choices are restricted. Like you’ve lost some freedom of choice. Even if you weren’t going to use the stuff the DM banned, it still feels like less choice. Because it is.</p><p></p><p>But now try to use a tad bit of empathy and recognize that the DM feels exactly the same way when their choices are limited by PC choices.</p><p></p><p>And when the players object to choices being removed, I imagine the DM could make much the same argument as you have. “The players’ precious character choices.” But that’s not a great argument. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, this aspect of the game really is zero sum. The more choices the players have, the fewer choices the DM has. The more choices the DM has, the fewer choices the players have.</p><p></p><p>I get that, as a player, you want infinite choices and all the skip buttons, but that means exponentially more work for the DM to prepare something that will actually challenge the party. I guess you could simply not care how much work that is. But then it’s having fun at the expense of the DM rather than in collaboration with the DM. “I get to do whatever I want and the DM just has to deal with it.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8405471, member: 86653"] So, you’re a player. When you go to make your character you want the full range of options available to you so that you can make whatever you want to play. That’s freedom of choice that you enjoy. And when the DM says no flying races, no multiclassing, no variant humans, no outlander background, no feats, or bans certain feats...it feels like your choices are restricted. Like you’ve lost some freedom of choice. Even if you weren’t going to use the stuff the DM banned, it still feels like less choice. Because it is. But now try to use a tad bit of empathy and recognize that the DM feels exactly the same way when their choices are limited by PC choices. And when the players object to choices being removed, I imagine the DM could make much the same argument as you have. “The players’ precious character choices.” But that’s not a great argument. Unfortunately, this aspect of the game really is zero sum. The more choices the players have, the fewer choices the DM has. The more choices the DM has, the fewer choices the players have. I get that, as a player, you want infinite choices and all the skip buttons, but that means exponentially more work for the DM to prepare something that will actually challenge the party. I guess you could simply not care how much work that is. But then it’s having fun at the expense of the DM rather than in collaboration with the DM. “I get to do whatever I want and the DM just has to deal with it.” [/QUOTE]
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