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<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 9675374" data-attributes="member: 1008">If my intention was to run a game about Vikings, and not about visitors to Norway hanging out with Vikings, I would most likely be disinclined to allow someone from southern Europe, Africa or the like. Whether I ultimately would or wouldn't would depend on all the specifics, who's asking, why and what the other players are doing. The fact that, &quot;In theory, such a person might have been there&quot; is not reason enough for me to just say &quot;Yes&quot;.I would be far more inclined to go with it if this player was the only one with a non-standard concept. I mentioned earlier in the thread an actual example that was given to me by GM who went to run a Viking game, and the players came back with concepts for an English monk, a European adventurer, a north African trader, etc. None of them actually wanted to play a Viking. This example was exactly what I was thinking of when I mentioned catgirls all the way down. Plenty of players want something special and unique but sometimes that just doesn't work. If no one wants to play a Viking, then cool, I won't be running a Viking game. But I'm not going to go ahead with the Viking game that has few or no actual Vikings. I would ask the players to either get on board with the game I pitched and that they agreed to play, or I'd go back to the drawing board.On the other hand, if my pitch had been, &quot;Asterisk, but in Denmark instead of Gaul, go crazy!&quot; a mix of characters types from all over the place would probably work much better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 9675374, member: 1008"] If my intention was to run a game about Vikings, and not about visitors to Norway hanging out with Vikings, I would most likely be disinclined to allow someone from southern Europe, Africa or the like. Whether I ultimately would or wouldn't would depend on all the specifics, who's asking, why and what the other players are doing. The fact that, "In theory, such a person might have been there" is not reason enough for me to just say "Yes". I would be far more inclined to go with it if this player was the only one with a non-standard concept. I mentioned earlier in the thread an actual example that was given to me by GM who went to run a Viking game, and the players came back with concepts for an English monk, a European adventurer, a north African trader, etc. None of them actually wanted to play a Viking. This example was exactly what I was thinking of when I mentioned catgirls all the way down. Plenty of players want something special and unique but sometimes that just doesn't work. If no one wants to play a Viking, then cool, I won't be running a Viking game. But I'm not going to go ahead with the Viking game that has few or no actual Vikings. I would ask the players to either get on board with the game I pitched and that they agreed to play, or I'd go back to the drawing board. On the other hand, if my pitch had been, "Asterisk, but in Denmark instead of Gaul, go crazy!" a mix of characters types from all over the place would probably work much better. [/QUOTE]

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