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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9709584" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Reasons for a DM not to allow tieflings<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fiends don't exist in this campaign world.  No fiends, no tieflings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fiends do exist and they are a constant threat, anything that looks like a fiend is not going to survive long*.  Even if they do it would be logical that they would face fear (and therefore discrimination) everywhere they go and the DM doesn't want to deal with it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tieflings were not on the list of allowed species on the invite (with a couple variations)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is a bit of a test.  You knew when you were invited what the restrictions were, there are still plenty of other options.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DM runs a persistent world, runs for multiple groups, keeps things consistent across groups. If a tiefling is allowed then there will always be tieflings, if there is a tiefling there is no reason to not have any other random species.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DM just doesn't like them<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They don't like the mechanical benefits</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They feel that people that people who want to play them tend to want to play "edgy" characters that end up being "annoying" characters.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DM doesn't have to give a reason if they don't feel like it.  It's their game.</li> </ul>Now, I'm not saying I personally believe any of these** but I would accept any of them because it's my choice to join their campaign.*I'm not saying this is a good attitude to have, I can see it being realistic**If it's my main campaign world it's persistent and I decided on the allowed species decades ago and, depending on the region, there have been within living memory invasions from fiends.</blockquote>

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