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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 3039650" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>In our Eberron game I just leveled I am playing a ranger/sorcerer. I want a cat familiar. I duscussed this with the DM and he told me that he does not just let a player choose a familiar he rolls to see what you summon. There is a chance that you can roll and get nothing.</p><p></p><p>I know this is a hold over from Ad&D and to be honest I am not really crazy about this idea at all.</p><p></p><p>When I discussed it with him his argument was that it really did not impact that character that much on what type of familiar you got and that if you didn't get one it was not the same as losing a feat.</p><p></p><p>I feel very differently I think the different abilities a familiar gives you is one reason for choosing them. It is also a class ability so taking it away is taking something away from the class. I feel that it should be the player who gets to choose if they want to use this class ability not the DM.</p><p></p><p>Am I wrong in feeling like this is such a major thing and its impact on my character?</p><p></p><p>Then there is the entire sorcerer spell issue. He feels that since a sorcerer's magic comes within and is not learned that it should not be in the control of the sorcerer. Especially since it is manifesting after first level.</p><p></p><p>He is really big into role playing out character development. He does not allow in his game for example to take a level in wizard unless you have role played out studing to be a wizard.</p><p></p><p>So how he wants to do sorcerer spells is that we roll on dice to see what school my character is most favorable to and then from the top two schools roll randomly what spells I know.</p><p></p><p>I really hate this a lot. I am going for an arcane archer type and I wanted to take spells that would help with that things like true strike. </p><p></p><p>When I discussed this with him he told me that he thought I was a role player. I am always saying that role play is more important to me than roll play. </p><p></p><p>I am a role player and I will choose role playing over roll playing I am not a powergamer who has to have the most powerful player but I also like to play a character that is some what good at what they have chossen to do.</p><p></p><p>Normally I love playing with this DM I never played in a DnD game that he had DMed but I have played with him DMing a Shadowrun for over 8 years and I learned to play Ad&D at a game that he was in. He and another player were the one who taught me how to play.</p><p></p><p>I just don't know how to apporach him and convince him that this is not just powergaimg concerns that I really feel that these two apporaches can really handicap my character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 3039650, member: 9037"] In our Eberron game I just leveled I am playing a ranger/sorcerer. I want a cat familiar. I duscussed this with the DM and he told me that he does not just let a player choose a familiar he rolls to see what you summon. There is a chance that you can roll and get nothing. I know this is a hold over from Ad&D and to be honest I am not really crazy about this idea at all. When I discussed it with him his argument was that it really did not impact that character that much on what type of familiar you got and that if you didn't get one it was not the same as losing a feat. I feel very differently I think the different abilities a familiar gives you is one reason for choosing them. It is also a class ability so taking it away is taking something away from the class. I feel that it should be the player who gets to choose if they want to use this class ability not the DM. Am I wrong in feeling like this is such a major thing and its impact on my character? Then there is the entire sorcerer spell issue. He feels that since a sorcerer's magic comes within and is not learned that it should not be in the control of the sorcerer. Especially since it is manifesting after first level. He is really big into role playing out character development. He does not allow in his game for example to take a level in wizard unless you have role played out studing to be a wizard. So how he wants to do sorcerer spells is that we roll on dice to see what school my character is most favorable to and then from the top two schools roll randomly what spells I know. I really hate this a lot. I am going for an arcane archer type and I wanted to take spells that would help with that things like true strike. When I discussed this with him he told me that he thought I was a role player. I am always saying that role play is more important to me than roll play. I am a role player and I will choose role playing over roll playing I am not a powergamer who has to have the most powerful player but I also like to play a character that is some what good at what they have chossen to do. Normally I love playing with this DM I never played in a DnD game that he had DMed but I have played with him DMing a Shadowrun for over 8 years and I learned to play Ad&D at a game that he was in. He and another player were the one who taught me how to play. I just don't know how to apporach him and convince him that this is not just powergaimg concerns that I really feel that these two apporaches can really handicap my character. [/QUOTE]
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