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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5628836" data-attributes="member: 18701">No, the player doesn't have the right to do whatever he/she wants. Sorry, I disagree with that 100%. A player can't name a Dark Sun character (or pet) Darth Vader just because it's his character and he has the right to do so.The player has the right to do whatever he/she wants in the boundaries that a DM sets in the game that he runs (if that is the way he wants to run the game). I don't think I do anything unreasonable as a DM and I am actually very open to player choices. But I refuse to let a player make a mockery of the game. I may let a dumb name slip by here and there if it doesn't bother me too bad. But idiotic names are not allowed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a DM asking players not to use silly names.I was going to XP you, but apparently I already like the way you think and I'm supposed to spread it around. So I'll reply instead.I think about it the same way you do. Most of my friends are the same way, although I'm sure a few in my current group would be ok with silly names.I approach D&D with a certain expectation, especially when I DM. I see nothing wrong with restricting idiotic names if it means I get to keep the game from being more goofy than I want it to be.If someone criticizes me about this, that's perfectly fine. I just think it's amusing that I'm being criticized for it as if it makes me a bad DM. I already play a game of imagination. I'm not about to be even more childish by using childish names. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I honestly don't care what anyone thinks of me in regards to this. I see nothing wrong here. If you want to be childish in your game, that's great. If I was playing in that game, I probably wouldn't mind so much. But I don't care to run games like that.That I'm a grown man playing make believe? Or that I shouldn't DM cause I can't deal with all of the people? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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