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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8179455" data-attributes="member: 29398">Yeah, to me this would be a potential issue as well; for a few reasons:--- it would be far too easy for a DM to play favourites.&nbsp; Silly example: &quot;Susan, you brought beer to roll-up night, which means you get to be the game's only Paladin!&nbsp; Sorry, Bob, you're out o' luck.&quot;--- it puts later-arriving players joining a campaign at something of a disadvantage by limiting their range of options--- it could cause hard feelings among players if two or more legitimately want to play a similar rare concept.This is why I tend more towards gating things behind random dice rolls where both I and the players have to live with the results.&nbsp; For example, Gnomes are not a chooseable race in my current game (largely due to my own preference!) but they're on the random-race table; and if the dice suddenly decide to put three of the little buggers in the party then so be it.Dice, when rolled honestly, don't play any favourites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8179455, member: 29398"] Yeah, to me this would be a potential issue as well; for a few reasons: --- it would be far too easy for a DM to play favourites. Silly example: "Susan, you brought beer to roll-up night, which means you get to be the game's only Paladin! Sorry, Bob, you're out o' luck." --- it puts later-arriving players joining a campaign at something of a disadvantage by limiting their range of options --- it could cause hard feelings among players if two or more legitimately want to play a similar rare concept. This is why I tend more towards gating things behind random dice rolls where both I and the players have to live with the results. For example, Gnomes are not a chooseable race in my current game (largely due to my own preference!) but they're on the random-race table; and if the dice suddenly decide to put three of the little buggers in the party then so be it. Dice, when rolled honestly, don't play any favourites. [/QUOTE]

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