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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6603997" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Fair point.&nbsp; Mind a fair answer?First, our game is on hiatus at the moment and will be for three more weeks.Second, I'm not the DM.&nbsp; At least, not at the moment.&nbsp; We trade that duty around.So in that sense, I have plenty of time, and no &quot;story building&quot; duties to speak of.What story duties I do have involve planning an adventure to dovetail into our current one and move the grand plot forward.&nbsp; And that may or may not invo9lve dealing with the inevitable conflict between the Cleric of Taiia and our Paladin of Dagda (Celtic deity.)I had the opportunity to explain to our problem player that he doesn't get to rationalize how his deity will let him be her &quot;champion&quot; without ever actually championing her cause.&nbsp; The DM(s) run the gods, not the players.&nbsp; Players can and should make suggestions and come to an understanding with the DMs about what works and what doesn't, but simply deciding that the goddess will overlook transgressions isn't the way it works.I pointed out that he selected a Deities and Demigods deity based on powers and domains, and ignored our campaign standard of &quot;Classic, historical religions of Europe, Africa and Asia.&quot;&nbsp; Now that he's made that choice, and doubled down on it with Pious Templar, he kind of has to live with it.Don't know if I got through.&nbsp; We'll see.&nbsp; It's an ongoing conversation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6603997, member: 6669384"] Fair point. Mind a fair answer? First, our game is on hiatus at the moment and will be for three more weeks. Second, I'm not the DM. At least, not at the moment. We trade that duty around. So in that sense, I have plenty of time, and no "story building" duties to speak of. What story duties I do have involve planning an adventure to dovetail into our current one and move the grand plot forward. And that may or may not invo9lve dealing with the inevitable conflict between the Cleric of Taiia and our Paladin of Dagda (Celtic deity.) I had the opportunity to explain to our problem player that he doesn't get to rationalize how his deity will let him be her "champion" without ever actually championing her cause. The DM(s) run the gods, not the players. Players can and should make suggestions and come to an understanding with the DMs about what works and what doesn't, but simply deciding that the goddess will overlook transgressions isn't the way it works. I pointed out that he selected a Deities and Demigods deity based on powers and domains, and ignored our campaign standard of "Classic, historical religions of Europe, Africa and Asia." Now that he's made that choice, and doubled down on it with Pious Templar, he kind of has to live with it. Don't know if I got through. We'll see. It's an ongoing conversation. [/QUOTE]

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