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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5099642" data-attributes="member: 3400">Tough noogies? I don't think so. The Shaman's answer was an alternative to your loaded examples. It's not necessarily either choice you presented.Whether or not a character should be able to display their concept more than once a blue moon depends on the concept. Sometimes there are concepts that don't lend themselves to frequent appearances.But I will also say that the ability of a sandbox game to allow players to determine for themselves how and when to play up to their concepts is one of its strengths. But even then, concepts that don't work within the party may still be difficult to pull off without gaining the agreement of the other players.For concepts that aren't well-tuned to certain aspects of adventuring, like being a mounted warrior in a dungeon delve or scaling the Cliffs of Insanity or being a fire mage in a campaign against the fire giant invasion, I would expect the player with the limited concept to show some initiative in finding ways to use their concept. And, when reasonable, I'd do what I can to accommodate them. I'd expect the mounted warrior to seek out tournaments, to advise the party to travel overland to places rather than teleport when the magic becomes available, to spend the money necessary to pay for transporting his mount in the hold of a ship, or trying to get ahold of a stone horse or other compatible magical means of getting a mount under his butt that's easier to manage.But as we keep pointing out, usually the situation isn't that stark. And if the DM tells the players what the campaign will generally cover and the player disregards it in favor of his concept, then ultimately them's the breaks. They went with their concept eyes wide open so to speak.I'm not going to blatantly disallow a players choices if they're using resources I've approved (resources like the Book of 9 Swords that I don't approve is another matter), I'll just tell them what they can expect and leave the choice up to them. Managing their own frustration is ultimately their own responsibility.</blockquote>

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