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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8179364" data-attributes="member: 7635">I have a feeling that you somehow missed me in the thread on exotic fantasy races. I'm cool with a lot of options. I'm not cool with anything goes. There are expectations that my players know, and one of them is certain rare options might be a one per campaign deal, subject to whomever asked first or whoever is agreed upon. So, if Bob, Susie, John, and Pedro get together for session zero, they know I'm going to OK exactly one aarakroca PC so they can either hash it out, Bob can call dibs on it first, or they can roshambo for it for all I care. One aarakroca. And Bob is going to have to have a cool idea, I do ask for a brief idea of what you are going to play so I can make them work into the game and if your idea is &quot;lulz 50 fly speed&quot; then you might lose out to Susie who actually HAS an idea for a character, not a toon.I find that some mild expectations and quality control makes everything move smooth. It's not the tyranny of the DM, but I do feel a healthy discussion and compromise between DM and Player is important. Making PCs work with the setting, the style and tone all help in the long run.So yeah, only one aarakroca. Pick one of the 30 other races or subraces and you can be the aarakroca next time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8179364, member: 7635"] I have a feeling that you somehow missed me in the thread on exotic fantasy races. I'm cool with a lot of options. I'm not cool with anything goes. There are expectations that my players know, and one of them is certain rare options might be a one per campaign deal, subject to whomever asked first or whoever is agreed upon. So, if Bob, Susie, John, and Pedro get together for session zero, they know I'm going to OK exactly one aarakroca PC so they can either hash it out, Bob can call dibs on it first, or they can roshambo for it for all I care. One aarakroca. And Bob is going to have to have a cool idea, I do ask for a brief idea of what you are going to play so I can make them work into the game and if your idea is "lulz 50 fly speed" then you might lose out to Susie who actually HAS an idea for a character, not a toon. I find that some mild expectations and quality control makes everything move smooth. It's not the tyranny of the DM, but I do feel a healthy discussion and compromise between DM and Player is important. Making PCs work with the setting, the style and tone all help in the long run. So yeah, only one aarakroca. Pick one of the 30 other races or subraces and you can be the aarakroca next time. [/QUOTE]

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