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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8026185" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Again, should we just assume that is the case? I'm not saying such people don't exist, but it seems like every time this topic comes up it is the player who doesn't want to play a human/dwarf/elf/halfling that is the problem. They are attention hogs who don't care or min-maxxers who don't care or.... it is endless. </p><p></p><p></p><p>An earlier poster pointed out, there is nothing about gothic horror that prevents a cat person from being involved. The horror is coming from the actions being taken and their descriptions, not from the players staring across the table a cat. Also, the Mist very specifically is supposed to take people from across the multiverse, so, logically there is no reason it couldn't take a tabaxi. </p><p></p><p>Why is that player a problem who wants to be a snowflake, when they fit the story being told?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, in real world anywhere a giant talking cat would get an extreme reaction. </p><p></p><p>In fantasy Victorian England where people from across the multiverse have been pulled by dark powers and eaten by monsters in the dark for centuries? </p><p></p><p>Somehow I don't think it is that strange they might have seen worse, upon occassion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And now we are back at the DM compromising his vision. Again. </p><p></p><p>In my earlier example, somewhat riffing off the idea that "if even one players suspension of disbelief" was ruined that the character was not ok, I specifically didn't bring the DM into. They were neutral to the whole affair. </p><p></p><p>So, what if the DM isn't compromising his vision. What if he is fine with a Dragonborn Paladin because he wants to do some cool things with that. But another player starts going on about how Dragonborn make no sense in the setting. Is the Dragonborn player still the problem? </p><p></p><p>And, when you have townsfolk view the Tabaxi with suspicion and possibly hostility, do you make any consideration about the rest of the party? By that I mean, if elves and dwarves and halflings are all okay, and you have say A Human Cleric of the Goddess of Light, a Dwarven Paladin and an Elven Ranger whose people have helped the village in the past walking into town with a cat person... the townsfolk might be a little weirded out by a cat person, but they've got two divine forces of good and a local hero with them, so he can't be that bad.</p><p></p><p>In my experience, no, each party member is treated as a distinct unit, as though they are traveling alone and just happen to be sitting next to a local legend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8026185, member: 6801228"] Again, should we just assume that is the case? I'm not saying such people don't exist, but it seems like every time this topic comes up it is the player who doesn't want to play a human/dwarf/elf/halfling that is the problem. They are attention hogs who don't care or min-maxxers who don't care or.... it is endless. An earlier poster pointed out, there is nothing about gothic horror that prevents a cat person from being involved. The horror is coming from the actions being taken and their descriptions, not from the players staring across the table a cat. Also, the Mist very specifically is supposed to take people from across the multiverse, so, logically there is no reason it couldn't take a tabaxi. Why is that player a problem who wants to be a snowflake, when they fit the story being told? Sure, in real world anywhere a giant talking cat would get an extreme reaction. In fantasy Victorian England where people from across the multiverse have been pulled by dark powers and eaten by monsters in the dark for centuries? Somehow I don't think it is that strange they might have seen worse, upon occassion. And now we are back at the DM compromising his vision. Again. In my earlier example, somewhat riffing off the idea that "if even one players suspension of disbelief" was ruined that the character was not ok, I specifically didn't bring the DM into. They were neutral to the whole affair. So, what if the DM isn't compromising his vision. What if he is fine with a Dragonborn Paladin because he wants to do some cool things with that. But another player starts going on about how Dragonborn make no sense in the setting. Is the Dragonborn player still the problem? And, when you have townsfolk view the Tabaxi with suspicion and possibly hostility, do you make any consideration about the rest of the party? By that I mean, if elves and dwarves and halflings are all okay, and you have say A Human Cleric of the Goddess of Light, a Dwarven Paladin and an Elven Ranger whose people have helped the village in the past walking into town with a cat person... the townsfolk might be a little weirded out by a cat person, but they've got two divine forces of good and a local hero with them, so he can't be that bad. In my experience, no, each party member is treated as a distinct unit, as though they are traveling alone and just happen to be sitting next to a local legend. [/QUOTE]
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