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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 8025905" data-attributes="member: 8863">It depends on WHY the player wants to play something odd.&nbsp; If you've got the guy that has to play oddballs that's one thing.&nbsp; But he'd better have a good reason why he's playing that.&nbsp; Or if the whole group wants to play stuff that isn't native to the region, they need to have a reason for why they came together.&nbsp; If I'm doing Planescape, sure anything goes, but if the starting area for the campaign looks more like Bree they'd better have a good reason that makes sense.And then there's min-maxers. Min maxers only look at scores and abilities that come out to the biggest possible bonuses, and flavor means jack unless you got a really devious min-maxer who uses it as an end run around the DM.&nbsp; I'm coming from a 3e PoV so you'd better believe there's stuff like whisper gnomes or lesser planetouched that will never see the light of day in my game because they're broken.&nbsp; That's a DM maintaining game balance, not a stomp on the players.He'd be at home in Serraine with those gnomes buzzing around in biplanes I think.Farrow I'd count as Planescape though, and it's doubtful Shemeshka wants him sightseeing back home when she has a hard time controlling him in the first place. And if the githyanki can bust into Athas, Mystara should be a piece of cake.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 8025905, member: 8863"] It depends on WHY the player wants to play something odd. If you've got the guy that has to play oddballs that's one thing. But he'd better have a good reason why he's playing that. Or if the whole group wants to play stuff that isn't native to the region, they need to have a reason for why they came together. If I'm doing Planescape, sure anything goes, but if the starting area for the campaign looks more like Bree they'd better have a good reason that makes sense. And then there's min-maxers. Min maxers only look at scores and abilities that come out to the biggest possible bonuses, and flavor means jack unless you got a really devious min-maxer who uses it as an end run around the DM. I'm coming from a 3e PoV so you'd better believe there's stuff like whisper gnomes or lesser planetouched that will never see the light of day in my game because they're broken. That's a DM maintaining game balance, not a stomp on the players. He'd be at home in Serraine with those gnomes buzzing around in biplanes I think. Farrow I'd count as Planescape though, and it's doubtful Shemeshka wants him sightseeing back home when she has a hard time controlling him in the first place. And if the githyanki can bust into Athas, Mystara should be a piece of cake. [/QUOTE]

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