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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 4643208" data-attributes="member: 5">Well, given your responses I think I need to suggest that you make every effort to compromise with your DM and, failing that, give in on more points than not if it means the game can go forward without continued strife.&nbsp; The fact that you are willing to post/talk about it leaves me thinking that you will have better luck being the one to give in on more points than hoping that the DM will change to your ideal of gaming.&nbsp; It can be a hard pill to swallow but the sooner the medicine is taken the sooner the health of the relationship can improve.To that end, I would suggest that you allow for anything on paper to be serious, and feel free to make your table jokes as you would otherwise.&nbsp; A pet wolf name Thunderfang on your character sheet but referred to in game as Loopy is less likely to put off the serious-minded DM than what you currently seem to do now, even though the result for you would essentially be unchanged.As to the background issues, the DM knows his world better than any and also the type of campaign he is trying to run.&nbsp; As said above by others, it might be that your background idea does not track with the DM's vision of his setting, the campaign or the growth of the party that he wishes the campaign scope to cover.&nbsp; He obviously listens to you and works with your suggestions, so you might want to leave it at that and see how the campiagn plays out.&nbsp; There are many DMs with much less interest in allowing any player input or even in having any background or RP points at all.&nbsp; Unless this DM has shown a pattern in the past of constantly disallowing any of your input at all, I'd say let that one go and let time prove you right or wrong.&nbsp; Your gaming options seem to steer you toward being patient and standing pat.Good luck and good gaming!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark, post: 4643208, member: 5"] Well, given your responses I think I need to suggest that you make every effort to compromise with your DM and, failing that, give in on more points than not if it means the game can go forward without continued strife. The fact that you are willing to post/talk about it leaves me thinking that you will have better luck being the one to give in on more points than hoping that the DM will change to your ideal of gaming. It can be a hard pill to swallow but the sooner the medicine is taken the sooner the health of the relationship can improve. To that end, I would suggest that you allow for anything on paper to be serious, and feel free to make your table jokes as you would otherwise. A pet wolf name Thunderfang on your character sheet but referred to in game as Loopy is less likely to put off the serious-minded DM than what you currently seem to do now, even though the result for you would essentially be unchanged. As to the background issues, the DM knows his world better than any and also the type of campaign he is trying to run. As said above by others, it might be that your background idea does not track with the DM's vision of his setting, the campaign or the growth of the party that he wishes the campaign scope to cover. He obviously listens to you and works with your suggestions, so you might want to leave it at that and see how the campiagn plays out. There are many DMs with much less interest in allowing any player input or even in having any background or RP points at all. Unless this DM has shown a pattern in the past of constantly disallowing any of your input at all, I'd say let that one go and let time prove you right or wrong. Your gaming options seem to steer you toward being patient and standing pat. Good luck and good gaming! [/QUOTE]

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