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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7540206" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>I've disallowed characters for a host of reasons, but "broken" hasn't been one of them (usually because I'll give anything a fair shake before calling it broken). This has caused several problems in other editions and RPGs (such as a character who would have the 5E equivalent of 30 AC and immune to automatic hits), but IME in 5E, "broken" characters really aren't that much more powerful than the average character, unless they try to abuse a vague area in the rules (where the DM can easily restrict such nonsense).</p><p></p><p>Of course, I am very careful to provide a campaign handout that gives the overall theme, concept, and expectations of the campaign, and thus characters. In a campaign based on the theme of Destiny, I informed a player that his character's background where the fates had determined she was "immune to destiny" was entirely unacceptable, causing the player to quit in a huff. In a 3E game, where the plan was classic, low magic adventure, one player built a character with the full intent of taking a prestige class that causes you to become a treant, and threw a hissy fit when told that prestige class was unavailable. I've had to explain (several times to some players) that various races, such as drow, 1/2 orcs, dragonborn, and teiflings are viewed as evil/monstrous by most people in my campaign, and are thus usually attacked on site, making them unplayable races.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7540206, member: 6775477"] I've disallowed characters for a host of reasons, but "broken" hasn't been one of them (usually because I'll give anything a fair shake before calling it broken). This has caused several problems in other editions and RPGs (such as a character who would have the 5E equivalent of 30 AC and immune to automatic hits), but IME in 5E, "broken" characters really aren't that much more powerful than the average character, unless they try to abuse a vague area in the rules (where the DM can easily restrict such nonsense). Of course, I am very careful to provide a campaign handout that gives the overall theme, concept, and expectations of the campaign, and thus characters. In a campaign based on the theme of Destiny, I informed a player that his character's background where the fates had determined she was "immune to destiny" was entirely unacceptable, causing the player to quit in a huff. In a 3E game, where the plan was classic, low magic adventure, one player built a character with the full intent of taking a prestige class that causes you to become a treant, and threw a hissy fit when told that prestige class was unavailable. I've had to explain (several times to some players) that various races, such as drow, 1/2 orcs, dragonborn, and teiflings are viewed as evil/monstrous by most people in my campaign, and are thus usually attacked on site, making them unplayable races. [/QUOTE]
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