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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5889653" data-attributes="member: 58197">I don't worry about justifying that stuff either, and my players don't react with &quot;That's not fair, I want that ability!&quot; because they aren't three-year-olds. Are you a fire elemental dragon? No? Is &quot;fire elemental dragon&quot; a PC race? No? Then why the heck would you think you could get that ability? For abilities of non-playable monsters, this is an incredibly silly complaint.Now, my players do sometimes encounter NPCs of playable races with cool abilities that they want, without any obvious reason why their PCs couldn't learn them. They still don't react with &quot;That's not fair, I want that ability,&quot; however. They react with &quot;Whoa. That's a cool ability. I'm going to look around for anything that might give me a clue to how she did that.&quot; At that point, I pause and consider where the NPC might have gotten the ability in question. PCs who put in a little effort to investigate will either find a reason why they can't master the ability in question (it takes sixty years of study, you have to be born under a certain star on a certain year, you have to sell your soul to Orcus at which point a demon takes control of your body, et cetera); or they will find an adventure hook leading to a homebrewed feat, power, or what have you. However, if no PC ever investigates where the NPC got the ability, I don't have to think about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5889653, member: 58197"] I don't worry about justifying that stuff either, and my players don't react with "That's not fair, I want that ability!" because they aren't three-year-olds. Are you a fire elemental dragon? No? Is "fire elemental dragon" a PC race? No? Then why the heck would you think you could get that ability? For abilities of non-playable monsters, this is an incredibly silly complaint. Now, my players do sometimes encounter NPCs of playable races with cool abilities that they want, without any obvious reason why their PCs couldn't learn them. They still don't react with "That's not fair, I want that ability," however. They react with "Whoa. That's a cool ability. I'm going to look around for anything that might give me a clue to how she did that." At that point, I pause and consider where the NPC might have gotten the ability in question. PCs who put in a little effort to investigate will either find a reason why they can't master the ability in question (it takes sixty years of study, you have to be born under a certain star on a certain year, you have to sell your soul to Orcus at which point a demon takes control of your body, et cetera); or they will find an adventure hook leading to a homebrewed feat, power, or what have you. However, if no PC ever investigates where the NPC got the ability, I don't have to think about it. [/QUOTE]

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