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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 9828445" data-attributes="member: 1008">Yeah, I think that from a player's perspective as well, if one player is looking to subvert the expectations of a game from the way it was originally pitched, I'd start worrying. Is this player looking to make the game about them? Was the GM's pitch actually a fair representation of what the game is about? (I thought this was Archer-era first contact stuff, but there's a Klingon on the crew? How does that even work?) I would like to think that if a GM pitched first contact Star Trek and I agreed to this, they would set to right any players who aren't proposing characters in line with the game I signed up for.If I'm in a War of the Lance era game, then I expect to be fighting draconians, not adventuring with them. If it turns out there's a draconian in the party, then I have to start assuming the campaign is likely to be about this draconian. I'd probably be OK with this, but it would be handy to know up front so I can design my character with this in mind, and I would certainly understand if some players feel differently and feel as if a bit of a bait-and-switch has occurred. I have one player who is a huge DL fan, but has never gamed in the setting. I'm sure he'd live with a "draconians among us" game as better than nothing, but I'm pretty sure that he would prefer to experience something a bit "purer" first, if at all possible.</blockquote>