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<blockquote data-quote="Elephant" data-source="post: 2888009" data-attributes="member: 17431">Eh...I don't want to ramrod everyone into a one-size-fits-none ruleset.&nbsp; Besides, I fully intend to run a much more liberal campaign when I have more DM XP under my belt.&nbsp; I'm bothered by the fact that no one complained that my rules were too restrictive until FOUR SESSIONS INTO THE CAMPAIGN.&nbsp; And then it only came up because I didn't want the player's existing life character to simply disappear in favor of a new one.&nbsp; I put a fair amount of work in trying to get the party together, assuming that it makes for a better game experience that random people don't just appear and disappear from the party roster.&nbsp; Then I have that work spit upon?&nbsp; No, thanks!Ouch.&nbsp; Yeah, it's an authority/respect issue.&nbsp; I feel like, if I'm going to run this game, I need the respect of the players in that they'll openly say &quot;That rule bothers me, can we go with this alternative?&quot; rather than try to undermine and steamroll me into just letting them have whatever.I'll start chatting with the rest of the group about the rules more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elephant, post: 2888009, member: 17431"] Eh...I don't want to ramrod everyone into a one-size-fits-none ruleset. Besides, I fully intend to run a much more liberal campaign when I have more DM XP under my belt. I'm bothered by the fact that no one complained that my rules were too restrictive until FOUR SESSIONS INTO THE CAMPAIGN. And then it only came up because I didn't want the player's existing life character to simply disappear in favor of a new one. I put a fair amount of work in trying to get the party together, assuming that it makes for a better game experience that random people don't just appear and disappear from the party roster. Then I have that work spit upon? No, thanks! Ouch. Yeah, it's an authority/respect issue. I feel like, if I'm going to run this game, I need the respect of the players in that they'll openly say "That rule bothers me, can we go with this alternative?" rather than try to undermine and steamroll me into just letting them have whatever. I'll start chatting with the rest of the group about the rules more. [/QUOTE]

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