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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 9712793" data-attributes="member: 205">Because the point of a setting is to be a set of tools for players to use to support themes and modes of play.There are plenty of races and classes I don't care for, aesthetically.  I don't typically weave them into play as NPCs or background info if I don't like them.  But I'm not going to stop a player from choosing them if that's what they have an interest in.  At the same time, if the DM says there's important setting rationales for why this setting doesn't have elves, as an example, then I'm not going to be like "But I really want to play an elf!"As I've said before, the most important thing is for both players and DMs to attempt to be accommodating; your own personal aesthetic concerns should not be of primary importance.  As a DM, you should only restrict options if it's of vital importance to a play concept you're introducing.  As a player, you should accept that if a DM is being restrictive, it's because it's very necessary.</blockquote>