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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9137313" data-attributes="member: 7025282">I am in a very liberal play space most of the time—-people generally send characters to the DM before the game.&nbsp; We usually don’t have many restrictions.(I am no longer into evil characters really but we had whole “evil campaigns” in the past which we speak of fondly).This really came up for me as I DM more.&nbsp; For some Years I have worked on my “world” and I got closer to using it I had to ask myself:“Who is this for?”The answer is “us” but I realized a lot of what I would be happy to excise would be for “me.”&nbsp; I chose the middle path, I think.I don’t have cities full creature cantinas…but I assume there is weird stuff and maybe a weird city “somewhere.” As a result, you can take what race you want but you might be from a far away place.For religion which is essentially monotheistic, the various gods are seen as archons or patron saints that fall under the true god and serve him.&nbsp; “But I want to only follow Thor!”&nbsp; I got you, maybe.I have unconverted lands and areas controlled by babrbarian warlords.&nbsp; They may follow the old faiths alone.&nbsp; People in the converted areas might think u backward a bit but whatever.&nbsp; You’re still playing what u want.In the end I get to write and think more about “my world” while the player can take what they want.&nbsp; So far, so good.&nbsp; But I had to build in reasons and players should not expect a temple of Lathander or Thor though they may worship him as far wanderer.I have a system where I don’t feel beholden to published lore.But like a lot of people are saying it’s about buy in and expectations and the particular group.I am about to DM my kids…we got a kenku, a sentient orange and a goblin.&nbsp; I am running with it.&nbsp; And while I don’t want sentient fruit over running my cities, this particular produce is from a very remote village of produce people.I am not against restriction myself but unless it is super tied to a special flavor of campaign (all dwarves) it usually seems like it for the DM.&nbsp; The DM should get extra votes in my opinion…</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet-7, post: 9137313, member: 7025282"] I am in a very liberal play space most of the time—-people generally send characters to the DM before the game. We usually don’t have many restrictions. (I am no longer into evil characters really but we had whole “evil campaigns” in the past which we speak of fondly). This really came up for me as I DM more. For some Years I have worked on my “world” and I got closer to using it I had to ask myself: “Who is this for?” The answer is “us” but I realized a lot of what I would be happy to excise would be for “me.” I chose the middle path, I think. I don’t have cities full creature cantinas…but I assume there is weird stuff and maybe a weird city “somewhere.” As a result, you can take what race you want but you might be from a far away place. For religion which is essentially monotheistic, the various gods are seen as archons or patron saints that fall under the true god and serve him. “But I want to only follow Thor!” I got you, maybe. I have unconverted lands and areas controlled by babrbarian warlords. They may follow the old faiths alone. People in the converted areas might think u backward a bit but whatever. You’re still playing what u want. In the end I get to write and think more about “my world” while the player can take what they want. So far, so good. But I had to build in reasons and players should not expect a temple of Lathander or Thor though they may worship him as far wanderer. I have a system where I don’t feel beholden to published lore. But like a lot of people are saying it’s about buy in and expectations and the particular group. I am about to DM my kids…we got a kenku, a sentient orange and a goblin. I am running with it. And while I don’t want sentient fruit over running my cities, this particular produce is from a very remote village of produce people. I am not against restriction myself but unless it is super tied to a special flavor of campaign (all dwarves) it usually seems like it for the DM. The DM should get extra votes in my opinion… [/QUOTE]

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