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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8542394" data-attributes="member: 6790260">As a player, I prefer to have relatively wide latitude...even though I usually will end up playing one of a small set of options (dragonborn, half-elf, human, or half-orc, occasionally genasi, warforged, or eladrin/high elf). I find it more interesting as a player when there is variety in both races and classes in the world.As a DM, I have always favored a big tent. I find the best results always arise from players who are jazzed to play something, and in my experience, it is quite easy to tell the difference between "oh my gosh this is so COOL" and "oh my gosh this is so powerful."As a DM: Haven't really thought of it very much. Race doesn't come with stat bonuses in DW, and I would always work with a player to make sure their character reflects what story they're pursuing if we were using a system where it is more mechanically involved. What DW does have is racial moves, which usually tweak the basic rules of a class or of relevant baseline moves in the game overall. For example, I invented a new Shaman move for a player who wanted to play an owl-person in the original run of Jewel of the Desert, and when a player wanted to play a half-orc Ranger, he felt the existing half-elf move (which lets you take two roles during Undertake a Perilous Journey rather than just one like everyone else) was perfectly fine with him. (Said move also dovetailed with how orcs and half-orcs are more associated with the Nomad Tribes than the city-dwellers, so narratively it worked out nicely.) By working with my players I have tried to make these things meaningful to them, things that matter, but which don't mechanically fix them on a single path.As a player: Doesn't really bother me much either way, so long as I know what the DM is going for. My true preference is "there is variability, but common patterns exist for populations at large." In other words, PCs and other one-offs can diverge, perhaps strongly, but this is at least a little noteworthy. A cowardly and scrawny dragonborn sticks out a little. A burly, dim eladrin catches notice. That sort of thing.I don't normally play in heavily pre-figured settings, nor have I run them, so this is difficult to answer. However, as a general rule whether I am DM or player, I prefer to be open to possibilities. So, I guess what I'd say is, there's a presumption of nativeness (nativity?), but if I'm the DM and a player can sell me on an outsider, I'm game--and I'd like DMs to be likewise open to being sold on an outsider if it's something that appeals to me.Depends on what's being sought. My motto is, "Always support genuine player enthusiasm that is not abusive nor coercive." Is the player seeking an alternate setting version purely for a power boost? Ehhh...not super keen on that. Are they wanting to explore what it would be like for someone to be in a world where everything is familiar...and yet everything is alien at the same time? That sounds awesome, I'm game for that.So yeah. My overall preference is that things are pretty open, so long as both player and DM are acting in good faith; patterns exist but are sometimes broken; and if the player is genuinely (non-coercively, non-abusively) enthusiastic about a thing, the DM should do their utmost to support that, unless doing so is truly well beyond the pale. I very rarely say a hard no, and my players know not to ruthlessly exploit my generosity, and that's how I prefer DMs and players to relate to one another. Both sides gracious.</blockquote>

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